There are 125 million English speakers in India. And when there's something big there, it can get really big. Top of the list this week is the new film Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (#1), and this list also contains the previous film in the series. (#8). And the lead actor (#7). And the lead actress (#16). And the director (#23). With all this interest, no surprise to see that Baahubali 2: The Conclusion is also top of the list of highest-grossing Indian films of all times. A list which is also on this list. (#3).
Of course, American culture can also get on the list. There's a new Marvel Cinematic Universe film at #4 and the still popular The Fate of the Furious at #24. On the smaller screen (or maybe not? Some people have really big TVs) 13 Reasons Why (#5) remains huge; a new adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale has brought people to the book (#12); a series on Albert Einstein has brought people to the physicist (#22); and the new series of American Gods has brought people to articles on both the original book and the adapted series. (#17 & #19).
In sport, both fighters in last week's big fight at Wembley keep the interest (Joshua: #6; Klitschko: #11); another WWE event pulls in the viewers (#13); and basketball star Isaiah Thomas made a points-scoring return to the courts following the death of his sister (#25). There were the standard start of May commemorations - of Cinco de Mayo (#2) and of May Day (#9). Reddit has been learning about red pandas, the Vietnam War and John Clem (#14, #18, #20). Last, but by no means least, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (#15) announced his impending retirement, which also brought interest to the Queen herself. (#21)
For the week of April 30 to May 6, 2017, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:
The commemoration of the Mexican Army's victory over the French on 5 May 1862, at the Battle of Puebla makes its standard return to the chart. The date is now associated with celebrations of Mexican-American culture. Compared to last year, the article holds onto second place and is up about 200k views.
After one week on release, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (#1), has become the highest-grossing Indian film of all time. At time of writing, our article gives a value of ₹1,227 crore for the film, which is about 190 million dollars or 175 million euro.
This is the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and your writer has seen all of them, except for the minute the woman in front of me at Doctor Strange took to sit down. The James Gunn (pictured) directed superhero / sci-fi comedy is topping most charts worldwide, with its star cast including the likes of Vin Diesel and Kurt Russell. Worldwide, the film is currently on $430 million, which is about 390 million euro or ₹2,768 crore.
Continued popularity for Netflix's hit drama series, starring Dylan Minnette (pictured) and Katherine Langford. A second season of the drama has been commissioned, which is not surprising from a business point of view but may be slightly from an artistic view; there being, as yet, no second book to base the second season on.
Joshua claimed the WBA and IBO heavyweight boxing championships, in addition to retaining his IBF title; following his 19th straight knockout victory since becoming a professional boxer on his 29 April fight with Wladimir Klitschko (#11) at Wembley Stadium - a fight held in front of a post-war record crowd of 90,000 and setting a British record for PPV buys.
The first film in the series which was followed this week by Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (#1). The film is currently the fourth highest-grossing Indian film of all time, but its takings have already been almost doubled by the continuation.
The Ukrainian lost his fifth fight out of sixty-nine as a professional boxer, going down to Anthony Joshua (#6) in the 11th round at Wembley Stadium. While he no longer holds any heavyweight titles, he remains the fighter to have been heavyweight champion for the longest time overall.
Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel has been adapted into a TV series for online streaming service Hulu. This placing is for the novel - the series itself misses this Top 25 by one place. The novel is set within a theocraticdictatorship which has seized control of the United States and heavily curtailed women's rights. Any similarity to any current governments, anywhere in the world, has doubtless been commented on elsewhere.
Red panda? MORE LIKE REDDIT PANDA! Yes, here's r/todayilearned, and today they learned that the red panda is so unique, it is the only living creature in its genus and, indeed, in the familyAiluridae. That's a bit sad, isn't it.
Another new TV series based on a book, although this time the series ranks first. The new Starz/Amazon Prime series, based on Neil Gaiman's novel, stars Ricky Whittle (pictured) and Emily Browning, and has received positive reviews for its pilot.
The book on which #17 is based, written by Neil Gaiman. Always curious to see when the adaptation is bigger than the book or vice versa. Perhaps our readers were already more familiar with the works of Gaiman than of Atwood.
Elizabeth, 91, a queen from Windsor, gets into the list on the back of her husband's retirement (#15), and possibly some of the more lurid speculation that surrounded it. Incidentally, did you know she's also queen of 16 Commonwealth realms, including the Bahamas, Barbados and Tuvalu? Quite why she chooses to spend so much time in dreary old London is a mystery, considering.
Genius, a new TV series for National Geographic based, at least for the first series, on the life of the great physicist and relative theorizer, premiered on April 25. Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Flynn star in the series as Einstein himself.
Following the death of his sister Chyna on April 15, Isaiah Thomas returned to the courts this week to help the Boston Celtics in the 2017 NBA Playoffs. In the second game of their semi-final series against Washington Wizards, Thomas scored 53 points, one off the record for most Celtics points in a playoff match.
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