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Rio grosses Rs 100 million in three weeks
MUMBAI: Fox Star Studios‘ 3D extravaganza Rio has grossed Rs 100 million in just three weeks of its release, making it the biggest Hollywood animated film out of India outperforming the previous highest Ice Age 3 (Rs 92 million released by Fox Star Studio).
Set in the magnificent city of Rio de Janeiro and the lush rainforest of Brazil, ‘RIO‘ is a comedy-adventure which centers on BLU, a rare macaw who thinks he is the last of his kind. When Blu discovers there‘s another – and that she‘s a she – he leaves the comforts of his cage in small town Minnesota and heads to Rio.
The film features the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Will i.am, Jamie Foxx in the English version and Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan, Ranvir Shorey and Vinay Pathak in the Hindi version.
Says Fox Star Studios CEO Vijay Singh, “We are thrilled to see Rio holding steady ground even through its third week of release & despite competition from Indian films! The film has found a connect with audiences across all age groups and is doing exceedingly well, especially in the 3D version.”
Internationally too, Rio has maintained its top position for the 2nd week in a row propelling its total worldwide collection to $283.8 million making it the No. 1 film this year.
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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.
