Spy Tha, Blockbuster Bana: Baahubali Down, Pushpa 2 Next? Dhurandhar 2 Ka Badla Abhi Baaki Hai!
Three weeks in, and Ranveer Singh’s Hamza Ali Mazari is still refusing to leave the Lyari Building Box Office.
Most films run out of steam by the third Monday. Audiences move on, theatres cut shows, and the box office trackers start writing postmortems. Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge? It just crossed ₹1,000 crore net in India— first Bollywood film ever to do so — and is still filling seats like the trailer just dropped yesterday.
The spy actioner finally showed its first major slowdown on Day 19, recording its lowest Monday since its March 19 release, but even that “slow” day was something most films would kill for. The film pulled in ₹10 crore on its third Monday across India, taking its total domestic net collection to ₹1,023.77 crore. Worldwide, the global total currently stands at ₹1,625.72 crore— India gross at ₹1,225.72 crore and overseas at ₹400 crore across 358,256 shows.
Week by Week: The Numbers That Made Jaws Drop
Dhurandhar 2 blazed into theatres on March 19 with a massive ₹102.55 crore opening, making full use of the long weekend. Week one alone felt like a separate event — the film minted ₹674.14 crore in its first seven days, then followed it up with ₹263.65 crore in the second week. The third week, while quieter, still saw the film cross the ₹1,000 crore net milestone in India — a number that had never been touched by a Bollywood film before.
The third week went like this: ₹21.55 crore on Friday, ₹25.65 crore on Saturday, ₹28.75 crore on Sunday, and ₹10 crore on Monday.
By Day 20, the film added another ₹0.92 crore from just 3,731 shows, taking India’s total to ₹1,226.80 crore gross.
Records Broken: The Hits
First Bollywood film to ₹1,000 crore net: Aditya Dhar’s film has become the first Bollywood film ever to score a thousand crore net in all versions. Among all Indian films, it joins Pushpa 2 and Baahubali 2 as only the third title to achieve this rare milestone.
Biggest Hindi grosser of all time: Dhurandhar 2 crossed ₹900 crore net in Hindi alone, becoming the first film ever to cross that mark in a single language. It surpassed its own predecessor Dhurandhar (₹840 crore), and Pushpa 2’s Hindi net of ₹812 crore.
Baahubali 2 North America record: The film broke the record previously held by Baahubali 2 by grossing over $25 million in North America.
Overseas milestone without Gulf or China: Dhurandhar 2 has already earned around ₹375 crore at the overseas box office in 16 days — without a single rupee from the Gulf or China — and has outgrossed the entire international run of both Baahubali 2 and Pushpa 2 in those like-for-like markets.
Third Monday benchmark: On Day 19, Dhurandhar 2 trended significantly higher than Baahubali 2, which had collected ₹7.95 crore on its respective third Monday.
Surpassed its own prequel’s lifetime: The sequel crossed the lifetime earnings of the original Dhurandhar within just 11 days of release.
Records Still Standing: Where Dhurandhar 2 Fell Short
It’s a monster at the box office, but a few legends are still holding firm.
Pushpa 2’s 1,000 crore milestone: While Allu Arjun’s blockbuster reached ₹1,000 crore net in 16 days, Dhurandhar 2 took 18 days — two days slower, though still historic for Bollywood.
Highest third Monday in India: That record still belongs to Dhurandhar (Part 1), which earned ₹19.7 crore on its third Monday. Pushpa 2 holds second with ₹14.25 crore and Baahubali 2 third with ₹14 crore— Dhurandhar 2’s ₹10 crore falls behind all three.
Pushpa 2’s overall India net record: The domestic all-time record remains with Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2 at ₹1,234.10 crore in India. Dhurandhar 2 is chasing hard, but it’s a steep climb.
Worldwide all-time crown — Dangal: Dangal remains the highest-grossing Indian film worldwide with around ₹2,070 crore globally, largely thanks to its massive China run of over ₹1,300 crore — a market unavailable to Dhurandhar 2.
Baahubali 2 total worldwide: Baahubali 2 collected around ₹1,788 crore worldwide and Pushpa 2 around ₹1,742 crore— both still ahead of Dhurandhar 2’s ₹1,622.72 crore global gross, though the gap is narrowing by the day.
The Film, the Cast, the Context
Directed by Aditya Dhar, Dhurandhar 2 follows the rise of Hamza Ali Mazari (Ranveer Singh) through the underworld of Karachi and traces his origin story as an undercover agent Jaskirat Singh Rangi. Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Ranveer Singh, and Arjun Rampal all return to reprise their roles.
Virat Kohli, after watching the film, described it as a “cinematic experience” unlike anything he had seen from Indian cinema, heaping praise on director Aditya Dhar and calling Ranveer Singh’s performance “beyond brilliant.”
Even with a three-hour-plus runtime, no Gulf release, and no China numbers, Dhurandhar 2 has become something more than just a box office report— it’s a cultural event. The revenge was real, and the audience clearly showed up for it.