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Smith’s Hancock scores $66 million over weekend
MUMBAI: Hancock, Will Smith‘s latest release that tells the story of a grubby superhero, has grossed $66 million over the holiday weekend at the US box office.
Since opening, the Sony Pictures Entertainment’s comic action movie has scored $107.3 million in the US market and it has collected approximately $78 million from overseas.
The film, which currently holds the number one position in the North American box office chart, is Smith’s eighth consecutive number one opening, beginning with Men in Black II, which opened in July 2002.
Hancock is directed by Peter Berg. The film had its world premiere as the opener at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival on 19 June.
Also, Disney’s Wall-E, a computer animated adventure comedy science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, has obtained the second place on the US charts collecting a gross of $33.4 million during the same US weekend.
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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.
