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Before a single ticket is sold, Shah Rukh Khan's 'King' has reportedly done ₹665 crore of business
Trade reports say Shah Rukh Khan's 'King' has already tied up about ₹665 crore in pre-release deals, including ₹175 crore for overseas distribution, ₹250 crore for India rights and ₹150 crore for Netflix. None of the figures has been confirmed by the makers.
Diwali week on OTT: a blind man, a forest spirit and a gambler walk into your living room
Two star-led Hindi films arrive on November 6: Haiwaan with Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan on SonyLIV, and The Vvaan with Sidharth Malhotra and Tamannaah Bhatia on Prime Video. Dulquer Salmaan's I'm Game lands on JioHotstar the same day, and Dilwali Diwali is on Netflix for the festival itself.
Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 crosses Rs 816 crore, Vijay's Tamil Nadu record next in line
Jailer 2 has grossed Rs 816.90 crore worldwide after 20 days, with Rs 210.45 crore in Tamil Nadu, where it needs another Rs 6.80 crore to overtake Vijay's The Greatest of All Time.
₹13.5 crore short of ₹600 crore: Drishyam 3 keeps a 33-day-old run alive with 64,393 tickets
Drishyam 3: The Conclusion needs ₹13.50 crore more to reach ₹600 crore worldwide. On day 33, the Ajay Devgn film added ₹75 lakh net in India from 3,050 shows and sold 64,393 tickets. Worldwide gross now stands at ₹586.50 crore.
Six shows a day, 6 am to 2.30 am: Tamil Nadu lets new releases run all night
Tamil Nadu has allowed theatres to screen newly released Tamil films up to six shows a day, from 6 am to 2.30 am the next day, for one week from release. The Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1957 will be amended. Six shows will also be allowed on local festival days, public holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. The order follows representations from producers' associations.
Rs 96 crore before a single show: Ramayana sells 25 lakh tickets a day early
Ramayana Part 1, releasing on Thursday, has sold Rs 96.56 crore of advance tickets including blocked seats, with Hindi accounting for about 82%. Ranbir Kapoor plays Rama, Sai Pallavi Sita and Yash Ravana in Nitesh Tiwari's film. A premiere was held in Mumbai on Tuesday night.
Imran Khan's 'Leave India' notice stays suspended after unconditional apology to Bombay HC
Actor Imran Khan tendered an unconditional apology to the Bombay High Court on Monday for joining the protest against the special revision of electoral rolls. The court extended the suspension of the FRRO's Leave India notice till December 7 and held that OCI cardholders are not on par with Indian citizens.
No midnight wave from Mannat this year, so SRK sent a song instead
Shah Rukh Khan turned 61 on Monday and skipped his usual appearance outside Mannat, which is under reconstruction. A handwritten note went up on a screen for the fans who gathered. At midnight he released Tu Mil Jaaye, the first song from King, reuniting him with Deepika Padukone.
₹665 crore before a single ticket is sold: the arithmetic behind SRK's King
Shah Rukh Khan's King, directed by Siddharth Anand and releasing on December 24, has reportedly locked in ₹665 crore in pre-release business from distribution, streaming, satellite and music rights. Trade reports put its landing cost near ₹550 crore, which means it may need a global haul of about ₹800 crore to turn a profit. The first song was released on his birthday, November 2.
Jailer 2 crosses ₹800 crore, and the ₹1,000 crore question stays open
Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 has crossed ₹800 crore in worldwide gross, becoming the highest-grossing Tamil film ever and the 16th highest-grossing Indian film. Trade trackers put the worldwide figure between ₹807 crore and ₹812 crore, with India net around ₹456-460 crore. It is the second biggest Indian film of 2026, behind Dhurandhar: The Revenge.
Ramayana's advance booking crosses Rs 100 crore. The pre-Diwali jinx is the next record in its sights
Advance bookings for Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana: Part One have crossed Rs 100 crore worldwide, with Rs 72.91 crore in India by Tuesday morning. PVR INOX expects the November 5 release to post its biggest pre-Diwali advance in more than three decades.
Put Dia Mirza's video back up, says Bombay HC; Fadnavis calls the row 'not at my level'
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the BMC to re-upload actor Dia Mirza's firecracker-free Deepavali video, which the civic body had removed after objections from Mumbai BJP chief Ameet Satam and Mayor Ritu Tawde. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis played the row down, calling it a very small issue.
₹17 crore before a single show: Ramayana's advance bookings put Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru in front
Ramayana has sold 3.33 lakh tickets worth ₹17.08 crore in advance gross across India, six days before its November 5 release. The Hindi version accounts for 83 per cent of the business, and Bengaluru has grown the fastest among the five biggest markets.
Patrick Stewart, Captain Picard to a generation, dies at 86
Actor Patrick Stewart died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 86 after living with Alzheimer's disease. He was known to television audiences as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and to filmgoers as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men series.
No parking, doors shut at 10 pm: Diljit asks 70,000 fans to take the Metro
Diljit Dosanjh opens his Aura India Tour 2026 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday, with about 70,000 expected and no parking at the venue. Delhi Metro runs till midnight on all lines except the Airport Express and Rapid Metro. Traffic restrictions run from 1 pm to midnight.
Kaleen Bhaiya reaches your living room, with the minutes the theatre cut out
Mirzapur: The Movie began streaming on Prime Video on Friday, eight weeks after its September 4 theatrical release, in an extended cut with footage not shown in cinemas. The film, starring Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal and Divyenndu, grossed Rs 336.83 crore worldwide in theatres. It is an interquel, set between the first season and the rest of the series.
Oscar entry Gondhal goes out in seven languages, opening on a 25-minute unbroken take
The trailer of Gondhal, India's official submission for the 99th Academy Awards, has been released ahead of a worldwide release on November 13. Santosh Davakhar's psychological thriller will open in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and English, which the makers call a first for a Marathi film.
'My Oscar moment': Ramayana premieres in Los Angeles ahead of a 5 November release
Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana premiered at the David Geffen Theater inside the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Producer Namit Malhotra called the screening a milestone in his career and introduced the director and the leads, Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash. Part one opens on 5 November, with part two due at Diwali 2027.
Ramayana sells more tickets abroad than at home; North America leads with $1.91 million
Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana: Part One has clocked $2.58 million, about ₹24.5 crore, in overseas advance bookings against ₹15.56 crore gross in India. North America accounts for nearly 74% of international pre-sales. The film releases on November 5, with paid premieres on November 4.
Jailer 2 crosses ₹755 crore, first Tamil film past ₹700 crore; Drishyam 3 nears ₹375 crore
Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 has grossed ₹755.5 crore worldwide in 14 days, overtaking 2.0's lifetime collection to become the highest-grossing Tamil film and the first past ₹700 crore globally. Ajay Devgn's Drishyam 3 stands at ₹372.1 crore India net and ₹577.56 crore worldwide on day 28.
'Ravana is not all bad': Sai Pallavi's Ramayana remark sets off a debate
A clip from the Los Angeles premiere of Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, in which Sai Pallavi says Ravana is 'not all bad' and asks people to spot the Ravana within themselves, has gone viral. Some viewers have questioned her choice of words.
Box office crosses Rs 4,000 crore in a quarter for the first time as PVR INOX posts record profit
Gross box office collections in India reached Rs 4,443 crore in the September quarter, up 23 per cent, the first time the Rs 4,000-crore mark has been crossed in a quarter. PVR INOX reported revenue of Rs 2,133 crore and a 111 per cent jump in profit after tax to Rs 273.3 crore.
Jailer 2 is now the biggest Tamil film ever, with ₹666 crore and counting
Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 has reached ₹666.30 crore worldwide, overtaking 2018's 2.0 to become the highest-grossing Tamil film. India net stands at ₹373 crore after ten days, with ₹400 crore in sight on Monday. Ayushmann Khurrana's Udta Teer collected ₹19.45 crore in its first three days.
Slow start, then an 8.10-crore Sunday: Udta Teer closes its opening weekend at ₹19.45 crore
Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan's Udta Teer earned ₹8.10 crore net on Sunday, up from ₹4.10 crore on Friday. Three-day domestic net is ₹19.45 crore, with worldwide gross at ₹27.58 crore.
Nayanthara boards Rajinikanth's Dharman, and the banner puts it best: 'the aura is double'
Nayanthara has joined the cast of Rajinikanth's upcoming film Dharman, her sixth with the actor after Chandramukhi, Sivaji, Kuselan, Darbar and Annaatthe. The production house, Raaj Kamal Films International, announced it with the line 'the aura is double'. Ashwath Marimuthu directs; Kamal Haasan produces.
Qawwali in the Ramayana? Rahman says he has no energy left to read the feedback
Mangal Rang, the new song from Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, has drawn criticism online over what listeners call qawwali and Sufi influences in a song about Rama and Sita's wedding. Composer AR Rahman says he does not follow the reaction, and that people criticise first and apologise later.
A 22-year-old engineer, a Surat weapons haul and a month of recce: the Tiger Shroff case widens
Mumbai Police have arrested Pranjal Thakral, a 22-year-old engineering diploma holder from Indore, as the 11th accused in the firing on Tiger Shroff's car on October 18. A court on Monday extended the custody of four others, including two women, to October 28. Investigators say the group first planned to target Aamir Khan and, before that, Salman Khan.
Drishyam 3 crosses ₹564 crore worldwide as Day 22 slips to ₹1.40 crore
Ajay Devgn's Drishyam 3: The Conclusion has collected ₹564.95 crore gross worldwide, with ₹363.25 crore net in India, by its 22nd day. Friday's India net earnings fell to ₹1.40 crore, a 33.3% drop from Thursday.
Bhairava is back: Prabhas returns in Kalki 2898 AD sequel first look on his 47th birthday
On Prabhas's 47th birthday, director Nag Ashwin and the team of Kalki 2898 AD released a first-look video showing his return as the bounty hunter Bhairava. Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan are back for the sequel, while Deepika Padukone has exited the project.
IIFA returns to Abu Dhabi in January 2027; Varun Dhawan, Ananya Panday to host
The 27th IIFA Weekend and Awards will be held at Etihad Arena, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, on January 22 and 23, 2027. Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan, Maniesh Paul and Ananya Panday will host the main awards, with performances by Salman Khan, Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan.