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Blue Beetle has jumped to the top of the charts in North America, finally jumping ahead of Barbie's impressive run at the top of the box office rankings. However, the collections will still come across as disappointing, given the expectations around superhero films and the budgets that typically go into production.

Barbie vs Oppenheimer is right around the corner — releasing Friday, July 21 — marking an important event in the history of Hollywood since the pandemic era. Barbie stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the lead roles as they are transported from the pink-tinted Barbie Land to face the harsh truths of the real world. Christopher Nolan’s Opp...

Tom Cruise is ‘working diligently’ on his next movie — after Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning — which will be shot in outer space. For it, the actor will be reunited with his Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman, with Universal Pictures backing it on an estimated budget of $200 million (about Rs. 1,647 crore). Back in 2020, NASA confi...

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has opened to a disappointing $130 million (about Rs. 1,064 crore) debut at the global box office. The film marks Harrison Ford’s final outing as the whip-wielding adventurer, and has earned $70 million (about Rs. 573 crore) from markets outside the US and Canada. The star power wasn’t enough to make up for...

Zack Snyder is planning to release explicit cuts for his upcoming Rebel Moon films. The version is intended strictly for adults and will drop a little after the original family-friendly versions are released on Netflix. The dystopian space opera was confirmed to be released as a two-parter, earlier this year, when Snyder ended up delivering a 172-p...

Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif had a wedding in Rajasthan in December 2021

The Redmi Smart Fire TV 32 is affordably priced at Rs. 12,499 in India, and comes with one big change from what we’re used to seeing from the brand - Fire TV OS. With Alexa voice assistant support and deep integration with Prime Video and more, is this the best budget 32-inch smart TV you can buy right now? Find out in this review.

Netflix has scrapped 'Paris Paramount' - the latest project by filmmaker Nancy Meyers - over a disagreement on the budget for the film. While Meyers is said to have asked for a budget of $150 million (roughly Rs. 1,200 crore), Netflix did not want to go over $130 million (roughly Rs. 1,100 crore) to produce the film.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her presentation of the Union Budget for 2023-24 on Wednesday, announced reduction in basic customs duty (BCD) on imported parts of TVs to 2.5 percent from five percent. Locally manufactured television sets could thus become cheaper by up to Rs 3,000

Avatar: The Way of Water has grossed $609.7 million (about Rs. 5,052 crore) at the global box office. Roughly $427 million (about Rs. 3,540 crore) were pulled from markets outside the US, including India, and an extremely strong performance from China, which contributed $70.5 million (about Rs. 584 crore). In India, Avatar 2 has earned $26.5 millio...

Akshay Kumar-starrer "Ram Setu" will start streaming on Prime Video from December 23, Amazon announced Wednesday. Made on a reported budget of Rs. 150 crore, Amazon's first theatrical co-production in India, Ram Setu, opened to negative reviews and was a box office bomb, grossing just Rs. 93 crore during its theatrical run around Diwali.

Black Adam 2 is no longer moving forward at DC Studios, lead Dwayne Johnson has confirmed. In a tweet, the 50-year-old actor referred to an internal meeting with new DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn, which came upon the decision that “Black Adam will not be in the first chapter of storytelling.” The studio and Johnson will continue exploring ways t...

Avatar: The Way of Water has collected an impressive $435 million (about Rs. 3,598 crore) at the global box office in its opening weekend. The hotly-anticipated sequel from James Cameron earned roughly $301 million (about Rs. 2,490 crore) from markets outside the US, including China. Avatar 2 had a reported budget of $400 million (about Rs. 3,310 c...

Avatar: The Way of Water releases Friday, December 16, in theatres worldwide. In India, James Cameron’s much-anticipated sequel will be out in English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. Avatar 2 is set 15 years after the original 2009 film and sees Jake Sully leading his family against a new group of threats as the “sky people” re...

Strange World will release on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar on December 23. This marks a new low for the Disney animated film, which comes to streaming merely 29 days after its theatrical release on November 25. Despite getting favourable reviews, Strange World performed poorly at the global box office, collecting $53.5 million (about Rs. 442 crore),...

Blue Beetle has jumped to the top of the charts in North America, finally jumping ahead of Barbie's impressive run at the top of the box office rankings. However, the collections will still come across as disappointing, given the expectations around superhero films and the budgets that typically go into production.

Barbie vs Oppenheimer is right around the corner — releasing Friday, July 21 — marking an important event in the history of Hollywood since the pandemic era. Barbie stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the lead roles as they are transported from the pink-tinted Barbie Land to face the harsh truths of the real world. Christopher Nolan’s Opp...

Tom Cruise is ‘working diligently’ on his next movie — after Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning — which will be shot in outer space. For it, the actor will be reunited with his Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman, with Universal Pictures backing it on an estimated budget of $200 million (about Rs. 1,647 crore). Back in 2020, NASA confi...

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has opened to a disappointing $130 million (about Rs. 1,064 crore) debut at the global box office. The film marks Harrison Ford’s final outing as the whip-wielding adventurer, and has earned $70 million (about Rs. 573 crore) from markets outside the US and Canada. The star power wasn’t enough to make up for...

Zack Snyder is planning to release explicit cuts for his upcoming Rebel Moon films. The version is intended strictly for adults and will drop a little after the original family-friendly versions are released on Netflix. The dystopian space opera was confirmed to be released as a two-parter, earlier this year, when Snyder ended up delivering a 172-p...

Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif had a wedding in Rajasthan in December 2021

The Redmi Smart Fire TV 32 is affordably priced at Rs. 12,499 in India, and comes with one big change from what we’re used to seeing from the brand - Fire TV OS. With Alexa voice assistant support and deep integration with Prime Video and more, is this the best budget 32-inch smart TV you can buy right now? Find out in this review.

Netflix has scrapped 'Paris Paramount' - the latest project by filmmaker Nancy Meyers - over a disagreement on the budget for the film. While Meyers is said to have asked for a budget of $150 million (roughly Rs. 1,200 crore), Netflix did not want to go over $130 million (roughly Rs. 1,100 crore) to produce the film.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her presentation of the Union Budget for 2023-24 on Wednesday, announced reduction in basic customs duty (BCD) on imported parts of TVs to 2.5 percent from five percent. Locally manufactured television sets could thus become cheaper by up to Rs 3,000

Avatar: The Way of Water has grossed $609.7 million (about Rs. 5,052 crore) at the global box office. Roughly $427 million (about Rs. 3,540 crore) were pulled from markets outside the US, including India, and an extremely strong performance from China, which contributed $70.5 million (about Rs. 584 crore). In India, Avatar 2 has earned $26.5 millio...

Akshay Kumar-starrer "Ram Setu" will start streaming on Prime Video from December 23, Amazon announced Wednesday. Made on a reported budget of Rs. 150 crore, Amazon's first theatrical co-production in India, Ram Setu, opened to negative reviews and was a box office bomb, grossing just Rs. 93 crore during its theatrical run around Diwali.

Black Adam 2 is no longer moving forward at DC Studios, lead Dwayne Johnson has confirmed. In a tweet, the 50-year-old actor referred to an internal meeting with new DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn, which came upon the decision that “Black Adam will not be in the first chapter of storytelling.” The studio and Johnson will continue exploring ways t...

Avatar: The Way of Water has collected an impressive $435 million (about Rs. 3,598 crore) at the global box office in its opening weekend. The hotly-anticipated sequel from James Cameron earned roughly $301 million (about Rs. 2,490 crore) from markets outside the US, including China. Avatar 2 had a reported budget of $400 million (about Rs. 3,310 c...

Avatar: The Way of Water releases Friday, December 16, in theatres worldwide. In India, James Cameron’s much-anticipated sequel will be out in English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. Avatar 2 is set 15 years after the original 2009 film and sees Jake Sully leading his family against a new group of threats as the “sky people” re...

Strange World will release on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar on December 23. This marks a new low for the Disney animated film, which comes to streaming merely 29 days after its theatrical release on November 25. Despite getting favourable reviews, Strange World performed poorly at the global box office, collecting $53.5 million (about Rs. 442 crore),...