‘New York’ hits bull’s eye, grosses Rs.350 mn over weekend

October 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - "Zombieland", the horror comedy with Woody Harrelson (of Cheers fame) and Jesse Eisenberg, debuted as the top favourite of weekend cinema crowds in North America. According to studio estimates, it took in $25 million with backing from critics, who liked the story of two unevenly matched men who make their mark in a world of zombies.

September 17th, 2009 Thanks to the recession, John Abraham’s film, which was to be directed by Sabal Shekhawat and produced by Indian Films (Studio 18), has come to a halt. Studio 18 has backed out of the film, giving recession as the reason for doing so.

August 26th, 2009 Grosses more than 63 crores globally in just 10 days! After storming the box office in the very first weekend of its release, UTV Motion Pictures Kaminey has now grossed Rs 63 crores within the first 10 days of its release worldwide. Mesmerizing audiences across the nation with its foot tapping music, ace direction and the flawless portrayal of characters by the talented cast, the film grossed over Rs 50 crores across 1200 screens at the Indian box office.

August 18th, 2009 By Joginder Tuteja Vishal Bhardwaj has done it. His 'Kaminey' has hit the bull's eye, hence continuing cheers for Bollywood, which has now seen fourth big money spinner in a row.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Love is immortal. Ask Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone whose recently released "Love Aaj Kal" has sent the cash registers ringing, raking in Rs.8 crore (Rs.80 million) on its opening day.

July 25th, 2009 Debutant director Deepan's campus action movie Puthiya Mugham, starring Prithviraj and Meera Nandan in the lead got released yesterday. This is the first time Prithviraj teams up with Meera Nandan.

July 23rd, 2009 Dileep’s upcoming entertainer humorous flick Pappy Appacha, directed by debutante Mamas Chandran who was an associate to Shafi and Rafi-Mecartin, is all set hit the floors by the end of July, sources indicated. The movie produced by Dileep’s brother Anoop under the banner of Grand Productions is said to be revolving around a Christian family.

July 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - Despite mixed reviews for its weak storyline, Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor starrer romantic comedy "Kambakkht Ishq" has grossed Rs.100 crore (Rs.1 billion) at the box office in its first week. Distributed worldwide by Eros with around 2,000 prints worldwide, "Kambakkht..." hit more than 1,400 screens in India and about 600 overseas in a combination of prints and digital format.

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 5th, 2009 LONDON - Pop legend Michael Jackson's producer Quincy Jones has claimed that the singer lied about his skin condition and just "didn't want to be black". The music mogul, who worked on Jackson's Bad and Thriller albums, said the pair used to discuss the King Of Pop's altering appearance and the latter had always put any changes down to a disease that lightened his skin from black to white, reports thesun.co.uk.

June 25th, 2009 Yash Raj Films has never been known for getting aggressive when it comes to the promotion of their films. However, they changed their strategy in 2008 when they heavily promoted 'Tashan', 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' followed by 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'.

June 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hugh Jackman starrer X-Men Origins: Wolverine, released Friday, has grossed around Rs.75 million ($1.5 million) in its opening weekend in India. Having already topped the US box office by raking in $160 million in its first weekend and with collections of almost $350 million worldwide so far, Wolverine broke the opening record for any Hollywood film in India.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Yaavarum Nalam, the Tamil version of Hindi film "13B", completed 100 days at the box office and has grossed Rs.130 million so far. Directed by Vikram K.

May 25th, 2009 After taking a slow start at the box office, '99' has expectedly grown with positive word of mouth. Even though the film's promotion still leaves a lot to be desired, audiences have ensured that they patronise this Kunal Khemmu and Boman Irani enough to make it sail past the safety mark.

May 21st, 2009 Ok, so now it is turning out to be too bad to be true. All eyes were set on the Monday gone by as there was a wide spread belief that the meeting held on this day between producers and multiplexes would result in a positive outcome.