The industry is anticipating 2025 to deliver around Rs 13,500 crore in overall box-office collections, which would cement it as India's strongest box-office year after 2023
Mexican multiplex chain Cinepolis will introduce its luxury brand 'Cinepolis VIP' in India as part of its plans to set up 500 screens by 2016 in the country.
'Audiences are loyal to good content.'
'Republic Day week has consistently been a lucrative period for the film industry.'
'Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda have captured the relevance to and imagination of Gen Z and millennial viewers.'
Analysts estimate that Pushpa 2 (in all languages) will become the fastest film to cross the Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) mark.
'One of the most significant factors contributing to the optimism for 2025 is the lineup of films featuring Bollywood's three superstar Khans.'
'We believe these five days should get roughly about 5 to 5.5 million people or more into the cinemas.'
Despite the evolution of cinema toward more refined expressions and aesthetics today, the exaggerated comedic style of Andaz Apna Apna remains endearing and entertaining, reminding us that sometimes, we just need a dose of mindless comedy to unwind, feels Shristi Sahoo.
Cinepolis, a Mexico-based multiplex operator, is looking at expanding its footprint in India.
'In our business, every time a seat goes empty, it is a perishable good.' 'We have lost the opportunity of earning revenue out of it.' 'It's impossible to recover what we have lost.'
Multiplex chains are rushing to smaller towns
'An 8-week window between theatrical and OTT release is a must!'
'A good pipeline of movies is fuelling this trend of revenge consumption.'
Theatres are finding innovative new ways to increase footfalls, discovers Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Movie theatres may reopen around the second week of July.
Increase in occupancy will pave way for Hindi blockbusters to release, say multiplex operators.
Advertisement revenues will go up in 2016-17 with automobiles and e-commerce being big contributors.
It was a quiet reopening with few people venturing warily to watch a mix of regional, English and Hindi reruns such as "Chhichhore", "Thappad", "Tanhaji" and "The Spy".
'In terms of ticket sales, Hindi is at 50-60 per cent while the South markets are at 80-90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.' The patchy performance of Hindi, the largest segment of the business is the nub of what is bothering Indian cinema.
Multiplex operators like PVR Ltd, Inox Leisure, Reliance Mediaworks and Mexican chain Cinepolis are scrambling to set up theatres
'This is a blip in the 100-year history of cinema.'
PepsiCo has tie-ups with KFC, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Burger King, and Subway in India, while Coca-Cola has a partnership with McDonald's only
'We will see footfall returning to pre-COVID levels by January.'
Ushering in a new era of movie watching, the Union government allowed multiplexes, cinema halls and theatres to reopen from Thursday within the framework of a set of standard operating procedures.
'While OTTs are a reality, big film producers will prefer a theatrical release before a digital one.'
And the reason has everything to do with box office collections, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
The movie has attracted 60 brands as merchandise partners and seven media partners
are in the process of building one at the Jio Center in Bandra Kurla Complex where the Maker Maxity building used to be. "This theatre will be on the top of the mall and should be able to accommodate 300 cars, and is expected to open sometime in January or February next year.
'There will be two to three months of containment, and when there is normalcy, the risk is a relapse and a return to lockdowns.'
A controversy has erupted over the portrayal of the Jat king of Bharatpur in the movie.
The Supreme Court turned down pleas by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments and refused to modify an earlier order that cleared the decks for the nationwide release of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali flick on January 25.
We saw Judwaa 2, Golmaal Again and Secret Superstar drive box office collections. Now, watch out for Padmavati and Tiger Zinda Hai in December.
'Fox makes films worth millions and millions of dollars. Fudging a few crores doesn't make much difference.'
Here's how India's most successful film star goes about his work.
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