‘Dhurandhar’ enters Rs 1000 crore gross club in India
Aditya Dhar’s period spy thriller ‘Dhurandhar’, starring Ranveer Singh, continues to score more milestones even after its eighth weekend at the domestic box office and despite fresh and formidable competition from Anurag Singh’s period war drama ‘Border 2’. The Sunny Deol-starrer has amassed Rs 193 crore in its extended opening weekend in India, as per its producers ‘T-Series’.
This past Friday marked the first time in its historic seven-week run that ‘Dhurandhar’ went below the Rs 1 crore mark of daily earnings. With the release of its biggest threat yet, ‘Border 2’, the Ranveer-starrer could only mint Rs 55 lakh at the domestic box office on its 50th day since release last month. However, the film managed to bounce back to above Rs 1 crore every day over its eighth weekend.
On Saturday (day 51), ‘Dhurandhar’ added another Rs 1 crore to its domestic box office haul. It witnessed a slight release on Sunday (day 52), clocking in another Rs 1.35 crore. However, ‘Border 2’ wasn’t the only film that benefited from the holiday of Republic Day, as ‘Dhurandhar’ also minted Rs 2 crore even on its eighth Monday and its 53rd day since release, as per ‘Box Office Index’.
After 53 days at the box office, ‘Dhurandhar’ has now amassed Rs 889.80 crore net in India. However, as per ‘Sacnilk’, it has also garnered Rs 1000 crore gross in India now. That makes it the only single-language Indian film to achieve that feat and also only the fourth Indian film to enter the elite Rs 1000 crore gross club domestically.
The only three other movies that have made it to that club so far are Prashanth Neel and Yash’s 2022 Kannada action thriller ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ (Rs 1001 crore), SS Rajamouli and Prabhas’ 2017 Telugu action fantasy epic ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ (Rs 1417 crore) and Sukumar and Allu Arjun’s 2024 Telugu action thriller ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ (Rs 1471.10 crore). That also makes ‘Dhurandhar’ the only non-sequel to be a part of this elite club.
Speaking of sequels, ‘Dhurandhar 2’ is all set to release in multiple languages, unlike its first part. It’s slated to release in cinemas in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam on March 19, which is also a holiday weekend on account of Eid, Gudi Padwa, and Ugadi. While it’ll clash with Geethu Mohandas and Yash’s Kannada action thriller ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale’ and Shaneil Deo and Adivi Sesh’s Telugu action thriller ‘Dacoit: A Love Story’, the buzz thanks to the historic success of its first part is unprecedented.
