Four days. One weekend. A lifetime record erased.
By the end of its fourth day in cinemas, Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge had crossed ₹691 crore at the worldwide box office — a number that, in the span of a single opening weekend, eclipsed the entire lifetime global haul of Gadar 2, Sunny Deol's 2023 blockbuster that had itself rewritten the record books.
Directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh in the lead role, the film opened with ₹43 crore from paid previews before thundering into its first full day with ₹102.55 crore — one of the largest single-day openings in Bollywood history. Friday brought a modest dip to ₹80.72 crore, the kind of second-day correction that often rattles producers, but the weekend reversed the slide entirely. Saturday came in at ₹113 crore, and Sunday — day four — delivered ₹114.85 crore net in India, the film's strongest single-day performance yet, representing a 1.6% uptick over the day before.
Over four days, the domestic net total settled at ₹454.12 crore, with the India gross reaching ₹541.97 crore. Overseas markets added another ₹149.35 crore to push the worldwide gross to ₹691.32 crore — just clearing the ₹686 crore that Gadar 2 accumulated across its entire theatrical run.
The engine driving those numbers is the Hindi version of the film, which ran across 18,779 shows on Sunday alone and posted an 82% occupancy rate. In key urban markets — Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad — audience turnout climbed above 85 to 90 percent. The Hindi 2D version overall held at 83.5% occupancy, peaking during afternoon and evening slots. Telugu dubbed shows contributed ₹5.25 crore at 69% occupancy across 1,404 screens, with particularly strong numbers out of Vizag and Vijayawada. Tamil added ₹2.50 crore at 53% occupancy, while Malayalam and Kannada made marginal contributions of ₹9 lakh and ₹1 lakh respectively.
Abroad, the United States led all international markets with $7.61 million — roughly ₹71.43 crore — through Saturday. Canada followed with $3.27 million (₹30.75 crore), the UK with £1.57 million (₹19.66 crore), and Australia with A$2.56 million (₹16.93 crore). Germany and New Zealand rounded out the overseas picture with €405,051 and NZ$398,838 respectively. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the overseas breakdown, describing the film's international performance as a rampage across key markets.
The cast assembled around Singh is substantial: Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Sara Arjun, and Rakesh Bedi all appear in significant roles. The film is produced by Aditya Dhar, Lokesh Dhar, and Jyoti Deshpande under the banners of Jio Studios and B62 Studios.
The real test arrives now. Opening weekends are built on anticipation, pre-booked seats, and the social urgency of seeing something everyone is talking about. Weekdays strip all of that away. Monday will almost certainly bring the daily numbers down, and the question the industry will be watching is how steeply. A film that has already crossed ₹691 crore in four days has the runway to become one of the highest-grossing Hindi films ever made — but only if it holds.
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Dhurandhar The Revenge goes on a rampage overseas — sensational Saturday across key markets.— Taran Adarsh, film trade analyst
The Hearth Conversation Another angle on the story
What does it actually mean to beat Gadar 2's lifetime collection in four days?
It means the audience showed up faster and in greater numbers than they did for one of the biggest hits of the last decade — and Gadar 2 was no small thing when it came out.
Is the Hindi dominance unusual for a film this size?
Not unusual, but the degree of it is striking. When 83.5% of seats are filled for the Hindi version alone, you're not just drawing fans — you're drawing people who don't normally rush to cinemas on opening weekends.
The Friday dip from ₹102 crore to ₹80 crore — should that have worried anyone?
Every big opener dips on the second day. The question is always whether Saturday recovers. Here it did, and then Sunday went even higher, which is the pattern you want to see.
What's the significance of the overseas numbers being this strong?
It tells you the film isn't just playing to diaspora nostalgia. When Germany and New Zealand are contributing meaningfully, you're reaching beyond the core South Asian audience abroad.
Ranveer Singh has had a complicated few years commercially. Does this change the conversation around him?
Completely. A ₹100 crore opening day is the kind of number that resets a career narrative. Whatever the discourse was before, it's different now.
What's the one thing that could derail the momentum from here?
Word of mouth that doesn't hold. If people who saw it opening weekend come back with mixed feelings, the weekday drop could be steeper than the numbers suggest it should be.