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Madagascar 3 grosses Rs 53 mn in first weekend
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures‘ Madagascar 3, released in India by Viacom18 Motion Pictures, has secured the 3rd highest weekend opening for any animation film in India, the movie company said.
The film, which hit the theatres across the nation on 8 June, opened up to packed screens.
With multiplexes witnessing packed houses, the film has done a business of Rs 53 million at the box office in its first weekend, Viacom18 said.
The third installment of the film scored better than the first two films of the series.
The success of Madagascar 3 comes close on the recent successes of Kahaani and Blood Money in Hindi and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol for Viacom 18 Motion Pictures.
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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.
