Ramayana passes ₹800 crore worldwide, James Gunn and Peter Safran step down at DC Studios, and Diljit Dosanjh vows to play Indore despite threats

Ramayana: Part One, with Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi, stayed close to its record Monday on Tuesday, which coincided with the Bhai Dooj holiday. Trade tracker Sacnilk put India Day 6 at ₹94.10 crore net across 24,344 shows, 12.5% below Monday’s ₹107.50 crore, with occupancy at 55.3%. Hindi brought ₹76 crore, Kannada ₹7.75 crore, Telugu ₹4 crore, Tamil ₹3.60 crore and Malayalam ₹2.75 crore. That takes the six-day India net to ₹440.45 crore and India gross to ₹526.50 crore. Sacnilk estimated overseas Tuesday at about ₹35 crore, for an overseas gross of about ₹297 crore and a worldwide gross of about ₹823.50 crore. India Today, citing figures from Venky Box Office, also reported that the film grossed $1.37 million in North America on its first Monday, the highest first-Monday figure for an Indian film there. These are early trade estimates, not studio-audited totals, and Sacnilk notes that its overseas numbers are rough and can change. Not every response has been warm: India Today reported that Nitish Bharadwaj, Krishna in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat, has withdrawn his earlier praise for the film, objecting to its portrayal of Ravana and what he sees as a dilution of the epic’s spiritual values.

In Hollywood, James Gunn and Peter Safran are stepping down as co-chairmen and CEOs of DC Studios after four years. Skydance, which closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in October, announced on 9 November that former Marvel Studios executive Jeremy Latcham will become president and chief creative officer of DC Studios from 1 December 2026, reporting to Skydance Motion Picture Group co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein. Latcham joined Marvel in 2004 and worked on Iron Man, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man: Homecoming. In a joint statement, Gunn and Safran said they were “excited to return to what drew us to this job in the first place, which is telling the stories we love, including the next chapter of Clark and Lex’s journey in Man of Tomorrow.” That Superman sequel, written and directed by Gunn, is in post-production for 9 July 2027, and the pair remain producers on The Batman Part II. The Hollywood Reporter quoted Gunn’s Instagram post calling the executive job “trying, to say the least” and saying he is writing one more DC film that has not been announced.

Diljit Dosanjh says his 15 November Aura Tour concert at Indore’s C-21 Ground will go ahead, after a fresh threatening email reached the official address of the Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The Indian Express reported that the email warned of an explosive device at the stage and named other places in Indore, Gwalior and Bhopal; DSP Robin Jain of Police Headquarters confirmed it and said a separate team is tracing the sender, with preliminary findings linking the IP address to a foreign network. It follows emails sent on 2 November to three Indore private schools and the office of Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava, which police said could be hoaxes. Speaking on Instagram Live on Tuesday, the singer told fans: “15 tareekh ko Indore aa rahe hain, 101 per cent aa rahe hain!”

Pakistani actress Meera has lost her younger sister, Shaista Abbas, a lawyer who lived in London and had been treated for cancer for several years. Daily Times reported that Meera was unable to reach Britain before her death despite repeated appeals for a visa on humanitarian grounds, after a long-running dispute with UK immigration authorities. In a message on social media reported by Aaj English, Meera thanked Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif and provincial information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb for supporting the family, saying the chief minister had spoken to the British High Commissioner about the burial in England. “My sister is no longer in this world, but the way Maryam Nawaz Sharif stood by me during this most difficult time will always be remembered by me and my family,” she said. Shaista Abbas is survived by a daughter.

Johnny Depp walked the red carpet in London on Monday 9 November for the premiere of Ebenezer, Ti West’s version of A Christmas Carol in which he plays Scrooge alongside Rupert Grint, Daisy Ridley, Andrea Riseborough, Tramell Tillman and Ian McKellen. It is his first Hollywood studio film in years. Asked by the Associated Press how it felt to be back, he replied: “I don’t know, what’s the difference between a Hollywood film and a French film? What’s the difference between a Hollywood film and an English film? The difference is this: it was a bit of a vacation. Which was fine,” The Independent reported. Early social reactions have been mixed to positive, with full reviews due later in the week; the Paramount release opens in cinemas on 13 November.

Filmmaker Vinod Kapri says his film Pyre has lost most of its screens. In a video posted from his X account @vinodkapri (“THIS IS NOT FAIR. NOT TO #PYRE. NOT TO ITS AUDIENCE.”), he said the film opened with about 80 shows, grew to more than 400 within days on audience response, and then lost at least 75% of them, leaving it with fewer than 100 screenings across India. India Today reported that he said theatre owners and distributors had told his team they were instructed to screen only one specific film; he did not name it, though the cuts came during Ramayana’s run. These are his claims, and no response from exhibitors was included in the report. India Today, citing Sacnilk, put Pyre’s India gross at ₹2.23 crore.

Pakistani actor Danish Taimoor says he would happily act opposite his wife, Ayeza Khan, again, but only in the right story. Speaking at the “Our People Our Pakistan” meet-and-greet and fundraiser in New Brunswick, New Jersey, organised by IDEA to support autism centres, medical missions and orphan programmes, he said: “Of course, why not? Who could say no to working with Ayeza? We both love acting and we’ve worked together before,” 24 News reported. He added that he is waiting for a script in which both characters have strong, balanced roles. The couple, married since 2014, previously starred together in Mehar Posh and Chand Tara.