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‘Hannah Montana’ pockets $34 million to top US box-office
MUMBAI: Hannah Montana: The Movie, the Disney channel flagship property that was adapted for the big screen, has replaced last week‘s release Fast & Furious to top the US box-office charts with a collection of $34 million. Fast & Furious, meanwhile, fell to the second spot pocketing $28.8 million.
Hanna Montana has been appearing as a marketing phenomenon in India for quite sometime now. And now with the box-office success of it‘s film adaptation, Disney channel believes that it will help build the franchise‘s brand-value in India better.
Earlier, in an interview to indiantelevison.com, Walt Disney Television International (India) senior vice president and managing director Antoine Villeneuve had said, “Hanna Montana is sure to have a great impact on building the brand value of this franchise in India.”
Directed by Peter Chelsom, the film has been co-produced by David Blocker, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Steven Peterman and Michael Poryes.
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, Hannah Montana: The Movie stars Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso, Jason Earles, Billy Ray Cyrus and Moises Arias.
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Rashmika Mandanna, Shanaya Kapoor and Naila Grrewal climb IMDb’s Indian celebrity rankings
Upcoming films and returning shows are driving fan interest across Bollywood and streaming
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s popularity contest has a new weekly scorecard, and the numbers are telling. IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list for this week places Shanaya Kapoor at number six, buoyed by buzz around her film Tu Yaa Main. Naila Grrewal slots in at seven on the back of the returning comedy series Maamla Legal Hai, while Rashmika Mandanna climbs to eighth, riding mounting anticipation for Cocktail 2.
The list, available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, tracks trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, drawing on data from more than 200m monthly visits to the platform worldwide.
Further down the rankings, Raaka is keeping two of its biggest names in the spotlight. Deepika Padukone holds 11th position, with Allu Arjun close behind at 13th, as the film continues to find traction with audiences.
The list offers fans a weekly pulse on who is breaking through, who is holding steady, and who is fading. It is a barometer as unsparing as the box office itself.
