Dhurandhar 2 smashes records

Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar 2 is still adding crores in its fourth week, and that is the strangest part of the story: on April 10, 2026, its India net total reached Rs 1,048.42 crore after another Rs 7.15 crore day, even with occupancy down at 12.3% across 12,418 shows. (indianexpress.com) That run made it the first Hindi film to cross Rs 1,000 crore net in India, a line that used to belong to dubbed pan-India spectacles and never to a single Hindi-language release. CNBC-TV18 said the film also became the first title to hit that mark in one language, with Hindi doing the heavy lifting. (cnbctv18.com) The split shows why exhibitors care so much about “net,” “gross,” and “worldwide.” Indian Express reported Rs 1,048.42 crore net in India, Rs 1,255.23 crore gross in India after taxes, and Rs 410 crore overseas, which adds up to about Rs 1,665.23 crore worldwide. (indianexpress.com) This did not happen on a holiday weekend and vanish. India TV reported that Dhurandhar 2 crossed Rs 1,000 crore net in just 18 days, which means it was still moving at franchise-opening speed deep into week three. (indiatvnews.com) The film itself was built as an event picture from the start. Mashable India said Aditya Dhar directed it, the sequel is officially titled Dhurandhar: The Revenge, and it opened in theatres on March 19, 2026, after the first film released on December 5, 2025. (in.mashable.com) Its cast was stacked like a festival lineup, which is one reason the opening was so broad. Mashable India listed Ranveer Singh, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Sara Arjun, R. Madhavan, Gaurav Gera, Rakesh Bedi, and Arjun Rampal in the ensemble. (in.mashable.com) The overseas story is almost as important as the India story. The Week reported that the film became the highest-grossing Indian release ever in Canada, and MSN said its global total had already moved past $175 million, enough to put it in the world’s top 10 films of 2026 at that point. (theweek.in) (msn.com) That changes the old Bollywood math. A Hindi film used to need a strong Mumbai circuit, a festive release date, and satellite rights to feel safe; Dhurandhar 2 is showing that a single franchise can now pull multiplex India, overseas diaspora markets, and enough premium screens to behave more like a global action property. (indianexpress.com) (theweek.in) By April 11, 2026, The Week had its India net at Rs 1,055.94 crore and lifetime worldwide gross at Rs 1,671.62 crore, so the record is no longer whether Dhurandhar 2 got there. The record is that Hindi cinema now has at least one franchise big enough to keep climbing after Rs 1,000 crore instead of slowing to a stop. (theweek.in)