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10 Years Later, Anime Sensation Nearly Matches Its Original Opening With Just 675 Theatres!

10 Years Later, Anime Sensation Nearly Matches Its Original Opening With Just 675 Theatres!

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Your Name North America Box Office: Anime Sensation Nearly Matches Its Original Opening With Just 675 Theatres, Proving Anime’s Growing Power! (Photo Credit: Prime Video) Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name has completed a decade, and to commemorate the occasion, it has been re-released in North America. Despite facing competition from giant Hollywood blockbusters and limited screens, the anime movie managed to post solid numbers on its re-release opening weekend at the box office in North America. It strongly highlights the growing power of anime movies in North America. Keep scrolling for the deets. It is a Japanese romantic fantasy anime movie. It is the first entry in what critics call Makoto Shinkai’s “disaster trilogy,” followed by Weathering with You (2019) and Suzume (2022), with all three films exploring themes inspired by Japan’s frequent natural disasters. The critics gave it a near-perfect rating of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer. They called it emotionally satisfying, adding another outstanding chapter to Shinkai’s rich filmography. Your Name’s re-release opening weekend collection in North America Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name turns 10 …

Horror Sensation Takes Down Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt’s Mr & Mrs Smith!

Horror Sensation Takes Down Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt’s Mr & Mrs Smith!

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Obsession Worldwide Box Office: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith Finally Gets Beaten By This Horror Hit! (Photo Credit – Prime Video/Netflix) It is astonishing how Obsession keeps beating Hollywood blockbusters left, right, and center! It has now surpassed the worldwide haul of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s most iconic movie ever – Mr & Ms Smith. The movie is inching closer to the $500 million milestone worldwide and keeps devouring many studio giants with established actors. Beating the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt starrer highlights the horror film’s strong box-office presence. Curry Barker’s film, beating other mainstream movies, highlights its remarkable box-office legs and audience demand. It has also beaten some of the Marvel biggies as well, including The Marvels, Ant-Man 3, Venom: The Last Dance, Thor, and more. Industry trackers also believe it could surpass Steven Spielberg’s Jaws as the all-time 4th-highest-grossing film worldwide. Obsession at the worldwide box office Obsession showed an extraordinary performance at the domestic box office as well. The movie collected a massive $263.3 million at …

Bharat Arun found Mohammed Siraj. Now he searches for India’s next pace sensation

Bharat Arun found Mohammed Siraj. Now he searches for India’s next pace sensation

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5 min readChennaiJul 20, 2026 09:05 PM IST Former India bowling coach Bharat Arun, who assembled a pace attack that West Indies great Andy Roberts said in 2019 he envied, is set to launch a nation-wide camp to unearth young fast bowlers. Arun’s plan is to identify and nurture another Mohammed Siraj, whom he had spotted in 2017 during a net session in Hyderabad and paved his path to the Indian team in 2020. Since stepping down as India’s bowling coach in 2021, Arun runs an academy (Coaching Beyond) in association with Ravi Shastri and R Sridhar in Chennai and Hyderabad. Since leaving the India role, he has been a part of an IPL-winning team – Kolkata Knight Riders – in 2024 and is currently part of the Lucknow Super Giants setup. “Siraj is a wonderful story for other young upcoming fast bowlers to emulate. And in our own way, we want to do something from Coaching Beyond. It’s not only a challenge to us, but it’s also, I think, one way of doing something …

His debut made him overnight sensation, worked with Shah Rukh Khan, moved to TV after flops, where is Vivek Mushran now?

His debut made him overnight sensation, worked with Shah Rukh Khan, moved to TV after flops, where is Vivek Mushran now?

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Vivek Mushran‘s career has been anything but predictable. He arrived in Bollywood in the 90s with a blockbuster debut that made him an instant heartthrob, became a familiar face on television for an entire generation, and has now carved out a successful second innings on OTT. While many still associate him with the unforgettable Ilu Il craze, where is the actor now? Vivek Mushran in Saudagar. The debut that made him an overnight sensation In 1991, Vivek Mushran got the kind of debut most actors only dream of. Filmmaker Subhash Ghai’s Saudagar was one of the biggest films of the year, headlined by cinema legends Dilip Kumar and Raaj Kumar. Amid two towering stars, debutantes Manisha Koirala and Vivek Mushran left audiences talking. As Vasu, the young man hopelessly in love with Manisha Koirala’s Radha, Vivek won hearts at just 21 with his effortless charm and boy-next-door appeal. Saudagar went on to become the third highest-grossing Hindi film of 1991, while the Ilu Ilu song took on a life of its own. Short for ‘I …

Morocco’s teen sensation who stopped to applaud a pass at World Cup

Morocco’s teen sensation who stopped to applaud a pass at World Cup

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5 min readUpdated: Jun 20, 2026 08:07 AM IST At 15, Ayyoub Bouaddi was at the French president’s place, the Élysée Palace, making a case about how you should play. At 18, against Brazil at the FIFA World Cup, he answered his own question. In June 2023, the final of the national eloquence competition for French professional football academies was at the Élysée Palace with first lady Brigitte Macron in the audience. The topic given to the youngster from Creil and other finalists was: Le résultat est-il supérieur à la manière? Is the result superior to the manner? Bouaddi won. ALSO READ | FIFA World Cup teams adopt PSG’s rugby-inspired kick-out strategy Creil is a town in the Oise, 40 minutes north of Paris by train. Sofiane Khair coached the football prodigy at AFC Creil fr om the age of 6 to 15. When Bouaddi began appearing for Lille’s first team, Khair told Eurosport: “We’re the only ones it doesn’t surprise.” Then he listed why. Maturity. Intelligence. Calm. Self-belief. Courage. And always first at training. And …

Can This Horror Sensation Beat Michael B Jordan’s Oscar Winning Sinners Domestically?

Can This Horror Sensation Beat Michael B Jordan’s Oscar Winning Sinners Domestically?

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Obsession North America Box Office: Can It Beat Sinners Domestically? ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Obsession is the year’s biggest horror phenomenon. It is not falling apart like the Backrooms, and it has been going really strong at the box office. It crossed the $200 million milestone worldwide. The Curry Barker movie became the first horror film of the year to cross a key milestone at the domestic box office. As it continues its amazing run, one big question is whether it can surpass Sinners’ domestic haul in its theatrical run. Keep scrolling for the deets. Obsession crosses the $150 million The Curry Barker movie collected a massive $25.4 million at the North American box office. It recorded the biggest 4th weekend ever for a horror at the domestic box office, which is even more than Sinners’ $22.1 million. It is currently running in 2900 locations in North America. After four weekends, the movie reached a domestic cume of $151.9 million. How much is needed to surpass Sinners at the North American box office? …

Obsession North America Box Office: Can This Horror Sensation Surpass The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Lifetime Run?

Obsession North America Box Office: Can This Horror Sensation Surpass The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Lifetime Run?

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Obsession North America Box Office: Can It Beat The Conjuring: Last Rites? ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Obsession is the biggest horror hit of the year at the North American box office. The Curry Barker movie achieved this feat by beating Scream 7’s domestic haul. The movie is now aiming for horror blockbusters, and The Conjuring: Last Rites is one of them. But will this micro-budget horror phenomenon be able to beat the domestic total of The Conjuring: Last Rites? Keep scrolling for the deets. On track to hit the $150 million milestone at the North American box office? The Curry Barker movie collected $7.5 million on its 4th Friday at the North American box office. It is the biggest 4th Friday of all time for horror movies. The R-rated horror movie dropped by just 8.5% from last Friday, which is more than Sinners’ $6.6 million and The Sixth Sense’s $5.8 million 4th Friday grosses. It is expanding into theaters in North America and is now playing on 2,900 screens. The domestic total for …

Sunil Gavaskar feels ‘blessed’ as young Indian Cricket sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sees him as inspiration

Sunil Gavaskar feels ‘blessed’ as young Indian Cricket sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sees him as inspiration

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Sunil Gavaskar ruled the cricketing field in the ’70s and ’80s, but the impact he left with his stint has echoed through the years until now. Recently, the young Indian cricketing prodigy, 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who turned out to be the breakout star from IPL 2026, credited Sunil Gavaskar as his inspiration. Recalling that moment, the legendary cricketer tells us, “It makes me feel blessed that somebody who would not have even seen me play, or might have seen an odd grainy video from the early days, would come and say that. Youngsters today have so many things on their mind, but for them to see you in that capacity, is a blessing.” Sunil Gavaskar and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Gavaskar insists that he is blown away with the young cricketing talent that is festering in the country at the moment. “It’s just mind blowing the talent that is there in Indian cricket and the opportunities that it gets. Not a lot of credit is given to the BCCI (Board of Cricket Council in India) for that,” …

Obsession box office collection day 6: Horror film sensation remains steady in India, crosses ₹15 crore

Obsession box office collection day 6: Horror film sensation remains steady in India, crosses ₹15 crore

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Obsession box office collection day 6: The new horror film, Obsession, has become a surprise hit in India in just a few days of release. Even on weekdays, the Hollywood film starring no major A-List star has attracted audiences and remained steady, even beating the Bollywood release, Chand Mera Dil. Take a look at its performance in India so far. (Also read: How Obsession’s most shocking jumpscare scene was shot using a doll, jelly glass, fake blood, lots of shaking. Watch) Obsession box office collection day 6: Inde Navarrette’s performance in the film garnered praise. Obsession shows momentum The latest report on Sacnilk states that Obsession has collected ₹2.51 crore on its sixth day of release. The film collected ₹3 crore on Tuesday, and has so far shown an impressive hold over the box office even in the middle of the week. The positive word of mouth on social media and the staggering box office numbers worldwide seem to be the reasons audiences in India are so eager to see Obsession. Its highest single-day collection …

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as an actor? Director Shekhar Kapur feels the IPL 2026 sensation could have been cast in Masoom

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as an actor? Director Shekhar Kapur feels the IPL 2026 sensation could have been cast in Masoom

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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the 15-year-old teen sensation, set the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 ablaze, finishing with 776 runs in 16 matches. With every knock he played in IPL 2026, the clamour around his potential debut in Indian cricket team grew louder and louder. Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after the team’s win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 Eliminator cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in New Chandigarh, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (PTI Photo/Karma Bhutia) (PTI05_27_2026_000736A) (PTI) What Shekhar said Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has now highlighed the talent of the young cricketer. Taking to X, he wrote, “If sooryavanshi wasn’t such a sensational cricketer.. I could have cast him in Masoom the film.” Vaibhav made his debut in April 2025 at 14 years and 23 days old, breaking the record to become the youngest debutant in IPL history. For the unversed, Shekhar Kapur’s Masoom is a cult Hindi film which released in the year 1983. It marked his directorial debut. The film is an adaptation of the 1980 Erich Segal novel Man, …