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Ready to replicate Dabangg’s BO success?
MUMBAI: Will Salman Khan be able to replicate the box office success of Dabangg with his upcoming movie Ready? If one goes by Ormax Media’s prediction, he has a strong possibility of doing that.
Ready, which is releasing on 3 June, is expected to rake in around Rs 474 million in the first weekend, according to Moviescope, the predictive tool of Ormax Media.
Khan’s last movie Dabangg, which was released in September last year, did a net collection of Rs 487 million in the opening weekend.
Dabangg was the biggest blockbuster of 2010 which opened across 1379 screens. Ready, in comparison, will release across 1800 cinemas.
Meanwhile, the music of Ready has already created a buzz. As per the media research and consulting company’s popularity charts Heartbeat, the songs ‘Character Dheela’ and ‘Dhinkachika’ are on the top two positions. The audiences will have to wait and watch if Khan can recreate the magic which made Dabangg the biggest hit of 2010.
Moviescope includes four components – Ad Pre-Test, Film Pre-Test, Awareness Tracking (Cinematix) and Exit Polls. Using consumer data on various parameters, Moviescope predicts the opening weekend collections of a film a week before its release, and the Lifetime Box Office (LBO) within three days of release.
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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.
