{"id":"1792972712528-mix-segment","slug":"nani-s-paradise-flops-despite-fan-spin","title":"Nani's Paradise flops despite fan spin","summary":"The Telugu action film The Paradise, starring Nani and directed by Srikant Odela, opened strongly on 24 September 2026 but collapsed after its first weekend. By day 30, Koimoi reported ₹121.03 crore net in India and ₹173.85 crore worldwide gross; Pinkvilla's final estimate is lower, at about ₹159.5 crore worldwide. The film reportedly had a budget of around ₹200 crore, so even the higher worldwide figure left it short of breakeven.\n\nThe film was heavily front-loaded on pre-release hype, but poor word-of-mouth caused steep drops after the opening. Koimoi calculated it recovered only about 60.5% of its budget, and Pinkvilla blamed weak audience reception for the slide. Its Netflix debut around the fifth Friday also helped end theatrical demand.\n\nThe day-25 worldwide gross of around ₹173.5 crore is close to Koimoi's reported ₹173.66 crore, but the territorial breakdown doesn't match Pinkvilla's final estimates — for example AP/TG was about ₹103.5 crore, not ₹112.5 crore. Final worldwide totals are also disputed: Pinkvilla puts the full run at ₹159.5 crore, while Koimoi reports ₹173.85 crore. This is a fan's opinion about a darts match between Nathan Aspinall and Luke Littler; no checkable factual claim is made. NAMES: Asp = Nathan Aspinall, English darts player; Littler = Luke Littler, English darts player. POST 2112542507355566313: NOCLAIM The post praises the 2014 film Ek Villain's music album and calls it a box-office “storm,” but it provides no specific numbers or checkable factual claims. POST 2114113666987569447: NOCLAIM This\n\nAccording to CoinDesk, Latvia's Economics Minister Viktors Valainis says tokenization rules could arrive in the first half of 2027, but the overdue assessment is still unfinished and no sovereign-bond issuance has been identified.\n\nCoinDesk reports that UK banks faced around 10,000 complaints in a three-month period tied to crypto restrictions, which stands in tension with the UK's stated ambition to become a global crypto hub.","publishedAt":"2026-10-25T23:58:32.528Z","channel":{"id":"mix","name":"Oncast Mix","language":"en"},"show":"Prime Time","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"MISLEADING","notes":"MISLEADING: The day-25 worldwide gross of around ₹173.5 crore is close to Koimoi's reported ₹173.66 crore, but the territorial breakdown doesn't match Pinkvilla's final estimates — for example AP/TG was about ₹103.5 crore, not ₹112.5 crore. Final worldwide totals are also disputed: Pinkvilla puts the full run at ₹159.5 crore, while Koimoi reports ₹173.85 crore. This is a fan's opinion about a darts match between Nathan Aspinall and Luke Littler; no checkable factual claim is made. NAMES: Asp = Nathan Aspinall, English darts player; Littler = Luke Littler, English darts player. POST 2112542507355566313: NOCLAIM The post praises the 2014 film Ek Villain's music album and calls it a box-office “storm,” but it provides no specific numbers or checkable factual claims. POST 2114113666987569447: NOCLAIM This\nSource: [koimoi.com](https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/daily-breakdown/the-paradise-day-wise-box-office-collection/) and [pinkvilla.com](https://www.pinkvilla.com/enter (https://x.com/reviews_bloger2/status/2112075451770548595)\n\nTRUE: According to CoinDesk, Latvia's Economics Minister Viktors Valainis says tokenization rules could arrive in the first half of 2027, but the overdue assessment is still unfinished and no sovereign-bond issuance has been identified.\nSource: [coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/25/latvia-targets-tokenization-rules-in-2027-with-commercial-property-in-focus) NAMES: Viktors Valainis (https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/25/latvia-targets-tokenization-rules-in-2027-with-commercial-property-in-focus)\n\nTRUE: CoinDesk reports that UK banks faced around 10,000 complaints in a three-month period tied to crypto restrictions, which stands in tension with the UK's stated ambition to become a global crypto hub.\nSource: [coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/10/22/uk-banks-face-10-000-complaints-in-3-months-over-crypto-restrictions) (https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/10/22/uk-banks-face-10-000-complaints-in-3-months-over-crypto-restrictions)","claims":[{"verdict":"MISLEADING","summary":"The day-25 worldwide gross of around ₹173.5 crore is close to Koimoi's reported ₹173.66 crore, but the territorial breakdown doesn't match Pinkvilla's final estimates — for example AP/TG was about ₹103.5 crore, not ₹112.5 crore. Final worldwide totals are also disputed: Pinkvilla puts the full run at ₹159.5 crore, while Koimoi reports ₹173.85 crore. This is a fan's opinion about a darts match between Nathan Aspinall and Luke Littler; no checkable factual claim is made. NAMES: Asp = Nathan Aspinall, English darts player; Littler = Luke Littler, English darts player. POST 2112542507355566313: NOCLAIM The post praises the 2014 film Ek Villain's music album and calls it a box-office “storm,” but it provides no specific numbers or checkable factual claims. POST 2114113666987569447: NOCLAIM This","sourceName":"[koimoi.com](https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/daily-breakdown/the-paradise-day-wise-box-office-collection/) and [pinkvilla.com](https://www.pinkvilla.com/enter","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/reviews_bloger2/status/2112075451770548595","claim":"#Theparadise 25 Days box office collections ( Final run ) Ap tg :- ₹112.5 crs gross Tn + Ka :- ₹5 gross Karnataka :- ₹12.25 crs gross ROi :- ₹11.25 crs gross Overseas :- ₹29.5crs gross WW day 25 Gross :- ₹173.5 crs WW day 25 M share :- ₹96.25 crs WW 25 days W https://t.co/i7xGhVV","author":"THE REVIEWSBLOGER 🍿 (@reviews_bloger2)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"According to CoinDesk, Latvia's Economics Minister Viktors Valainis says tokenization rules could arrive in the first half of 2027, but the overdue assessment is still unfinished and no sovereign-bond issuance has been identified.","sourceName":"[coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/25/latvia-targets-tokenization-rules-in-2027-with-commercial-property-in-focus) NAMES: Viktors Valainis","sourceUrl":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/25/latvia-targets-tokenization-rules-in-2027-with-commercial-property-in-focus","claim":"Latvia targets tokenization rules in 2027 with commercial property in focus - Economics Minister Viktors Valainis says rules could arrive in the first half of next year, but an overdue assessment remains unfinished and no sovereign-bond issuance was identified.","author":"CoinDesk"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"CoinDesk reports that UK banks faced around 10,000 complaints in a three-month period tied to crypto restrictions, which stands in tension with the UK's stated ambition to become a global crypto hub.","sourceName":"[coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/10/22/uk-banks-face-10-000-complaints-in-3-months-over-crypto-restrictions)","sourceUrl":"https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/10/22/uk-banks-face-10-000-complaints-in-3-months-over-crypto-restrictions","claim":"UK banks face 10,000 complaints in 3 months over crypto restrictions - The U.K. claims to aspire to become a global cryptocurrency hub, an ambition that would appear to be at odds with the attitude to crypto purchases of its major banks.","author":"CoinDesk"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/reviews_bloger2/status/2112075451770548595","name":"[koimoi.com](https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/daily-breakdown/the-paradise-day-wise-box-office-collection/) and [pinkvilla.com](https://www.pinkvilla.com/enter","kind":"x","verdict":"MISLEADING","author":"THE REVIEWSBLOGER 🍿 (@reviews_bloger2)"},{"url":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/25/latvia-targets-tokenization-rules-in-2027-with-commercial-property-in-focus","name":"[coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/25/latvia-targets-tokenization-rules-in-2027-with-commercial-property-in-focus) NAMES: Viktors Valainis","kind":"news","verdict":"TRUE","author":"CoinDesk"},{"url":"https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/10/22/uk-banks-face-10-000-complaints-in-3-months-over-crypto-restrictions","name":"[coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/10/22/uk-banks-face-10-000-complaints-in-3-months-over-crypto-restrictions)","kind":"news","verdict":"TRUE","author":"CoinDesk"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792972712528-mix-segment-nani-s-paradise-flops-despite-fan-spin","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/mix","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792972712528-mix-segment-nani-s-paradise-flops-despite-fan-spin","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792972712528-mix-segment-nani-s-paradise-flops-despite-fan-spin and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Sloane","text":"A big Telugu action movie opened like a blockbuster — and then just fell off a cliff."},{"host":"Eric","text":"The Paradise, right? Nani's film. I saw it was supposed to be the next big thing."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Yeah. A fan account posted the final box office numbers, and they're... creative."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Creative how?"},{"host":"Sloane","text":"The Reviewsbloger on X claims AP and Telangana did 112 and a half crore gross. Pinkvilla says it's closer to 103 and a half. That's not a rounding error."},{"host":"Eric","text":"So the fans are inflating the one number that makes it look less like a disaster."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Not just that. The worldwide total is either 159.5 crore or 173.85 crore, depending on which tracker you believe."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Okay, but either way, a 200-crore budget, right? So it's a flop no matter how you slice it."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Pinkvilla calls it a big disappointment. Koimoi says it's Nani's highest-grossing film but still a losing affair, and some estimates put its recovery at about 60 percent of the budget."},{"host":"Eric","text":"That's the part I hate. Highest grossing AND a flop? The budgets in Indian cinema have gotten insane."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"They have, but don't blame the budgets. Blame the front-loading. It opened September 24 with massive hype, then word of mouth killed it by the first weekend."},{"host":"Eric","text":"And then it hit Netflix on the fifth Friday, which basically ended any reason to go to theaters."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Exactly. The movie made most of its money up front. That's a sign audiences wanted to see it, but didn't like what they saw."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Which is why I keep saying streaming is changing the math. A 200-crore theatrical flop could still do huge numbers on Netflix. The studio might break even over time."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Oh, come on. That's wishful thinking. A movie with a 200-crore budget needs theatrical to justify that spend. Netflix money is a fraction of what a hit makes."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Maybe not a fraction anymore. Nani's a star, the Telugu market travels. It could be the most-watched Indian film on Netflix for a month."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"But that doesn't pay the exhibitors who lost money, or the distributors who paid for rights. It just makes the producer feel less bad."},{"host":"Eric","text":"No, no, wait. You're talking like streaming revenue doesn't exist. It does. It's real money."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"It's real, but it wasn't planned for. The Paradise was sold as a theatrical event. It failed as one. Pretending Netflix saves it is spin."},{"host":"Eric","text":"I'm not saying saves it. I'm saying the old math — theatrical gross versus budget — is incomplete."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Alright, incomplete. But even the fan account posting the final run knows the truth. They're padding the territorial numbers."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Maybe they're just bad at math."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Or they think nobody checks. But you can't hide a gap like that from Pinkvilla."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Different kind of box office: a former darts player says Asp versus Littler is pure box office."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"I saw that. Glen Durrant on X said Luke Littler looked incredible and maybe he can win all his games on Netflix next week."},{"host":"Eric","text":"For the uninitiated, Nathan Aspinall and Luke Littler are two of the biggest names in darts right now. Littler is the teenage phenom."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"A teenager throwing darts in a pub is not box office."},{"host":"Eric","text":"It sells out arenas, Sloane. Thousands of people chanting. That's box office."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"It's a niche sport with a passionate crowd, sure. But calling it box office next to a 200-crore film? No."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Why not? The Premier League Darts finals are packed. Littler is a draw."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"A draw in darts. That's like saying competitive chess is a blockbuster."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Now you're just being mean. Darts has drama. Asp versus Littler went the distance."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"I don't deny it's fun. But box office is doing a lot of work there."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Meanwhile on the NFL side, a fan account says Bengals versus Ravens tonight is always box-office football."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"I'll give you that one. Those two teams genuinely hate each other."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Cincinnati and Baltimore always deliver. Lamar versus Burrow. That's actual box office."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Should be a good one."}]}