Hindi
Big rush for Jackson’s ‘This Is It’
MUMBAI: Tickets for Michael Jackson’s forthcoming documentary film, This Is It, which went up for sale on 27 September, were snapped up within two hours in the US.
In California, the demand for the film was tremendous. Fans had queued up three days ahead to make sure that they got one of 3,000 tickets to the Los Angeles shows.
The film has been collated from more than 100 hours of behind-the-scenes footage, featuring the singer rehearsing a number of his songs for the show. It will open to the public on October 28 and will be in cinemas worldwide for a limited two-week run.
The film will contain behind the scenes footage of Jackson backstage, on stage and directing his team as he created his 50 shows.
It will also contain interviews with friends of Jackson and 3-D sequences originally filmed as part of the concert performance. Candid and private scenes involving Jackson and his crew have been confirmed.
In India too, fans of Michael Jackson thronged theatres to grab tickets before they could be sold out.
Says SPE Films India director Kercy Daruwala, “ We have seen a major demand of This Is It. In days to come, before the film could release, we have a number of promotional activities lined up.”
Hindi
Dhurandhar the revenge storms past Rs 1,000 crore in a week, rewrites box office records
Aditya Dhar’s spy thriller sets fastest run to Rs 1,000 crore with record-breaking weekday hold
MUMBAI: The box office has a new juggernaut—and it is moving at breakneck speed. Dhurandhar the revenge has smashed past the Rs 1,000 crore mark worldwide in just a week, clocking a staggering Rs 1,088 crore and resetting the rules of the blockbuster game.
Backed by Jio Studios and B62 Studios, and directed by Aditya Dhar, the spy action sequel opened to the biggest weekend ever for an Indian film globally—and then refused to slow down. Unlike typical tentpole releases that taper off after Sunday, this one powered through the weekdays with rare muscle, posting Rs 64 crore on Monday, Rs 58 crore on Tuesday, Rs 49 crore on Wednesday and Rs 53 crore on Thursday.
The numbers stack up to a formidable first-week haul. India collections stand at Rs 690 crore nett and Rs 814 crore gross, while overseas markets have chipped in Rs 274 crore, taking the worldwide total to Rs 1,088 crore in just eight days.
The film’s opening weekend alone delivered Rs 466 crore, laying the foundation for what is now being billed as the fastest climb to the Rs 1,000 crore club in Indian cinema. Every single day of its first week has set fresh benchmarks, from the highest opening weekend to the strongest weekday hold—metrics that typically separate hits from phenomena.
A sequel to the earlier hit Dhurandhar, the film has not just built on its predecessor’s momentum but obliterated previous records, emerging as the biggest global blockbuster run by an Indian film to date.
At this pace, the film is not merely riding a wave—it is creating one.
