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Shah Rukh Khan’s “Unstoppable” Film Makes History, Over Rs 200 Crore Worldwide
Pathaan Box Office Report: Shah Rukh Khan in a still from the film
Shah Rukh Khan’s new release Pathaan made history on its second day at the box office, setting another record with earnings of Rs 68 crore. This sum, reported by trade analyst Taran Adarsh, is the total collected by the Hindi version of the film in ticket sales at home. On Day 2, which was yesterday, Pathaan made nearly Rs 70 crore – the first Hindi film to approach this number in a single day’s takings. Added to the Rs 55 crore earned on its opening day, Pathaan‘s India business now totals Rs 123 crore. The Tamil and Telugu dubs added another Rs 4.5 crore over two days. The worldwide ticket sales for two days add up to over Rs 200 crore.
Taran Adarsh tweeted: “All BO records demolished. Pathaan creates history on Day 2 as well. First Hindi film to near Rs 70 crore on a single day. Wed 55 cr, Th 68 cr (Republic Day). Total: Rs 123 cr. Hindi version. India biz. Unimaginable. Unprecedented. Unstoppable.” He reported the Tamil and Telugu numbers in a second tweet.
See Taran Adarsh’s tweets here:
ALL #BO RECORDS DEMOLISHED… #Pathaan creates HISTORY on Day 2 as well… FIRST #Hindi film to near ₹ 70 cr on a *single day*… Wed 55 cr, Thu 68 cr [#RepublicDay]. Total: ₹ 123 cr. #Hindi version. #India biz. UNIMAGINABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. UNSTOPPABLE. pic.twitter.com/r6ZKG9QA5Y
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 27, 2023
#Pathaan#Tamil + #Telugu: Wed 2 cr, Thu 2.50 cr. Total: ₹ 4.50 cr.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 27, 2023
Pathaan‘s first day collections of Rs 55 crore broke the record set by the Hindi version of KGF: Chapter 2 – Shah Rukh Khan’s film is Bollywood’s biggest opener. With overseas earnings added, Pathaan made its 100 crores on Day 1 itself – Rs 106 crore worldwide, to be precise.
‘PATHAAN’: ₹ 106 CR *GROSS* ON DAY 1 WORLDWIDE… #Pathaan demolishes #Worldwide opening day records for #Hindi films… #India + #Overseas *Gross* BOC on *Day 1* is ₹ 106 cr. PHENOMENAL. pic.twitter.com/M2tkjnWS4s
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 26, 2023
The film hit a second century on Day 2 with worldwide earnings at over Rs 219 crore.
‘PATHAAN’: ₹ 219.60 CR WORLDWIDE *GROSS* IN 2 DAYS… #Pathaan#India + #Overseas *Gross* BOC…
⭐️ Day 1: ₹ 106 cr
⭐️ Day 2: ₹ 113.60 cr
⭐️ Worldwide *GROSS* Total: ₹ 219.60 cr
🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/MFnr6gMK9z— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 27, 2023
Several other firsts have piled up as well – Pathaan opened in 8,000 screens worldwide, the highest for any Hindi film; 300 shows were added by exhibitors after the very first screening. Pathaan sold about 5.5 lakh tickets in advance bookings, second only to the Hindi dub of KGF: Chapter 2 in terms of Hindi films.
Pathaan, Shah Rukh Khan’s first lead role since 2018’s Zero, is an action thriller set in Yash Raj Films’ spy universe. Directed by Siddharth Anand, Pathaan stars SRK in the title role of a RAW agent who teams p with Deepika Padukone’s ISI agent to tackle a terror threat from the villainous Jim, played by John Abraham.
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Yggdra Union: We’ll Never Fight Alone coming to PC in Early Access on February 6 worldwide
Sting [42 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/sting”>Sting will release Yggdra Union: We’ll Never Fight Alone [1 article]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/games/yggdra-union-well-never-fight-alone”>Yggdra Union: We’ll Never Fight Alone in Early Access for PC [16,700 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/pc”>PC via Steam on February 6 worldwide with English, Japanese, Korean, and Traditional Chinese language support, the developer announced.
The Early Access version is playable from start to finish, including side content. The full version will feature big fixes and improvements based on player feedback. Sting anticipates the game will remain in Early Access for three to five months.
Yggdra Union: We’ll Never Fight Alone first launched for Game Boy Advance on March 23, 2006, followed by PSP on January 24, 2008. iOS and Android versions were released on April 11, 2019, followed by Switch on March 5, 2020. While the Game Boy Advance and PSP versions were released in English, the iOS, Android, and Switch versions are Japanese-only.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
Yggdra Union: We’ll Never Fight Alone released in 2006. It has evolved with each release on various platforms, and finally appears on PC (Steam)!
Adjust the operation method and functions according to the PC! Added new features for the PC version! !
Story
The Kingdom of Fantasinia is ruled by a royal family that inherited the blood of the gods who built up a stable era.
However, the Kingdom of Fantasinia fell under the attack of the Empire of Bronquia.
Meanwhile, Yggdra, a lone girl who escaped.
With her kingdom’s last hope in hand, head to the remotest land on the southern tip of the continent.
She arrives and meets a boy, the king of thieves, Milanor.
The battle to liberate Yggdra’s homeland begins with that encounter…
Collaborate with Allies: Union System
A battle system that allows up to five people to participate in battle at once depending on the character’s position! Let’s fight together with allies to defeat the powerful enemy!
One-Shot Reversal Tactics Card
Use the power of cards with special moves to defeat your enemies! Skillfully use various effects and face difficulties! !
Additional Content in the Ported Version
- Port Additional Features
- Added a rewind function. (You can undo your Action [865 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/action”>actions as much as you like.)
- Added auto save function. (Even if you quit midway, you can start from your favorite turn.)
- Added conversation log function.
- Added item hints to EXTRA content. (Hints are given on which stage the item is on.)
- Addition of battle speed adjustment function. (You can play at up to five times speed from the beginning.)
- The unit “Flunky” will participate under certain conditions! (What if Flunky achieved results in the first stage…?)
- Sound set function! (You can play by choosing from three types of sound sources.)
- Trick Features
- A function that makes Milanor look like Cruz. (Milanor will play an active role as a hunter.)
- Enemy / Allies no critical function.
- Skill gauge MAX at the start of battle (skill gauge starts at MAX state only for own army).
- Formation type reversal function. (Male and female formation types are reversed.)
- The trick function is to press a specific button appear. The appearance method is described in the manual.
PC Version New Features
- Japanese voice / English voice can be switched. (Easy to switch at any time during the event.)
- Addition of free save. (You can now save freely during battle.)
- Infinite use of items in Electronic Arts [1,696 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/electronic-arts”>EASY mode. (Items can now be used indefinitely only in EASY mode.)
- Equipment removal (equipment can now be removed in the middle)
- Adjustment of Itembreak. (Weapon does not break with Itembreak and is unusable.)
- Completely compatible with in-game mouse / keyboard / controller.
- You can adjust the layout of the keyboard buttons.
View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.
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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ crosses $2 billion mark in worldwide box office
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As has frequently been the case throughout his unparalleled career, James Cameron made film history again this weekend.
His long-awaited sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water” has now made over $2 billion in worldwide grosses, as reported by Deadline.
That grand total is after the film’s box office take from this weekend, the sixth consecutive weekend the film has occupied the No. 1 spot since its release in December.
CNN has reached out to “Avatar: The Way of Water” producing studio Disney for comment on the film’s latest financial achievement.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” is the sequel to Cameron’s 2009 extraterrestrial epic “Avatar,” which remains at the top of the list of biggest-selling films of all time, according to Box Office Mojo.
Another of Cameron’s films is also in the $2 billion club – 1997’s “Titanic.” Only three other films are part of that club – 2015’s “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,” “Avengers: Infinity War” from 2018, and “Avengers: Endgame” from one year later.
Cameron is therefore the only director who can boast that three of his films are among the six to have made over $2 billion, as well as in top 6 bestselling movies of all time.
The director is planning to release at least three other “Avatar” sequels going forward.
Blue Protocol adds PS5 and Xbox Series versions, launches in second half of 2023 worldwide
Publishers Amazon Games [7 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/amazon-games”>Amazon Games and Bandai Namco Online [7 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/bandai-namco-entertainment/bandai-namco-online”>Bandai Namco Online will release Free-to-Play [123 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/free-to-play”>free-to-play Multiplayer [106 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/multiplayer”>multiplayer online Action RPG [517 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/rpg/action-rpg”>action RPG Blue Protocol [18 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/games/blue-protocol”>Blue Protocol for PS5 [3,889 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/playstation/ps5″>PlayStation 5, Xbox Series [3,021 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/xbox/xbox-series”>Xbox Series, and PC [16,469 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/pc”>PC via Steam worldwide in the second half of 2023, the companies announced. A closed beta test for PC will run in the first half of 2023.
Here is an overview of the game, via the official website:
Developed by Bandai Namco Online and Bandai Namco Studios [17 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/bandai-namco-entertainment/bandai-namco-studios”>Bandai Namco Studios and published by Amazon Games, Blue Protocol is a free-to-play Multiplayer Online Action RPG [14,706 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/rpg”>RPG where you become the hero of your very own sci-fi fantasy Adventure [607 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/adventure”>adventure. Explore the beautiful and dangerous world of Regnas in an immersive multiplayer experience with deep character customization and Action [794 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/action”>action-packed combat.
A Vast World and Immersive Adventure
You are on a quest to uncover the truth about your origins. On your travels you meet people from many worlds and make new friends with whom you share your adventures. Eventually, you find yourself facing an inescapable destiny that will determine the fate of planet Regnas. The overuse of technology has created a distortion of space-time, which will eventually engulf planet Regnas and cause its destruction. To change that fate, you and your friends must travel to an unknown world in search of the truth and a solution.
Learn more about the vast world of Regnas on the World page, and get a glimpse into the immersive adventure experience on the Story page.
Action-Packed Combat
It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner or an advanced player, the action-based combat system features controls that are customizable and able to match any playstyle. Your class is dependent on the weapons you choose, allowing you to adapt to challenges without changing your character. Switch [12,675 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/nintendo/switch”>Switch between five different classes, each with unique skills that add damage multipliers, healing, and elemental effects that can be modified and leveled-up. Equip combinations of skills, modifiers, and summon Echoes—mystical creatures derived from the planet’s power that bolster your abilities or aid you in battle—to create a custom hero fit for your play style.
Learn about Blue Protocol’s classes, like the dual-axe-wielding Twin Striker and the element-manipulating Spell Weaver, in the ‘Classes’ section of the Gameplay page.
Deep Customization
Your character is an integral part of Blue Protocol. Enhance [25 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/enhance”>Enhance your adventure by enjoying complete character and combat customization. Control how your character appears with custom facial features, hairstyles, outfits and accessories, and express their personality with gestures and dances to create a true-to-you character representative in game. Explore the vast world with a variety of mounts and craft custom weapons and gear for a truly unique experience.
Multiplayer Adventure
Work together as a team with other players to tackle quests, fight boss battles, and engage in massive online raids against towering monsters. There are three options when entering any Dungeon, Raid or Mission – Solo, Matchmaking, and Recruiting Parties. Solo lets players go it alone. Matchmaking randomly connects you with available players of a similar level. Recruiting Parties lets you browse the Parties who are taking on the same challenge. If you choose to go solo, don’t neglect giving aid to someone in the same area, to get bonus rewards. If you decide to make more formal arrangements, you can expect additional damage and add bonuses, such as HP regen. In addition, players in Parties pool some items that enemies drop, making it easier to complete certain Quests and Adventure Board challenges.
Read more here: The Road to Launch.
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River City Girls 2 launches December 15 worldwide
River City Girls 2 [9 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/games/river-city-girls-2″>River City Girls 2 will launch for PS5 [3,879 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/playstation/ps5″>PlayStation 5, Xbox Series [3,015 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/xbox/xbox-series”>Xbox Series, PS4 [24,332 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/playstation/ps4″>PlayStation 4, Xbox One [11,668 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/xbox/xbox-one”>Xbox One, Switch [12,670 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/nintendo/switch”>Switch, and PC [16,460 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/pc”>PC via Steam on December 15 for $39.99 worldwide, developer WayForward Technologies [103 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/wayforward”>WayForward announced.
The Side-Scrolling [229 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/side-scrolling”>side-scrolling Beat ‘Em Up [48 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/beat-em-up”>beat ’em up sequel first launched for consoles on December 1 in Japan and Asia. A physical bundle of River City Girls and River City Girls 2 is also available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch with English subtitles.
Here is an overview of the game, via WayForward:
About
Featuring six playable characters, online gameplay, a deep combat system, character-specific voiceovers, a massive nonlinear game world, and RPG [14,706 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/rpg”>RPG-like character growth.
Picking up directly after 2019’s River City Girls, River City Girls 2 gives players even more of what they loved about the original: more characters, up to four player Co-Op [65 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/multiplayer/co-op”>co-op, enhanced movesets, new enemies to fight, and a bigger world to explore and brawl through. Newcomers Marian (from the Double Dragon series) and Provie (from River City Ransom: Underground) join the returning playable cast of Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, and Riki as they set forth on a sprawling Adventure [605 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/adventure”>adventure that takes them from one end of town to the other while battling the Sanwakai crim [18 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/crim”>criminal syndicate that’s thrown River City into chaos.
Other knuckle-busting features include new weapons, interactive environments filled with destructible objects, loads of side quests, more than 40 shops overflowing with items and accessories, and powerful hired heavies that will assist players in battle. Complementing the Action [791 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/action”>action are dynamic motion-comic cutscenes, thousands of lines of spoken dialogue from top-notch vocal talent—including Kayli Mills as Misako, Kira Buckland as Kyoko, Greg Chun as Kunio, Kaiji Tang as Riki, DeeZumaki as Provie, and Erika Harlacher as Marian—once again directed by Cristina “Vee” Valenzuela, and an epic, jam-packed soundtrack from critically acclaimed River City Girls series composer Megan McDuffee. The OST is currently available for digital download here.
Key Features
- Six playable characters, each with their own fighting styles and upgradable move sets!
- Enhance [25 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/enhance”>Enhanced combat: guard crushes, lift-off combos, and more!
- River City is bigger than ever! New locations with multiple routes and secret areas!
- Play solo or team up with a friend, locally or online
- New hired henchmen aid players in battle! Hold two recruits at once!
- Loads of NPCs to meet, interact with, and punch in the face – including surprise cameos!
- Awesome anime intro, comic book cutscenes, English and Japanese voiceovers, and a spectacular soundtrack featuring River Ciy Girls 1 composer Megan McDuffee!
Astronomers Worldwide ‘Troubled’ By New ‘Cell Phone Tower in Space’
A sprawling new satellite built to connect directly with mobile phones on the surface is brighter than most of the stars in the night sky, according to astronomers who are calling it a threat to their work and humanity’s view of the universe.
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A composite image shows trails in the night sky left by BlueWalker 3 above the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. KPNO/NOIRLab/IAU/SKAO/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks
The offending orbital object is AST SpaceMobile’s Bluewalker 3, which was launched on Sept. 10, but its 64-square-meter (693-square-foot) array of solar panels and antennas was just fully unfurled earlier this month.
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The International Astronomical Union coordinated observations from around the planet, which found that the satellite is almost as bright as stars such as Antares and Spica, the 15th and 16th brightest in the night sky, respectively. Another study found it to be a little less reflective, on par with the 22nd brightest star or so.
It isn’t just Bluewalker 3 that concerns astronomers, but rather the fact it serves as a test model for a constellation of over 100 so-called Bluebirds the company aims to launch as part of its plan to build a network of satellites to provide 5G connectivity from space.
“BlueWalker 3 is a big shift in the constellation satellite issue and should give us all reason to pause,” Piero Benvenuti, director of the IAU Center for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference, said in a statement.
Astronomers have been more concerned about the potential impacts from mega-constellations of thousands of satellites like SpaceX’s Starlink, but the IAU says AST SpaceMobile’s plans raise new issues because of the strong radio waves they will transmit that could interfere with astronomical observations.
Philip Diamond, who directs the the Square Kilometer Array Observatory in South Africa and Australia, worries that orbiting “cell towers” aren’t subject to the same “quiet zone” restrictions that protect radio astronomers from interference by terrestrial cellular networks.
“Astronomers build radio telescopes as far away as possible from human activity, looking for places on the planet where there is limited or no cell phone coverage,” Diamond said. “New satellites such as BlueWalker 3 have the potential to worsen this situation and compromise our ability to do science if not properly mitigated.”
The IAU notes that it has already begun conversations with AST SpaceMobile about potential mitigation measures.
“We are actively working with industry experts on the latest innovations, including next-generation anti-reflective materials,” the company said through a spokesperson.
The company adds it “is committed to avoiding broadcasts inside or adjacent to the National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) in the US and additional radioastronomy locations that are not officially recognized, as required or needed. We also plan to place gateway antennas far away from the NRQZ and other radio-quiet zones that are important to astronomy.”
AST SpaceMobile CEO Abel Avellan said in a statement earlier this month the goal is to build a constellation that will eliminate mobile dead zones on Earth.
“Every person should have the right to access cellular broadband, regardless of where they live or work. Our goal is to close the connectivity gaps that negatively impact billions of lives around the world.”
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Astronomers Worldwide Troubled by New ‘Cell Phone Towers in Space’
A sprawling new satellite built to connect directly with mobile phones on the surface is brighter than most of the stars in the night sky, according to astronomers who are calling it a threat to their work and humanity’s view of the universe.
The offending orbital object is AST SpaceMobile’s Bluewalker 3, which was launched on Sept. 10, but its 64-square-meter (693-square-foot) array of solar panels and antennas was just fully unfurled earlier this month.
The International Astronomical Union coordinated observations from around the planet, which found that the satellite is almost as bright as stars such as Antares and Spica, the 15th and 16th brightest in the night sky, respectively. Another study found it to be a little less reflective, on par with the 22nd brightest star or so.
It isn’t just Bluewalker 3 that concerns astronomers, but rather the fact it serves as a test model for a constellation of over 100 so-called Bluebirds the company aims to launch as part of its plan to build a network of satellites to provide 5G connectivity from orbit to Earth — “cell phone towers in space,” as the IAU describes them.
“BlueWalker 3 is a big shift in the constellation satellite issue and should give us all reason to pause,” Piero Benvenuti, director of the IAU Center for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference, said in a statement.
Astronomers have been more concerned about the potential impacts from mega-constellations of thousands of satellites like SpaceX’s Starlink, but the IAU says AST SpaceMobile’s plans raise new issues because of the strong radio waves they will transmit that could interfere with astronomical observations.
Philip Diamond, who directs the the Square Kilometer Array Observatory in South Africa and Australia, worries that orbiting cell towers aren’t subject to the same “quiet zone” restrictions that protect radio astronomers from interference by terrestrial cellular networks.
“Astronomers build radio telescopes as far away as possible from human activity, looking for places on the planet where there is limited or no cell phone coverage,” Diamond said in a statement. “New satellites such as BlueWalker 3 have the potential to worsen this situation and compromise our ability to do science if not properly mitigated.”
The IAU notes that it has already begun conversations with AST SpaceMobile about potential mitigation measures.
“We are actively working with industry experts on the latest innovations, including next-generation anti-reflective materials,” the company said through a spokesperson.
The company adds it “is committed to avoiding broadcasts inside or adjacent to the National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) in the US and additional radioastronomy locations that are not officially recognized, as required or needed. We also plan to place gateway antennas far away from the NRQZ and other radio-quiet zones that are important to astronomy.”
AST SpaceMobile CEO Abel Avellan said in a statement earlier this month the goal is to build a constellation that will eliminate mobile dead zones on Earth.
“Every person should have the right to access cellular broadband, regardless of where they live or work. Our goal is to close the connectivity gaps that negatively impact billions of lives around the world.”