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Terminator Salvation takes a $13.37 mn opening
MUMBAI: Opening last Thursday, Terminator: Salvation, grossed $13.3 million.
Warner Bros is, however, optimistic that despite the slow start, Salvation will beat Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and will romp in $70 million in the first five days.
With this prediction, Terminator Salvation shouldn‘t have a difficult time topping previous opening weekend figures for the franchise.
The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment (1991) pulled in $4 and $32 million on their respective opening weekends. However, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the black sheep of the series, did still better with a $44 million opening weekend and $433 million in worldwide ticket sales by the end of its run.
Incidentally, analyst Steve Mason had predicted that the film will make $70 million in the first five days of release, falling short of Night at the Museum 2‘s expected $75 million.
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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.
