Bollywood

19 days ago

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Ranbir Kapoor's Ramayana and Yash's Toxic Lead IMAX 2026 Roadmap: Official 2026 Global Premium Slate Confirmed

According to the official investor presentation, Rocking Star Yash's upcoming actioner, Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, is now confirmed for an Experience it in IMAX release on March 19, 2026.This move ensures that the Geetu Mohandas directorial will be a premium visual attraction, particularly in the Indian market where Yash commands a massive large-format following. Even more significant is the inclusion of Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana: Part 1, which has been officially recognized as a Filmed For IMAX release. This prestigious distinction confirms that the film is being shot with IMAX-certified cameras to offer an expanded aspect ratio, positioning the Indian mythological epic on par with global Hollywood spectacles. The earnings call also provided a detailed look at the 2026 Hollywood schedule, revealing a major bottleneck for premium screens in late 2026. Notably, Avengers: Doomsday is confirmed to be losing its domestic (USA) IMAX exclusivity to Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three. Reports indicate that Dune 3 has secured a three-week exclusive IMAX window starting December 18, 2026, forcing the Avengers sequel to wait for a full IMAX rollout in the domestic market.Similarly, the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day is expected to face screen-sharing challenges due to a pre-existing exclusive window for the film Odyssey. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({})   In a landmark decision for streaming-led content, IMAX and Netflix have officially agreed on a specialized theatrical window for Greta Gerwig's The Chronicles of Narnia.The film is slated for a two-week exclusive IMAX run starting Thanksgiving 2026, followed by a total four-week theatrical window before its digital premiere on Christmas.This strategy marks a significant evolution in how IMAX partners with streamers to create eventized theatrical moments. Meanwhile, for fans concerned about the absence of certain titles like Prabhas's Varanasi from the 2027 list, the company clarified that all current slates are expected and non-exhaustive, with more titles to be added as production and distribution agreements are finalized. On the business front, IMAX reported its best financial year in history, crossing a record $1.28 billion in global box office in 2025 and projecting a rise to $1.4 billion for 2026.India remains a critical growth engine for the corporation, with flagship theater upgrades confirmed for locations like Koramangala IMAX (Bengaluru) and Palazzo IMAX (Chennai). With a global backlog of 434 system installs and over 2,300 Open Zones identified for future expansion, the platform is doubling down on its Filmed For IMAX initiative, which will feature at least 12 major releases worldwide in 2026.

Hollywood

932 days ago

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Barbenheimer Box Office: Barbie and Oppenheimer Hit $2+ Billion Combine Globally

Los Angeles, August 28 - The global box office phenomena, Barbenheimer, the blockbuster combination of two summer tentpoles Barbie and Oppenheimer, have jointly taken their ship past $2 billion at the worldwide box office. The current global total of both the movies stands at $2.12 billion (17510 crores).## Barbie - Directed by Greta Gerwig and headlined by Margot Robbie, the fantasy comedy drama film has grossed solid $1.34 billion (11070 crores) through 6th weekend. It is set to become the highest-grossing movie of the year by beating "Super Mario Bros." ($1.36 billion) in the next couple of day. ## At the domestic (North America) box office, Barbie has minted $595 million (4915 crores) so far, which makes it the highest-grossing film domestically in Warner Bros. history. Overseas, the movie has grossed excellent $745 million (6155 crores), with the UK being the biggest international market for the movie with $115 million.## Oppenheimer - It has become the highest-grossing non-Batman movie for director Christopher Nolan worldwide with $777 million (6420 crores) through 6th week. The atom bomb movie has scored $300 million (2480 crores) at the domestic box office while overseas gross reached $477 million (3940 crores).## The UK is again the biggest international market for the movie with $67.5 million. The movie has been exceptional in India as well with $18.8 million (155 crores) so far. It is the highest-grossing Hollywood movie of the year in India and also, the biggest ever for Nolan.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

935 days ago

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Box Office: Barbie Becomes The Highest-Grossing Movie of 2023 In North America

Los Angeles, August 24 - Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling-led fantasy comedy film "Barbie" continues to rise at the box office and now has become the highest-grossing movie of 2023 domestically (North America).## Directed by Greta Gerwig, "Barbie" has generated $575.4 million through the fifth Wednesday at the domestic box office, overtaking "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", which has collected $574 million domestically to emerge the number one movie.## "Barbie" has already become the highest-grossing movie domestically in Warner Bros. Pictures' history after beating Christopher Nolan's superhero movie "The Dark Knight" ($536 million). It will soon outgross 2011's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" ($1.34 billion) as the studio's highest-grossing worldwide release of all-time.## At the worldwide box office, the movie based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel has become the 20th highest-grossing movie of all time, beating "Frozen" to reach $1.30 billion. It will surpass "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" today to become 19th of all-time and will soon surpass Mario ($1.35 billion) to emerge the biggest worldwide grosser of 2023.## Stay tuned...

Tollywood

945 days ago

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Margot Robbie Set To Get Huge Salary For Mega Blockbuster 'Barbie'

Los Angeles, August 15 - Margot Robbie-led fantasy comedy film "Barbie" has done the unthinkable by grossing over $1 billion at the global box office. The movie, directed by Greta Gerwig, is the highest-grosser of all time by a female director. ## Made on a budget of around $130 million, "Barbie" has so far grossed $1.18 billion worldwide, and currently is the second highest-grossing movie of the year, behind "Super Mario Bros. Movie" which grossed $1.35 billion earlier this year.## Meanwhile, the mega-blockbuster box office success of "Barbie" set to earn Margot Robbie, who also produced, her biggest payday yet. According to Variety, the star and producer behind the summer's biggest hit stands to make roughly $50 million in salary and box office bonuses. "Barbie" director and co-writer Greta Gerwig will also likely receive bonuses because of the film's outsized success.## "Barbie" has become the second highest-grossing film in Warner Bros. Pictures' history after "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2". The latest blockbuster has earned an astonishing $526.3 million at the domestic (North America) box office, as well as $657.6 million at the international box office, for a total of $1.18 billion globally. It is projected to finish over $1.4 billion, which will make it the biggest grosser of the year.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

954 days ago

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Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' Officially Hits $1 Billion At The Worldwide Box Office

Los Angeles, August 6 - Greta Gerwig creates history by becoming the first female director (solo) to deliver a $1 billion grossing movie as her latest blockbuster, fantasy comedy "Barbie" officially surpassed the box office milestone worldwide.## The Margot Robbie-led movie reached the billion-dollar mark on its third Sunday, becoming only the second movie of the year and 53rd of all time to do so. The last movie to enter this coveted box office club was Universal Pictures' "The Super Mario Bros." which grossed $1.35 billion worldwide earlier this year.## At the domestic (North America) box office, "Barbie" has grossed $459.4 million (INR 3800 crores) while overseas, it has minted a staggering $574.2 million (INR 4750 crores) for a worldwide cume total of $1.03 billion (INR 8515 crores) through the third Sunday. ## The top 5 international markets of the movie are as follows - 1. the UK with $87.9M, 2. Mexico with $48.9M, 3. Australia with $41.1M, 4. Brazil with $39.5M, and 5. Germany with $33.7M. In India, the movie has minted approx. $6 million (49.50 crores).## "Barbie" also ended Warner Bros. Pictures' long search for the billion-dollar movie. The last tentpole movie of the studio to reach the mark was the Joaquin Phoenix-led DC film "Joker" which grossed $1.07 billion in 2019. "Barbie" is also the first movie for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling to score $1 billion worldwide.## Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films. The film follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis.##

Hollywood

957 days ago

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Barbie Becomes The Highest-Grossing Film Solely Directed By A Female At The Worldwide Box Office

Los Angeles, August 3 - Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy comedy film "Barbie" starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is fast approaching the $1 billion mark at the global box office. It will be the first $1 billion grosser for the studio since "Joker" (2019). ## Directed by Greta Gerwig, "Barbie" has crossed $850 million worldwide, and it is now the highest-grossing movie ever solely directed by a female. It has surpassed Patty Jenkins-directed DC superhero movie "Wonder Woman" which grossed $822 million worldwide in 2017.## "Barbie" has so far grossed $382 million at the domestic (North America) and approx. $470 million at the international box office. It is now the biggest solely female-directed movie of all time, not counting "Captain Marvel" ($1.13 billion) which was co-directed by Anna Boden with Ryan K. Fleck. ## Apart from being the biggest grosser for a female director, "Barbie" has already become the highest-grossing film of Margot Robbie, who plays the titular role, as well as Ryan Gosling. The movie will top $1 billion by Sunday and will become the second billion-dollar movie of the year. ## Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films. The film follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

961 days ago

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Margot Robbie's 'Barbie' Creates A New Letterboxd Record

Los Angeles, July 30 - Margot Robbie-led fantasy comedy film "Barbie" is putting up a show at the box office and crossed the $700 million mark worldwide on its second Saturday. The movie is fast heading toward the $1 billion box office mark, which will make it the first movie of the year to do so. ## While the movie is breaking records at the box office, the Greta Gerwig's directorial has also set a new record on Letterboxd, an online social networking app focused on sharing opinions about and love of film. "Barbie" has become the fastest film to join the Letterboxd One Million Watched Club — 11 days since its theatrical release. It means, over 1 million Letterboxd members have watched the movie in a record time.## Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning sci-fi action film "Inception" was the first movie to be watched by 1 million Letterboxd members, and it took 3391 days since its theatrical release in July 2010. Letterboxd was launched in 2011 which is why it took so long to get there. Oscar-winning South Korean movie "Parasite" is the first movie to be watched by 2 million members and it took 1244 days for the same.## Talking about "Barbie", it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films. The film follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis. It features an ensemble cast, including America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

963 days ago

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Barbenheimer Box Office: Barbie and Oppenheimer Score Huge $15+ Million Opening Week In India

Mumbai, July 28 - The Barbenheimer-mania has set the Indian box office on fire and emerged as the first choice for the audiences this past week. Margot Robbie-led "Barbie" and director Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer", two completely opposite films brought in over $15 million combined gross collection in their opening week in India. ## Nolan's atom bomb movie, "Oppenheimer" has been by far the biggest movie since its release in India with a gross collection of 87 crores ($10.5 million) in the first week. The movie had a fantastic opening weekend of 58 crores gross, before showing a very good hold during the weekdays to score approx. 29 crores gross from Monday to Thursday. ## "Oppenheimer" has already become the highest-grossing film of Nolan in India after beating his superhero movie "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" in just 4 days. It will be crossing 100 crores gross during its second weekend and will become the second Hollywood movie of the month after "Mission Impossible 7" and 3rd of the year after "Fast X" to do so. ## Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling-starrer fantasy comedy film "Barbie" clocked 32.50 crores gross (~$4 million) in its first week at the Indian box office, and was the second most-watched movie during its week in India. Directed by Greta Gerwig, "Barbie" had a good opening weekend with 22 crores gross. It witnessed a drop on Monday but held extremely well since then to bring in another 10.50 crores (Mon-Thu).## The combined first-week collection of Barbenheimer (Barbie and Oppenheimer) is approx. 129 crores ($15.70 million) which is huge. If including "Mission Impossible 7's" second-week collection (~21 crores gross), the three Hollywood movies have scored a whopping 150 crores gross ($18.2 million) during the week of July 21 - July 27.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

964 days ago

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Box Office: Margot Robbie's 'Barbie' On Historic Run After Opening Weekend Wonder

Los Angeles, July 26 - The most loved doll has now turned into a box office beast as Margot Robbie-led fantasy comedy "Barbie" is doing historic business. The movie is turning out to be much needed big box office victory for Warner Bros. Pictures studio which has had tough luck with recent movies, especially the underwhelming performances of DC movies. ## Greta Gerwig's directorial is on the dream run at the domestic (North America) box office and putting insane numbers during the weekdays. After the biggest opening weekend of the year with $162 million, "Barbie" has had one of the biggest first Mondays ever domestically. ## The movie scored a whopping $26.2 million, which is the 9th biggest first Monday and the biggest ever for Warner Bros. Pictures. With momentum and supremely positive word of mouth by its side, "Barbie" scored a huge $26 million on Tuesday, just a 0.30% drop from Monday. It is the 6th biggest non-opening first Tuesday and again, the biggest for Warner Bros. of all time at the US box office. ## The total domestic gross of the movie stands at $214.10 million through Tuesday, and there is so much to look forward to before another rock-solid second weekend which is already projected to score over $70+ million. As said, before the second-weekend madness begins, Hollywood industry trackers are expecting another $23+ million Wednesday, which is remarkable. The full first 7-day week could well be over $255+ million before it hits $300 million on Saturday. ## "Barbie" is likely to top $1 billion at the global box office which will be the first for Warner Bros. since "Joker" (2019). The worldwide gross of the movie reached 472.60 million, including $258.50 million at the international box office through Tuesday. Meanwhile, at the Indian box office, "Barbie" is having a good run. It witnessed a drop on Monday, but since then, it has been holding extremely well and showing no drop at all. The movie crossed 30 crores gross in the first 6 days. It passed $500 million on Wednesday globally. Stay tuned...

Hollywood

967 days ago

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Barbenheimer-Mania: Major Box Office Records Broken By Barbie and Oppenheimer

Los Angeles, July 24 - Barbenheimer, an Internet phenomenon to celebrate two Hollywood blockbusters in the form of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer", has taken the worldwide box office by storm, grossing a mammoth $511 million combined in the opening weekend. "Barbie" accounted for $344 million while "Oppenheimer" brought in $180 million. ## Movie lovers around the globe thronged to cinemas and choose to watch both movies which are completely different from each other. Directed by Greta Gerwig, "Barbie" is based on the iconic doll Barbie while Christopher Nolan's directorial "Oppenheimer" is a biographical drama about a theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was pivotal in developing the first nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project. ## The historic weekend witnessed box office records tumbling left right and center and created new ones for the upcoming movies to chase for. Have a look at some of the box office major records broken/created by "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer".## Barbie (Domestic [North America] - $162M, International - $182M)## - Biggest domestic opening of 2023, beating "The Super Mario Bros. Movie's" $146 million## - Biggest domestic opening ever for a movie solely directed by a female, beating Patty Jenkins' "Wonder Woman" ($103.3) and also beating a movie co-directed by a woman (Captain Marvel's $153M)## - Biggest domestic opening without a single IMAX screen## - Biggest opening ever for a movie based on a toy## - Biggest opening for a movie that isn't a sequel, remake, or superhero movie## - Biggest opening ever for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling## - Biggest international opening for Warner Bros. Pictures for a non-franchise film## Oppenheimer (Domestic [North America] - $82.40M, International - $98M)## - Biggest opening for directorial Christopher Nolan (outside Dark Knight Trilogy)## - Biggest R-Rated opening post the covid-19 pandemic## - Biggest international opening for Christopher Nolan (outside Dark Knight Trilogy)## - Biggest global opening for a biographical film, topping "Bohemian Rhapsody" ($124M)## - Second biggest domestic opening for a biographical film## Additional Records -## - This is the first time in box office history that two movies opened to $80+ million each domestically## - Only 4th time at the North America box office $300+ million have been earned in a single weekend with all films combined## Note - The aforementioned data have been collected through Hollywood trade sources. Sacnilk hasn't verified them individually.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

967 days ago

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Barbenheimer Box Office: Barbie and Oppenheimer Rock Worldwide Opening Weekend With Marvelous $500+ Million

Los Angeles, July 23 - It was one of the most celebrated weekends at the global box office which witnessed history being created, led by Hollywood. Barbenheimer, an Internet phenomenon to celebrate two Hollywood blockbusters in the form of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer", turned a box office tsunami with a combined global opening weekend of $500+ million. ## Greta Gerwig's directorial fantasy comedy, "Barbie" scored the biggest opening weekend of 2023 and 4th biggest post the covid-19 pandemic at the domestic (North America) box office, grossing a gigantic $162 million over the 3-day weekend. ## The Margot Robbie-led doll movie also painted the international box office pink with a marvelous $194.30 million 5-day opening overseas over 69 markets, the second biggest of 2023 beating "The Super Mario Bros Movie's" 172.9M. Adding $155 million domestic weekend gross, "Barbie" lit up a $356.30 million global start, again the second biggest of the year, and 19th biggest of all time.## The top 10 markets of "Barbie" are as follows - North America ($162M), the UK ($22.9M), Mexico ($22.3M), Brazil ($15.9M), Australia ($14.6M), Spain ($9.9M), France ($9.8M), China ($8.2M), Italy ($8.2M), and Germany $7.2M). ## Christopher Nolan too was in some bombastic form this weekend as his R-Rated atom bomb movie "Oppenheimer" blew up projections with a solid $82.40 million 3-day opening weekend at the domestic (North America) box office. It is the biggest opening for Christopher Nolan's original movie, beating "Inception's" $62.8M, and the biggest R-Rated opening post the covid-19 pandemic. ## Overseas, the Cillian Murphy-starrer grossed a mighty $98 million 5-day weekend over 78 markets, helping $180.40 million global opening for the film, the biggest for Nolan, excluding the Dark Knight trilogy and the biggest R-Rated post the covid-19 pandemic. ## The top 10 markets of "Oppenheimer are as follows - North America ($82.40M), the UK ($14M), India ($7.1M), France ($7M), Germany ($6.6M), Australia ($6.4M), Mexico ($4.6M), Saudi Arabia ($4M), and Spain($3.8M). ## The combined global gross box office collection of "Barbenheimer" is $536.70 million, which is simply phenomenal.## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

969 days ago

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Box Office: Barbie and Oppenheimer Opening Day/First Friday India Early Estimates

Mumbai, July 21 - Hollywood has another rocking start at the Indian box office as Margot Robbie's "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer", lovingly called "Barbenheimer" clash, collecting an estimated around combined 20 crores net collection on the opening day. ## Christopher Nolan's atom bomb movie "Oppenheimer" was by far the biggest movie of the day at the Indian box office, scoring an estimated 13-14 crores net while the fantasy comedy "Barbie" sees an estimated 5-5.50 crores net collection. ## Going by the estimates, "Oppenheimer" has taken the biggest start for a Hollywood movie in India this year, besting "Fast X" which debuted with 12.50 crores net. The recently released Tom Cruise's "Mission Impossible 7" scored approx. 12.30 crores India net on opening day. ## "Oppenheimer" is proving to be an IMAX delight as the opening day collection is approx. 1.75 crore gross in this premium format. The word of mouth for the movie is solid and it will be eyeing around 50-55 crores net 3-day weekend. ## Greta Gerwig's directorial "Barbie" has a good start and it will lock in to score around 20 crores net opening weekend. Just like its fellow Hollywood title, "Barbie" has good word of mouth which should help it to post good numbers. ## Stay tuned...