SONY PICTURES INDIAENDS 2012 WITH HIGHEST GROSSING YEAR FOR A HOLLYWOOD STUDIO IN HISTORY

 Sony Pictures India has ended the year 2012 with the best year ever for a Hollywood studio at the Indian box office. With 12 titles releasing in the year, Sony Pictures finished the year with a total gross of 217 crore at the Indian box office.

In 2012, Sony Pictures India also had the two top opening weekends of all time for Hollywood films in India with The Amazing Spider-Man (3D) at #1 (Rs. 34 crore opening weekend) and Skyfall at #2 (Rs. 27.5 crore opening weekend). Both titles also reached their respective franchise lifetime highs. Half of Sony Pictures’ titles in 2012 were released in four languages each and an additional one in two languages. Moreover, half the titles were released in 3D.

The Amazing Spider-Man also had the widest release so far reaching a record 650 cities.

Kercy Daruwala, Managing Director, Sony Pictures India commented on the record year saying, “The Indian market continues to grow steadily with an increased interest in Hollywood films across languages and regions and parallel growth in the number of screens. We are proud to be at the forefront of this movement, and the top contributor to this market’s growth for Hollywood.”

Sony Pictures’ line-up in 2013 includes Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth starring Jaden Smith and Will Smith, Elysium starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, Roland Emmerich’s White House Down, Tom Hanks starrer Captain Philips and returns of successful franchises in Evil Dead, Grown Ups 2 and box office sensations The Smurfs 2 (3D).

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