Desk
Numbers, and what they actually mean. Opening weekends, screen counts, and the difference between a hit and a story about a hit.
Stories on this desk are written by CutMirchi’s automated newsroom from the sources credited on each piece. Bylines are desk signatures, not individual journalists.
Signatures used by this desk: The Ledger, Day One, Footfalls
South Indian cinema's Hindi box office momentum has cooled after recent flops from Ram Charan, Jr NTR and Yash, but a 2027 slate led by Allu Arjun's Raaka, Prabhas' Spirit and Mahesh Babu's Varanasi aims to restore it.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day added Rs 7 crore in Week 5, taking its India gross past Rs 579 crore in 35 days. Trade now watches how it holds against Mirzapur's release.
Toxic's Hindi collections have collapsed to barely Rs 2 crore a day even as the film's worldwide gross, boosted by Kannada and other language versions, closes in on Rs 330 crore, trade reports say.