‘Wolverine’ bags Rs.75 mn in opening weekend in India

September 8th, 2009 LADY GAGA has opened up about her drugs past - admitting she consumed "bags and bags of cocaine" while sitting at home listening to THE CURE records. The pop star, real name Stefani Germanotta, recently credited her father for helping her kick her drug habit, revealing she once sank so low she thought she would die.

August 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - Director Vishal Bharadwaj's dark thriller Kaminey has turned out to be a goldmine, earning about Rs.330 million in its first weekend at the box office. Produced by UTV Motion Pictures, the fast-paced crime drama, released Friday, has made good business despite the fact that it wasn't released in major cities of Maharashtra the same day due to swine flu scare.

July 23rd, 2009 With a weekend collection of Rs 2.3 crores on just 67 prints, the film has got the ‘highest opening for any animation film in India’, beating the 2005 super hit Hanuman, which had an opening of Rs.1.5 Crores on 150 prints! Fox Star Studios India’s ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur’ is undoubtedly the ‘coolest’ hit of the year as it wins hearts of kids and adults! The exceptional 3D effects in the film further enhanced the movie-watching experience of audiences. Says Mr. Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios India, “Even though Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur released with the hugely hyped Kambakkht Ishq, it has managed to get one of the highest openings for an animated film in India; even better than ‘Hanuman’.

July 9th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - With the success of "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs", Twentieth Century Fox International has become the first distributor to reach the $1 billion mark in box office collections in the overseas market. Twentieth Century Fox International, the overseas distribution arm of Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox, became the top earner after the overseas release of its three consecutive hits, all sequels -- "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" respectively.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The third instalment of the pre-historic animation series Ice Age released in India Friday and has grossed over Rs.2.2 crore (Rs.22 million) in its opening weekend. Made at a budget of Rs.436 crore (Rs.4.36 billion), "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" released here in 3-D computer animated format with 60 prints and has got the highest opening for any animation film in India surpassing the 2005 superhit Hanuman, which had an opening of Rs.1.5 crore (Rs.15 million) on 150 prints.

July 1st, 2009 The latest X Men sequel, X Men Origins:Wolverine hit the screens in India last week and is still going strong giving a tough time to its fellow Bollywood contenders. But one would suddenly wish to go back to the comic book and catch a glimpse of the character Morph leaving aside Wolverine for the time being.

June 25th, 2009 Garners the biggest opening in the U.S for 2009 & now the biggest opening in India as well! It’s the biggest opening this year for any Hollywood film in India It’s the 2nd biggest opening for any Fox movie ever in India after Slumdog Millionaire (16 crores in first week) After the long drought at cinemas, it seems Bollywood is taking a little while to gear up, while Hollywood overtakes at the box office with films like ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’. With a weekend collection of 7 crores rupees, the film has grossed a whopping Rs.10 crores in its opening week.

June 22nd, 2009 GARNRS THE BIGGEST OPENING IN THE U.S FOR 2009 and NOW THE BIGGEST OPENING IN INDIA AS WELL. Mutant superhero film ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ has not only become a blockbuster hit abroad but has struck a strong cord with the Indian audiences too.

June 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Mobile will launch Friday a game based on Hollywood movie "Wolverine" on its R-World value-added services platform, the company announced Thursday. Wolverine is a fictional super hero, who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - He is one mutant you have loved, idolised and followed and grown up reading comics based on him. You've waited to catch a glimpse of the fictional hero in the X-Men series and now you can watch a free screening of the adamantium-clawed mutant Wolverine's upcoming movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tom Hanks-starrer "Angels and Demons", which released in India Friday mostly across single-screens has grossed around Rs.19 million in its first weekend. The movie that has already gained the top spot at the US box office released in India with 133 prints across 135 screens in four languages - English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu - mainly in single-screens across the country.

May 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman has revealed that his hair perm almost made him lose his action-packed role in 'Wolverine'. Hugh, who had got the perm for his role in a musical called Curly in Oklahoma, revealed that his perm put off Dougray Scott, the casting director of Wolverine.

May 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Aussie actor Hugh Jackman was recently booed by film fans at a midnight show of his new film 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' in the US.he actor decided to go to a city cinema and surprise the audience just before the film started. "We ran the trailers as normal and then all of a sudden the lights went up and they were like, 'Boo'," Contactmusic quoted Jackman as saying.

May 4th, 2009 Leak doesn't keep fans away from 'Wolverine'LOS ANGELES — Not even pirates can stop Wolverine. Audiences weren't deterred from watching "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" on the big screen despite a full-length version of the superhero prequel clawing its way online last month.

May 3rd, 2009 Hugh Jackman and his "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" co-stars want to hold the film's premiere in your town The star announced that the mutant film will be hosted at the town with the most votes on their website. Jackman, who plays the titular character, has announced that he, the whole cast, and "A few other mutants" from the film will be coming to the town with the most number of votes.