Dhurandhar Box Office Collection Day 53: Aditya Dhar’s period spy thriller Dhurandhar starring Ranveer Singh continues to achieve more milestones even after its eighth weekend at the domestic box office, and despite formidable new competition of Anurag Singh’s period war drama Border 2. The Sunny Deol starrer has raked in Rs 193 crore in its extended opening weekend in India, according to its producers T-Series.
Dhurandhar recovers in the eighth weekend
Last Friday marked the first time in his historic 7-week stint that Dhurandhar fell below the Rs 1 crore daily earnings mark. With the release of its biggest threat yet, Border 2, the Ranveer starrer could only generate Rs 55 lakh at the domestic box office on its 50th day since its release last month. However, the film managed to recover above 1 crore each day during its eighth weekend.
On Saturday (51st), Dhurandhar added another crore to his domestic box office collection. It witnessed a slight release on Sunday (52nd day), recording another 1.35 crores. However, Border 2 was not the only film to benefit from the Republic Day holiday on Monday as Dhurandhar also minted Rs 2 crore even on its eighth Monday and 53rd day since its release, according to Box Office Index.
Dhurandhar enters Rs 1,000 crore gross club
After 53 days at the box office, Dhurandhar has accumulated Rs 889.80 crore nett in India. However, according to Sacnilk, it has now grossed Rs 1,000 crore in India as well. That makes it the only single-language Indian film to achieve that feat and also the fourth Indian film to enter the elite Rs 1,000-crore domestic gross club.
The only three other films to have made it to that club so far are Prashanth Neel and Yash’s 2022 Kannada action thriller KGF: Chapter 2 (Rs 1,001 crore), SS Rajamouli and Prabhas’ 2017 Telugu action-fantasy epic Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (Rs 1,417 crore), and Sukumar and Allu Arjun, Pushpa. 2: The rule (Rs 1,471.10 million). That also makes Dhurandhar the only non-sequel to be a part of this elite club.
Speaking of sequels, Dhurandhar 2 It is all ready to be launched in several languages unlike its first part. It is scheduled to release in theaters in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam on March 19, which is also a holiday weekend due to Eid, Gudi Padwa and Ugadi. While it will 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.
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Dhurandhar is already the highest-grossing Indian film ever at the domestic box office as well as the fourth highest-grossing Indian film ever worldwide with around Rs 1,426.80 crore. It is likely to arrive on Netflix India this Friday, January 30, at the end of its eighth week since its theatrical release, which will surely add even more excitement for the upcoming sequel.