Sisu: Road to Revenge North America Box Office Update (Photo Credit – Instagram)
Jalmari Helander marched back into the arena with Sisu: Road to Revenge, and the mood in the North American box office felt a little stiff this time. The Nordic gore action thriller sequel stepped into 2,222 theatres with confidence, much wider than the first Sisu, which had only 1,006 theatres in its run, yet the numbers told a different story. The opening weekend generated a domestic haul of $2.6 million, representing a 21.9% decline from the $3.3 million that the predecessor earned in its heyday.
Weekend Numbers Drop After Friday Start
Friday brought in $1.2 million, which did not go beyond the previous film’s $1.3 million opening. Then came Saturday and the air slowly got heavier as the film gathered $795,000, while Sunday pulled it even lower to $560,00. With weekend numbers dipping like that, the talk in the room quietly pointed at a future where the film may not see another million-dollar day. It looked like the excitement softened quicker than expected, especially when a film opens bigger but collects lower.
More Screens Did Not Mean More Money
The market had its claws out with older and newer titles fighting for screens and attention. Sisu: Road to Revenge attempted to bite into the market, armed with high Rotten Tomatoes ratings and a tougher story aimed at fans who loved the grit of the first one. But the US this time had more choices, and sometimes choices take away thunder. The run may now turn into a slow push instead of the wild sprint that the first film enjoyed.
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With a $12 million budget to recover, things need to move upward soon. The predecessor built a surprise hit in the US, but this sequel feels like it climbed the ladder only to realise the top is further away than before. The theatre count may be large, the praise may be strong, but the profit zone seems blurred and distant for now.
Sisu: Road to Revenge Box Office Summary (via Box Office Mojo)
Domestic – $2.6 million
International – $3.3 million
Worldwide – $5.9 million
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Ajay Devgn joined countless members of the film fraternity in mourning the loss of veteran actor Dharmendra, who passed away on November 24 at the age of 89. The actor, who died at his Mumbai residence just days before his 90th birthday, had been discharged from Breach Candy Hospital earlier this month after experiencing breathlessness.
Sharing his grief on Instagram Stories, Devgn wrote, “Heartbroken to hear about Dharam ji. His warmth, generosity and presence inspired generations of artists. The industry has lost a legend… and we’ve lost someone who shaped the very soul of our cinema. Rest in peace, Dharam ji. Om Shanti.”
Dharmendra’s passing has left the industry united in sorrow. Known widely as Bollywood’s original action hero, his influence spans decades, with a legacy defined by charm, versatility, and a deep connection with audiences across generations. Tributes have been pouring in from colleagues and admirers. Akshay Kumar remembered him as “the hero every boy wanted to be,” while Karan Johar described him as “a mega star… but mostly the best human being,” noting the irreplaceable void his death leaves behind.
Dharmendra was last seen in Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya. In a poignant coincidence, hours before news of his demise surfaced, Maddock Films unveiled his character poster from their upcoming project Ikkis.
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Bugonia Box Office Update (Photo Credit – Instagram)
Bugonia arrived with the promise of a strange blend of sci-fi and dark comedy wrapped in the creative mind of Yorgos Lanthimos and with Emma Stone leading the charge. The critics admired it, and audiences who watched spoke highly of its peculiar charm. Yet the movie never turned those reactions into strong box office numbers. It slowly crawled through theatres and has now reached the final stage of its theatrical run, falling far short of its break-even mark.
Bugonia’s Disappointing Box Office Performance
The movie currently stands at $32.7 million worldwide. From that, nearly 51.6% came from the US market, amounting to $16.9 million. It slightly managed to go past the domestic earnings of Keanu Reeves’ Good Fortune, Adrien Brody’s The Brutalist, Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Roses and the horror sequel The Strangers Chapter 2, but for a film led by Emma Stone and backed by a known filmmaker, this performance looked weaker than what many had expected.
Bugonia opened in a small number of theatres in the US on October 24. A week later, it received its wide domestic release across 2,043 theatres. The movie grossed $5 million during its wide release weekend (as per Box Office Mojo), which technically marked its second weekend. After that, it continued to earn more than a million each weekend, but only modestly and never strongly enough, while the theatre count kept falling. It earned $3.4 million in its third weekend, followed by $1.6 million in the fourth and then dipped below a million for the first time in the fifth.
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Rapid Dip In Theatre Count & Earnings
By its fifth weekend, Bugonia was showing in only 410 theatres, a massive drop from the previous 1,253. It collected $550K with a 65.7% dip from the previous weekend. Although it posted a slightly better per-screen average of $1,341 compared to the $1,278 from the previous weekend, it offered very little comfort to those looking at the bigger picture.
The movie was made on a budget of around $45 to $55 million. Still, with its current numbers, along with its reduced theatre presence and its exit from most overseas markets, Bugonia faces a significant financial loss. Some hopes now rest on future digital and streaming releases, where it might find a more welcoming audience beyond the box office stage.
Bugonia Box Office Summary
Domestic – $16.9 million
International – $15.8 million
Worldwide – $32.7 million
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Bollywood’s iconic “He-Man” and one of the most beloved actors of the Hindi film industry, Dharmendra, breathed his last on November 24. The veteran superstar, who had been discharged from Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital earlier this month, was reportedly recovering at home. However, his condition became critical on Sunday morning, prompting an ambulance to arrive at his Juhu residence.
Salim Khan Remembers His Bond With Dharmendra
In a touching throwback, Sholay writer and Salman Khan’s father, Salim Khan, who turned 90 today, shared memories of his long-standing friendship with Dharmendra. Back in 1998, the two had reunited for the Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, and Kajol-starrer Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya.
In a behind-the-scenes clip, Salim Khan reflected on their association, saying: “Dharam ji se mera bohot hi purana association hai, 1958-1959 se. Both of us had come together, both of us have seen a lot of struggle. Aur bohot si cheezein common bhi hain. He’s a wonderful person and jab bhi inko khayal aaya ki iss film mein kis ko liya jaaye toh inko pehla khayal Dharam ji ka hi aaya. He’s like a family member and like an elder brother to us. That’s all I can say about him.”
Remembering a Legend
Dharmendra’s death comes just two weeks before what would have been his 90th birthday. His contribution to Indian cinema, both as a charismatic actor and a beloved public figure, has left an indelible mark on Bollywood.
We extend our heartfelt condolences to the Deol family and pray for peace and strength for them during this difficult time. Dharmendra’s legacy will forever remain in the hearts of fans across the world.
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We used to measure holiday gifting by the stack of boxes, not the value inside them. Get the hottest tech or the newest drop, then watch the recipient’s excitement fade faster than a return window. Not this year.
This year’s hottest holiday flex is not just another gift to unwrap. It is something that holds real value. A growing number of people are choosing bitcoin. And for the first time, it can be gifted as easily as a traditional gift card through the Fold Bitcoin Gift Card.
Bitcoin Becomes The Modern Store Of Value
Bitcoin has crossed the line from early-adopter experiment to an asset of choice for people who care about a store of value. Between 480 million and 500 million people now own bitcoin worldwide, and adoption continues to rise in major markets. It is no longer a conversation about technology. It is a conversation about growing wealth.
And wealth behaves differently when something is scarce. Bitcoin has a fixed supply of 21 million coins. Unlike traditional currency, no government or person can print more. As inflation erodes purchasing power and increases the price of everything from groceries to holiday flights, Bitcoin has become a modern store of value for those who understand the value of investing. Over the last decade, bitcoin has outperformed nearly every major asset class. What once felt speculative has become a long term strategy.
Give The Gift That Holds Real Value: The Fold Bitcoin Gift Card
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Finding a great gift gets harder every year. Tech trends fade fast, clothes go out of style, and gadgets collect dust by February. This season, give something different, something that can grow in value. The Fold Bitcoin Gift Card lets you give bitcoin in the simplest way possible. It works like any other gift card, but instead of store credit, you’re giving access to bitcoin—real value that can increase over time. For the person who has everything or the friend who has been curious about bitcoin, it’s a fresh way to give something that can grow in value and help build real savings for the future.
A Modern Gift That’s Actually Simple
Until recently, giving bitcoin meant explaining exchanges, wallets, private keys, and a lot of technical steps. Fold is changing that. The Fold Bitcoin Gift Card removes the confusion and makes bitcoin gifting as easy as picking up a card at the store. You can buy the Fold Bitcoin Gift Card online at foldapp.com/bitcoin-gift-card or find the physical orange gift card at Kroger stores nationwide. Once gifted, the recipient downloads the Fold app, creates an account, taps “Redeem Gift Card,” and enters the redemption code. Their bitcoin appears in their account—ready to hold, spend, or grow.
Why Bitcoin, Why Now?
Most gifts lose value over time. Bitcoin has the potential to do the opposite. It’s more than a gift card; it’s a new way to save and build long-term value. With the Fold Bitcoin Gift Card, you are giving someone a head start on that journey. It is a simple way to introduce saving in bitcoin and a reminder that smart gifts can be meaningful too.
A Smarter Kind of Holiday Gift
(Fold Bitcoin Gift Card)
The Fold Bitcoin Gift Card is more than a surprise to unwrap. It is a starting point. For some, it’s the first first bitcoin they will acquire, a step toward learning more about Bitcoin and saving in it. For others, it is an easy way to add to what they already own. Either way, it is a gift that keeps giving long after the holidays are over. Find the Fold Bitcoin Gift Card at foldapp.com/bitcoin-gift-card or at Kroger stores nationwide.
Beyond The Gift Card
Fold makes bitcoin part of everyday life. With the Fold Debit Card, you can earn bitcoin back on every purchase, whether you’re buying groceries, coffee, travel, or shopping online. In the Fold app, you can also buy gift cards from hundreds of top brands such as Amazon, Apple, Nike, DoorDash, Home Depot, and Uber and get instant bitcoin rewards. If you want to add more, Fold’s exchange lets you buy bitcoin directly, set up dollar cost averaging, and even route a portion of your paycheck into bitcoin.
Coming soon, the Fold Bitcoin Credit Card will expand those rewards even further. Cardholders will earn an unlimited 2 percent back in bitcoin on every purchase, plus up to an additional 1.5 percent back when they pay off purchases using a Fold Checking Account with qualifying activity. There are no rotating categories and no deposit requirements. With Fold, every purchase helps you earn and save in bitcoin.
Lexus has a bold and sprawling vision of the future that includes off-grid houses and every possible way to get you there—from hexacopters to autonomous luxury catamarans, to chauffeured luxury vans, to sports cars with high-speed drones that deploy to give you real-time information about the road ahead. At this year’s Japan Mobility Show, I got to see that vision in person.
I stepped out of a charter bus at a modern wedding venue in the heart of Tokyo, then wandered up the driveway and across a koi pond in gardens that were towered over by skyscrapers. It was the night before the big reveal—the concepts that would present Lexus’ vision for the future. We were less than 24 hours from the lifting of the press embargo, but Lexus wasn’t taking any chances.
One by one, all media had to take out our cell phones and cameras and put them into sealed envelopes, to be collected by claim check after the presentation. Then we filed into a dark room filled with chairs and watched a teaser for what we’d be seeing the next day. Some of it was familiar—a sexy sports car here, a sporty crossover there—while other concepts like the autonomous catamaran yacht, the off-grid house, a six-wheeled van, and a micro-mobility box were more science fiction than showroom.
“What we envision is 360-degrees of mobility,” said Ian Cartabiano, President of CALTY Design Research in Newport, California, which led development on the house and micro concept. What all these concepts point to is a vision of the future in which luxury alone is not enough. Lexus is instead focusing on the luxury of time and how you use your personal space to protect it. “We believe that true luxury will shift from material wants and needs into more of an enriching state of mind,” said Lexus International President Takashi Watanabe, “Where how you use your time—and how you use the space that you’re in—is more important.”
The next day at the Japan Mobility Show, at a giant convention hall called Tokyo Big Sight, I got to see that philosophy brought to life.
The Catamaran
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Shown in model form only—and in a video of a wealthy owner sitting on the deck painting a canvas while his autonomous yacht takes him across the ocean—the Lexus Catamaran Concept offered a tempting glimpse of a future where you could go anywhere in the world without the need for a crew. Where would you go? Well, Lexus has an answer for that, too.
The Off-Grid House
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“The house is designed to be off grid, and the roof is actually a solar panel,” said Cartabiano. He knows it may seem far-fetched to some that Lexus would even be flirting with a house concept, but if you knew what all Toyota actually makes in Japan, it would seem far more within reach. “People say, ‘Wait, are you guys making homes and boats?’ says Cartabiano, “And I say, ‘Well, Toyota has been building homes in Japan for over 30 years, and Toyota Marine has been around forever, so we can do all this stuff.’”
The Micro Mobility Box
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One of the most out-of-the-box things on display was literallya box—the Micro Mobility Box designed by Cartabiano and his team at CALTY in Newport Beach, California. The idea behind the design is that if you shrink down something that looks like a car, it ends up looking like a toy. But if you use other design language––this was inspired by architecture—and shrink that down, it looks like its own thing. “Personally, I love the micro concept,” said Cartabiano, whose vision was to “make something small and personal and reflective of its urban environment, but also premium in a nontraditional way.”
The Air Taxi
(Lexus)
Towering over the exhibit like the T-Rex in the lobby of the American Museum of Natural History, the Lexus x Joby Air Taxi looks like a human-sized drone and is the result of a partnership with Joby, in which Toyota is heavily invested.
Three For The Road
(Lexus)
The more recognizable road-bound vehicles; a sports car, a very sporty crossover, and a chauffeured luxury van, emerged as a result of the fact that Lexus is discontinuing the iconic LS sedan and LC Coupe. These three new concepts offer an answer as to what may replace them. The fact that Toyota’s new ultra-luxury brand, Century, will now carry the torch for the top of Toyota’s luxury market gives Lexus a new degree of creative freedom. “By Century moving up to that stratum, it takes a little pressure off of Lexus,” said Cartabiano. “That’s why there’s a six-wheeled van and a crazy micro-mobility box. But there’s also a sexy lifted coupe and a hyper sportscar that look a little more ready.”
The Sports Concept
(Lexus)
For sheer beauty, the Sports Concept dazzled me more than any other vehicle on display. This is entirely predictable for an American response, and Lexus knows exactly what we like. “Everyone loves cars in America,” said Watanabe, who told me he envisioned this as the most popular for the US audience. “A pure sports car,” said Lexus Chief Designer Koichi Suga, “Weekday for business, weekend for emotion.”
The aerodynamic elements of the sportscar were designed in collaboration with Lexus’s air racing team partner. The dimpled back of the car mimics the dimples in a golf ball for aerodynamics. The spoiler is integrated into the body itself rather than tacked on. Inside, the steering wheel and cockpit belong in a spaceship. It’s “very new but also realistic,” said Suga. “This is very important to me, to create the future but with a realistic feeling and an emotional factor.” Based on the reactions I saw in the crowd, the emotional factor with the Sports Concept is high.
The LS Coupe
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With the LS Sedan going away, the answer to what could replace it is not so straightforward. One half of that answer is a lifted coupe (I never heard the word crossover used) called the LS Coupe Concept. It looks like something you could see in a showroom now. Minimalist but also luxurious, with bamboo and cedar wood interior trim. One touch of the futuristic is that, like the Sports Concept, it has a high-speed drone that deploys and lands autonomously in a magnetic charging port above the rear window. And this isn’t just to get cool footage of yourself driving, but a new level of driver awareness.
“When you limit yourself only to the cameras and sensors on the vehicle itself,” said Watanabe, “you cannot get the information from far ahead.” He said they see the drone as a way to give you information about the road ahead and the terrain around you with ease in real time. You could be driving and get the drone warning, “road flooded ahead” while you’re still well outside of danger.
The New LS
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The LS has been a centerpiece of the Lexus lineup since 1989. In some ways it defined the brand in its early years. But sedans are no longer as popular as they once were, and with the LS being discontinued, the question became how to create a worthy successor. It stood for Luxury Sedan, but now they’re shifting that meaning to “Luxury Space.”
Enter the six-wheeled luxury van designed around the idea of space as power. In Japan there is a concept called “Kamiza,” which establishes a hierarchy of seats in a room or in a vehicle. Known as the Top Seat, or the safest and most comfortable seat, there is always a VIP spot wherever seating is involved. In any chauffeured van, that seat is in the third row. The problem is that no one has ever designed a van that didn’t force the VIP passenger to climb behind the second row to get there, which throws off the Kamiza. The LS was designed to solve this problem.
Chief Designer Suga told me a story of having to take a bus at night after work dinners, and he noticed that the seat over the front tire was always vacant because it’s the least comfortable seat on the bus. “That got me thinking,” he said, “That idea influenced the design of smaller wheels in the back.”
By using four smaller tires in the back instead of two larger tires, they were able to open up the back so the VIP can get in easily. But doing that is a lot more complicated than it sounds. “Now we have six tires, so when you turn, it drags,” said Watanabe. This means that all four rear tires now need to have steering capabilities, so now you have six wheel steering. “Nobody had done that,” said Watanabe.
Watanabe said that this also created new benefits, because the new middle set suppresses the typical vertical movement during acceleration. “If you accelerate very hard, usually the front lifts, but because we added one more set of wheels, it eliminates the lift,” he said. “So, you can accelerate very fast and it’s a very unique feeling—something you haven’t felt with your body before.”
“There is so much thought and expertise crammed into this concept,” said Suga, “I got goosebumps when I saw the door opening at the show.”
Final Thoughts
In 2023, the Tokyo Motor Show was rebranded as the Japan Mobility Show. Two things that this name change did were to make the show about more than just Tokyo, and to make it about more than just cars. And my takeaway from this year’s show is that mobility isn’t what it used to be. Forget everything you know about getting around, because it’s likely to change even more in the future than it already has over the past few years. And the brands we thought we knew are changing with it in surprising ways. As Watanabe put it to me, “We don’t need to continue on as an extension of what we’ve been before.”
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