LOS ANGELES (The Thursday Times) — Hidayatkar Ti West ki film Ebenezer, jo Charles Dickens ki A Christmas Carol par mabni hai aur jis mein Johnny Depp ne Ebenezer Scrooge ka kirdar ada kiya hai, apni numaish ke pehle din North America ke box office par sarfehrist rahi aur Jume ko 67 lakh dollar kamaye. Yeh aath baras mein adakar ki pehli bari studio film hai.
Sanat ke aadad-o-shumar ke mutabiq is raqam mein America aur Canada ke 3,535 cinema gharon mein Jumeraat ki peshgi numaishon se hasil hone wale 15 lakh dollar bhi shamil hain. Film release karne wali company Paramount Pictures ko iftitahi weekend par taqreeban 2 crore dollar ki tawaqqo hai, agarche hareef studios is se kuch kam ka andaza laga rahe hain, jabke Bartania, France, Germany, Japan aur Mexico samet 63 bain-ul-aqwami mandiyon se mazeed taqreeban 2 crore dollar mutawaqqe hain.
2 crore dollar ka aaghaz is film ko Depp ki 2015 ki crime drama film Black Mass ke 2 crore 26 lakh dollar aur 2009 ki Public Enemies ke 2 crore 52 lakh dollar ke iftitahi business ke qareeb le aayega. Lagta hai ke khandan ticket khareed rahe hain: ab tak film ka sab se zyada kamane wala cinema Florida ke Disney Springs complex mein hai.
Aath baras baad wapsi
Ebenezer 2018 ki Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ke baad Depp ki pehli bari Hollywood film hai. Warner Bros ne 2020 mein unhein Harry Potter ki zaili filmi series se us waqt alag kar diya tha jab woh London mein aik Bartanvi tabloid ke khilaf hatak-e-izzat ka muqadma haar gaye the, jis ne unhein “biwi ko marne wala” kaha tha. Baad mein unhon ne America mein apni sabiq ehliya, adakara Amber Heard ke khilaf hatak-e-izzat ka muqadma jeet liya tha.
Is ke baad se woh zyada tar chhoti filmon mein kaam karte rahe hain, jin mein Faransisi tareekhi drama Jeanne du Barry bhi shamil hai, jis se 2023 ke Cannes Film Festival ka aaghaz hua tha, aur unhon ne 2024 mein Italvi musawwir Amedeo Modigliani ki zindagi par film Modì ki hidayatkari bhi ki.
Film ki cast mein Jacob Marley ke kirdar mein Ian McKellen, Rupert Grint, Daisy Ridley, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin aur Tramell Tillman shamil hain. Naqideen ki raye munqasim rahi hai aur jaizon ki website Rotten Tomatoes par nisf se kuch zyada tabsire musbat hain, jabke pehli raat ke nazireen ne survey mein ise paanch mein se sarhe chaar sitare diye.
Aik sust weekend
Agle hafte release hone wali The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping se pehle majmui ticket farokht mamooli hai, aur sanat mein kuch logon ko tawaqqo hai ke woh film taqreeban 10 crore dollar se aaghaz karegi. Animated film The Cat in the Hat Jume ko doosre number par rahi, jabke Japani film Godzilla Minus Zero us ke baad rahi.
Amazon MGM ki dakaiti par mabni mazahiya film How to Rob a Bank, jis mein Nicholas Hoult aur Zoë Kravitz ne adakari ki hai, Jume ko 22 lakh dollar kama saki aur is ka iftitahi business taqreeban 40 se 50 lakh dollar rehne ki tawaqqo hai, jabke is ki tayyari par 4 crore dollar se zyada lagat aayi.
Bharti razmiya film Ramayana, jise North America mein Sony ne release kiya hai, wahan apne doosre weekend par taqreeban 50 lakh dollar kamane ki raah par hai, aur duniya bhar mein 10 crore dollar se tajawuz kar chuki hai, jis ka bara hissa Bharat se aaya hai.
