Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/February 25 to March 3, 2018

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (February 25 to March 3, 2018)

Prepared with commentary by igordebraga

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Taste of India

Three months later, another Bollywood death results in a Top 25 Report dominated by India. And with a much higher view count, given Sridevi Kapoor (#1) was upon death three decades younger than Shashi Kapoor - unrelated, to the point the entries the actress pulls up are from another Kapoor family. India also puts up the holiday of Holi at #5. As reminders of last week, another Asian country, South Korea, provides the goodbye to the Winter Olympics and two K-Pop bands propelled by the event; the smash hit Black Panther and its protagonist and antagonist; and as a complement to the ever-present death list, recently deceased reverend Billy Graham. The report is completed by a variety of subjects: American (#10) and international politics (#16), Hollywood movies and actresses (#21 to #23), wrestling (#14) and two Reddit topics (#18 and #24).

For the week of February 25 to March 3, 2018, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes
1	Sridevi		6,704,872		Referred to as the "First Female Superstar" of Indian cinema, her death proves that people do click on hyperlinks. Shree "Sridevi" Kapoor had a long and successful career that begun in her childhood, and was found dead at the age of 54 in a Dubai hotel, having accidentally drowned in the bathtub.
2	Boney Kapoor		2,180,664		Sridevi's widower after a marriage of 22 years, Boney Kapoor followed his father Surinder Kapoor and became a Bollywood producer.
3	Black Panther (film)		1,856,900		“This is a night for positivity, and our plan is to shine a light on a group of outstanding and inspiring films, each and every one of which got crushed by Black Panther this weekend. That’s OK.” - Academy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel And he's not kidding, given Black Panther completed a third weekend atop the box office (a period during which the highest Best Picture nominee placed at 10th), and has now broken $500 million domestically and nearly $900 million worldwide.
4	Exo (band)		1,818,392		Exo are a very popular K-pop group, but they have not yet seeped into Western culture like some of their peers. However, after performing at the Winter Olympics (#25) closing ceremony in dramatic and entertaining fashion, they have hit the headlines in the West. Perhaps they can cross the Pacific and become superstars stateside.
5	Holi		1,263,776		Well, hello again, India. The "festival of colours" is an annual holiday celebrated between the end of February and the middle of March (this year, March 2nd), best known for a celebration where people smear each other with colours and drench each other.
6	Mona Shourie Kapoor		1,185,149		Boney Kapoor's (#2) first wife, a studio owner and producer who died in 2012 at the age of 48, even younger than his second wife Sridevi (#1).
7	List of Hindi film clans		1,008,652		Indian readers went to this to discover more on the Kapoor family that Sridevi (#1) married herself into - and that amusingly, was not the same Kapoor family that got a bump back in December.
8	BTS (band)		998,269		Like Exo (#4), BTS are a genre-defining K-pop act, and ever since the Winter Olympics (#25) gave an extended look to South Korean culture, they are now crossing over and attempting to "break America", to adopt the parlance of British and Irish bands. If the sheer volume of Twitter interactions regarding the band (502 million in 2017) is any indication, this attempt will be a success.
9	Mithun Chakraborty		996,501		Following the death of Sridevi (#1), Indian tabloids claimed that back in the 1980s she had a brief affair and even a secret marriage to co-star Mithun, despite the fact the man has been married since 1979. Given the lack of credibility of said claims, our editors had to repeatedly remove the additions of Sridevi to his page and eventually protect the article.
10	Hope Hicks		954,589		Hicks entered the Trump administration in a role made for her, was promoted to White House Communications Director last September, and after admitting to a Congressional committee that she told "white lies" on Trump's behalf, has expressed her desire to call it quits. Having to speak for the Trump administration seems to have the same job stability as teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts.
11	Arjun Kapoor		859,475		The son of Boney (#2) and Mona Kapoor (#6), Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor can sadly say both his mother and his stepmother (#1) died too young.
12	Deaths in 2018		745,324		Of course the recently departed make an appearance, specially in a week where a death produces the most viewed article.
13	Billy Graham		743,081		Holding on from last week, Graham is arguably the second most influential preacher of recent memory, and over the span of his 99-year long earthly career, he used his pulpit to deliver sermon and speech to billions of adherents. While many may not have agreed with his biblical interpretations, Graham's massive impact is undeniable, as he managed to become a close aide for multiple presidents, and a strong supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. He even received a state funeral, lying in honor at the U.S. Capitol.
14	Elimination Chamber (2018)		676,188		Every new WWE pantomime earns a spot in the list. And lately, they've been featuring more women, as this event had the inaugural female "cage match", won by Alexa Bliss (pictured) and former UFC champion Ronda Rousey signing her wrestling contract.
15	Mohit Marwah		674,896		Another Bollywood actor, the nephew of Boney (#2) might have took on his father's surname, but is still part of the Kapoor clan.
16	Syrian Civil War		654,437		This Middle-Eastern country has been at war for nearly seven years, and the recent attention is due to a government offensive to expel the rebels from the rural suburbs of capital Damascus.
17	Michael B. Jordan		625,692		"Black Panther has been so successful that it's the favourite to not get nominated next year." - Jimmy Kimmel Though if the Academy decides to recognize T'Challa's adventure, it would mark the second nominee movie featuring Jordan after Creed, whose sequel will begin filming soon. Nice to see another Human Torch rebounding, including success in a second Marvel outing.
18	Jared Fogle		598,548		Reddit learned more about how the FBI arrested former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle for child pornography charges.
19	Anil Kapoor		555,526		The younger brother of Boney Kapoor (#2) - and by extension, brother-in-law of the late Sridevi (#1) - is the one member of the clan Western movie fans might recognize, given he has appeared in both Slumdog Millionaire and the TV show 24.
20	Chadwick Boseman		516,459		"I remember a time when Hollywood didn’t believe a minority or woman lead character could carry a movie... it was March of last year” - Jimmy Kimmel Since then, Wonder Woman grossed $821.9 million worldwide, and Boseman's starring role in Black Panther (#3) surpassed that total in less than three weeks!
21	Jennifer Lawrence		511,720		Seems like J-Law can't just be judged by her career, as Vanity Fair said the press tour she's enduring for her movie Red Sparrow (which narrowly misses the list at #26) is doubling as a "Distance Yourself from Weinstein Tour", given Harvey Weinstein is using out-of-context quotes by Lawrence in his defense. In the meantime, enjoy her and Jodie Foster taking shots at Meryl Streep during the Oscars.
22	Emma Chambers		506,679		Known in the United Kingdom for the TV series The Vicar of Dibley and in the U.S. for playing Hugh Grant's sister in Notting Hill, Chambers died at the age of 53.
23	Annihilation (film)		460,853		Natalie Portman (pictured) stars in this sci-fi film by the same Alex Garland of Ex Machina, that has earned some controversy because Paramount will not release the movie theatrically overseas, instead dumping it on Netflix. Given critics liked Annihilation (86% approval on Rotten Tomatoes) and the movie has performed alright in the American box office even looming under the shadow of Black Panther (#3), perhaps the studio should have given it another chance.
24	Heart Attack Grill		439,792		Another Reddit entry, this time for a burger joint in Las Vegas that offers unhealthy choices such as that sandwich pictured to the left.
25	2018 Winter Olympics		433,916		Even if the Olympics ended right as the week of this report started, and had the disavantadge of host city Pyeongchang being many hours away from Europe and the Americas, there were still enough views for one last entry. Russian athletes had to compete without a flag given International Olympic Committee decided to suspend the country for state-sponsored doping, but following the Games, Russia was accepted back following them being mostly clean (only two positive doping tests, one of them a medalist, out of 168 athletes).