Mumbai: Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge is rewriting box office history at a pace rarely seen before. Directed by Aditya Dhar, the high-octane spy thriller has entered its second week with full force, showing no signs of slowing down despite its massive runtime of nearly four hours.
After a historic first week of the film has passed, it has already crossed the ₹1000 crore mark worldwide in just seven days, making it one of the fastest Indian films to have reached this milestone. As Day 8 dawns early trends indicate that the film is performing very well, with ₹11.87 crore collected till the morning hours in 8487 shows. The total India gross now stands at ₹758.58 crore, while the domestic net collection has reached ₹635.29 crore.
Record-breaking run and global dominance
The film opened with a massive ₹102 crore including paid previews and peaked at ₹114.85 crore on its first Sunday. What stands out is its steady weekday performance, with Day 7 still bringing in ₹47.70 crore despite a minor 16 percent drop. The extended first week is expected to close around ₹565 to ₹570 crore net, with projections suggesting it could cross ₹700 crore net by the end of its second weekend.
Globally, Dhurandhar 2 has turned into a phenomenon. It opened overseas with $7 million and collected over $22 million in its first weekend. By Day 7, international earnings reached $28.5 million, which is approximately ₹261 crore. Combined with its domestic performance, the film’s worldwide total stands at ₹1006 crore, also crossing the $100 million mark and becoming only the eighth Bollywood film to do so.
Leaves past blockbusters far behind
The film is not only breaking records, it is outperforming some of the biggest Indian hits. While the films like Jawan and Animal landed in Day 8 collection of around ₹21 crore and ₹22.95 crore and Pathaan and Baahubali 2 retained in the ₹18 to ₹20 crores range, the film Dhurandhar 2 is running at a near double pace in the overall performances.
It has achieved the ₹1000 crore mark faster than Baahubali 2 which took nine days to do it and has also topped the charts over films such as RRR, KGF Chapter 2, Kalki 2898 AD, Pathaan, and Jawan. It is now expected to exceed the global totals of Pathaan and Kalki 2898 AD which are close to ₹1050 crore quite soon.
The Hindi version alone has crossed ₹500 crore net in just seven days, a record timing no other film has achieved before. Including South dubbed versions, the total stands at around ₹554 crore net, with the Telugu version contributing the most.
With strong demand leading to added midnight and early morning shows, the film is heading into its second weekend with massive momentum. Trade experts already consider it an all-time blockbuster, and projections suggest it could comfortably cross ₹800 to ₹900 crore net in India, with ₹1000 crore net now looking like a realistic target.
Also star casted by R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, Sara Arjun and Rakesh Bedi, the film was released on March 19.Its predecessor had already earned ₹1300 crore globally and continues to run in theatres, but the sequel is now on the way to go even bigger.With the current rate of its release, Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge is not only a blockbuster, but a complete storm in the box office attempting to reach for the top spot in the history of Indian cinema.
