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Nani’s latest venture, The Paradise, stormed the box office with a 15.95 crore haul by 1 PM, 59.08% morning occupancy across 4,183 shows, and 941,000 advance tickets, making it the fourth‑largest Telugu debut this year.
‘Sardar 2’, starring Karthi and directed by P.S. Mithran, opened alongside Sun’s ‘Mandadi’. While ‘Mandadi’ crossed the Rs 100 crore mark, the sequel struggled to reach Rs 40 crore, prompting loss estimates of about Rs 50 crore for its backer.
Sidharth Malhotra and Tamannaah Bhatia’s The Vvaan sold 42,000 tickets by mid‑morning, grossing just over one crore rupees, and may open with 5‑6 crore after a weekend of no competition.
Forgotten Island, a Filipino‑folklore animated comedy, opens in North America this weekend with a $15‑$17 million opening estimate, while Avengers: Endgame Encore is set to earn $25‑$28 million, securing the #1 slot.
The Vvaan, produced by TVF and Ekta Kapoor, has sold about 15,000 tickets across PVR, Inox and Cinepolis so far, pointing to a Rs 7 crore opening and a tough fight with Drishyam 3 next week.
Nani's The Paradise sold 9.78 lakh tickets and grossed Rs 20.41 crore in day one advance bookings, topping Ram Charan's Peddi, though negative early reviews cloud its extended opening weekend prospects.
Mirzapur The Movie added Rs 1.44 crore on Day 21, pushing its India total to roughly Rs 207.69 crore, even as weekday collections keep cooling in its third week of release.
Daayra's Day 6 collection of Rs 0.37 crore pushed its total past Rs 5 crore, but the weekday slide continues. Meanwhile Hanuman Ansh, 48 days in, sits just Rs 20.67 crore short of Rs 300 crore.
Kunal Kemmu and Preity Zinta's Vibe added ₹1 crore on Day 6, taking its India net to ₹10.45 crore and worldwide gross to ₹14.43 crore, per Sacnilk figures reported by Free Press Journal.
Godzilla Minus Zero, the 39th franchise entry, opens in November 2026 with an R rating. To claim the North American R‑rated crown, it must pull in over $636.75 million—a steep hurdle for a foreign‑language monster film.
Advance bookings for The Vvaan have already hit 8,000 tickets, driven largely by Bihar’s single‑screen venues where Chhath‑themed buzz is pushing the film ahead of traditional metros.
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil opened on September 18 and has already raked in $113.7 million worldwide, topping the domestic box office and edging close to the franchise’s top‑five grossers, according to Box Office Mojo data.
Advance bookings for The Vvaan show a solid start, with more than 13,000 tickets sold and collections crossing ₹33 lakh before the film even hits theatres on September 25.
Avengers: Endgame’s re‑release has generated Rs 8 crore in advance bookings across India, selling roughly 200,000 tickets so far, and could set a new re‑release opening‑day record if full‑screen availability boosts sales.
Advance bookings show Nani’s The Paradise edging close to a ₹50 crore pre‑release total, while Tamil hit Mandaadi aims for the ₹100 crore milestone and Resident Evil’s Indian run steadies around ₹15 crore.
Nani’s upcoming film ‘The Paradise’ has amassed $1.11 million from North American pre‑sales, breaking his own records and positioning the movie to enter Tollywood’s elite list of top‑grossing premieres abroad.
Virender Sehwag has praised Kunal Kemmu's Vibe, calling its concept great in comments to Bollywood Hungama, as the film recovers at the box office following a Monday slump.
Mirzapur: The Movie posted a 20 per cent spike on its third Tuesday, pushing its 19-day nett total to Rs 213.50 crore. Trade trackers now expect the film to wrap around Rs 225 crore.
Nani's The Paradise has sold 7.71 lakh tickets worth Rs 16.42 crore gross in day-one advance bookings, running on 7,214 shows nationwide, ahead of its September 24 release across India.
Mirzapur The Movie added Rs 2.01 crore on Tuesday to cross Rs 206 crore in its third week, while Resident Evil bounced back with a 15.49% jump to inch toward the Rs 12 crore mark.
Daayra's Tuesday collection matched Monday's Rs 50 lakh instead of climbing, leaving the Meghna Gulzar film's five-day domestic net at Rs 5.50 crore against a reported Rs 50-60 crore budget.
Vibe's box office run hit a wall on Monday with a 64% drop, then clawed back 15.56% on Tuesday to cross Rs 8.5 crore. The film needs Rs 0.41 crore more to touch Rs 9 crore.
Hanuman Ansh added Rs 4.64 crore on Day 47 to near the Rs 300 crore mark, while Daayra inched to Rs 4.69 crore after a rough transition from weekend to weekdays.
Resident Evil topped India's weekend box office over Meghna Gulzar's Daayra and Kunal Kemmu's Vibe, while Haiwaan flopped hard and Hanuman Ansh crossed Mirzapur's total collections.
Soori's Mandaadi has crossed Rs 100 crore, his first as a leading man, while director R Saravanan's account of a brief, warm meeting with the actor amid the film's success is doing the rounds online.
Hanuman Ansh, made on a reported budget of just Rs 2-3 crore, has crossed Rs 350 crore worldwide by its 47th day and overtaken Yash's big-budget Toxic in total collections, per trade estimates.
Vibe's opening weekend built nicely to Rs 6.58 crore, but Monday brought a 64% collapse to under Rs 1 crore. Total stands at Rs 7.55 crore after four days, with the weekday run now the real test.
Hanuman Ansh has crossed Rs 271 crore domestic after 46 days and is closing in on Rs 300 crore, even as Kunal Kemmu's Vibe drops 70% on its first Monday to collect just Rs 90 lakh.
Austin Abrams says he was shocked reading the script for Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, in which his character Bryan is infected and transforms by the film's final act. Spoilers ahead.
Nani’s upcoming film ‘The Paradise’ has amassed over Rs 10 crore in advance bookings across India and overseas, despite an A‑rated, 174‑minute cut and no trailer, sparking huge buzz ahead of its September 24 debut.