{"id":553076,"date":"2026-03-29T22:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/553076\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:03:07","slug":"dhurandhar-sequel-sets-north-american-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/553076\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Dhurandhar’ Sequel Sets North American Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBollywood hit Dhurandhar: The Revenge<\/a> from Moviegoers. Entertainment is no. 4 in its second weekend on 987 screens with a gross of $4.9 million and a cume of $22.9 million. Aditya Dhar directs Ranveer Singh as an undercover agent in Pakistan in a rare Indian film to keep a top ranking for a second weekend. And (at 95% with audiences on Rotten Tomatoes from over 1,000 ratings, it\u2019s also broken the the record for\u00a0highest grossing Indian movie at the North American box office, held since 2017 by\u00a0Baahubali 2: The Conclusion.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s still tough out there for indie features and docs although IFC\u2019s witchy mall comedy Forbidden Fruits<\/a> managed to round out the top ten with $1.7 million at 1,525 locations. The genre title, which just premiered at SXSW, was powered by a 73% female audience. Meredith Alloway\u2019s feature debut stars Lilly Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp and Lola Tung as a stylish coven operating out of an upscale boutique.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist from Focus Features debuted to $650k at 786 locations.The documentary co-directed by Charlie Tyrell and Daniel Roher is told through Roher\u2019s eyes as a father-to-be on a quest to understand the world his child is about to inherit, with the help of leading voices shaping and challenging the rise of AI. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tNeon\u2019s psychological body horror Alpha from cult French directorJulia Ducournau (2021 Cannes Palme d\u2019Or winner Titane) opened to $121k on 218 screens. <\/p>\n

\n\tA24\u2019s Marc by Sofia<\/a> added 126 locations in a big second week expansion (from 2) for a total of 128 earning $100.5k for a domestic cume through Sunday of $173k. Directed by Sofia Coppola, the documentary is an intimate portrait of designer Marc Jacobs.<\/p>\n

\n\tEvent cinema: Jimmy O. Yang\u2019s new comedy special, Jimmy O. Yang: Finally Home<\/a>, taped during five sold out homecoming arena shows in Hong Kong, grossed an estimated $80.7k on 69 screens from single shows \u2014 including quite a few sellouts \u2013 on Friday and Saturday (Sunday in Canada). Yang self-released with Variance Films.<\/p>\n

\n\tSony Pictures Classics debuted Sylvain Chomet\u2019s animated A Magnificent Life<\/a> to $76.3k on 334 screens. That includes an Academy run for the Cannes-premiering biopic of the late Marcel\u00a0Pagnol.<\/p>\n

\n\tGreenwich Entertainment comedy Fantasy Life<\/a>, the first feature from Matthew Shear, opened at the Angelika Film Center in NYC for a solid weekend gross of $39k.<\/p>\n

\n\tOur Hero: Balthazar from Picturehouse also hit one theater, NYC\u2019s Regal Union Square, with a nice debut at $33.3k. Expands to LA next week.<\/p>\n

\n\tHoldovers: Watermelon Pictures\u2019 release Palestine \u201936 grossed $93.6k at 36 theaters in a week 2 expansion. Moves to top 50 markets over Easter weekend.<\/p>\n

\n\tMiroirs No. 3<\/a> from 1-2 Special is at $30.4k at 15 theaters in week 2 for a cume of $77.7k.\u00a0Expands to Miami, Portland, Seatle, Nashville, Baltimore, Cleveland and SF Bay Area theaters next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tJanus Films\u2019 Two Prosecutors<\/a>, also in week 2, grossed an estimated $12.5k on 3 screens for a cume of $31.7k. Expands next weekend and throughout April. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bollywood hit Dhurandhar: The Revenge from Moviegoers. Entertainment is no. 4 in its second weekend on 987 screens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[159091,200981,88,221260,245896,237596,81151,190655,206,243374,241625,95789,241627],"class_list":{"0":"post-553076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-a-magnificent-life","9":"tag-dhurandhar-the-revenge","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-fantasy-life","12":"tag-finally-home","13":"tag-forbidden-fruits","14":"tag-marc-by-sofia","15":"tag-miroirs-no-3","16":"tag-movies","17":"tag-our-hero-balthazar","18":"tag-palestine-36","19":"tag-specialty-box-office","20":"tag-two-prosecutors"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}