March 29, 2026 — Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge, starring Ranveer Singh, has crossed ₹1,250 crore in worldwide gross collections within 10 days of its release, surpassing the lifetime box office totals of several landmark Indian films and firmly establishing itself as one of the highest-grossing Hindi films in cinema history.
Released on March 19, the spy-action sequel has maintained strong momentum through its second weekend, a period when most major releases typically see a sharp decline in footfall.
The Numbers
According to box office tracking platform Sacnilk, Dhurandhar 2 recorded a domestic net collection of ₹779 crore and a domestic gross of ₹930 crore by its tenth day, which fell on a Saturday. Overseas collections stood at approximately $34 million — roughly ₹322 crore — bringing the film’s cumulative worldwide gross to approximately ₹1,252 crore as of March 29.
The film’s first-week domestic collection alone stood at ₹674.17 crore, per Sacnilk data. It crossed the ₹1,000 crore worldwide mark within its opening week, a threshold that only a handful of Indian films have reached.
Some reports have cited slightly varying totals — ranging between ₹1,151 crore and ₹1,252 crore worldwide — reflecting differences in methodology between tracking platforms and the timing of data capture. The figures cited in this report draw primarily from Sacnilk’s publicly available tracking data.
Benchmarks Crossed
At ₹1,252 crore worldwide, Dhurandhar 2 has surpassed the lifetime gross of Prashanth Neel’s KGF: Chapter 2, which stands at ₹1,215 crore, and SS Rajamouli’s RRR, which has a lifetime gross of ₹1,230 crore — both among the most commercially successful Indian films of recent years. It has also crossed the lifetime collection of Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan, reported at ₹1,160 crore.
The film recorded the highest second-Saturday collection for a Hindi-language release, bringing in approximately ₹62 crore on day nine, surpassing a record previously held by Pushpa 2: The Rule. It has also crossed the lifetime totals of Pathaan and Kalki 2898 AD, per available reporting.
The next milestone in view is the ₹1,300 crore lifetime total of its predecessor, Dhurandhar (2025). Beyond that, the film would need to reach ₹1,800 crore to match the totals achieved by Baahubali 2: The Conclusion and Pushpa 2: The Rule, and ₹2,000 crore to reach the mark set by Dangal — currently the highest-grossing Indian film domestically. Whether Dhurandhar 2 sustains the trajectory required to reach either threshold will depend on its performance in the coming weeks, particularly against new releases.
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Franchise Milestone
Combined with the ₹1,300 crore-plus lifetime collection of the first Dhurandhar film, the two-part franchise has crossed ₹2,374 crore in global gross, making it the highest-grossing Bollywood franchise on record, according to available reporting. The commercial arc of the series represents a significant shift in the scale achievable by Hindi-language spy and action cinema, a genre that has historically trailed South Indian productions in terms of raw box office performance.
The Film
Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge is written and directed by Aditya Dhar, who also co-produces the film alongside Lokesh Dhar and Jyoti Deshpande under the banners of Jio Studios and B62 Studios. The film stars Ranveer Singh as Jaskirat Singh Rangi, an Indian undercover operative working in Pakistan under the alias Hamza Ali Mazari. The supporting cast includes Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, Gaurav Gera, Danish Pandor, and Manav Gohil.
The film has been released in Hindi and all major South Indian languages, widening its theatrical footprint beyond the traditional Hindi belt.
Reception
Critical and audience reception has been mixed in tone but strong in turnout. The film drew attention — and some controversy — for the intensity of its action sequences and its political framing. Action director Aejaz Gulab, speaking to PTI, noted that the script specifically called for action designed in a “brutal way,” adding that the sequences were rooted in emotional context rather than spectacle alone. His comments came in the context of broader conversations about the rising production quality of Hindi-language action cinema relative to its South Indian counterparts.
The film has faced criticism from some quarters for its portrayal of violence and its political content, while others have cited those same elements as central to its appeal. This divergence has not materially affected commercial performance, with occupancy remaining strong into the second weekend — an indicator of sustained word-of-mouth alongside initial opening momentum.
Context and Trajectory
The box office performance of Dhurandhar 2 is significant not just in terms of raw numbers but in what it signals about the evolving commercial landscape of Indian cinema. For much of the post-pandemic period, pan-India releases from South Indian production houses — led by films like RRR, KGF: Chapter 2, and Pushpa 2 — set the benchmark for scale and audience reach. The Dhurandhar franchise’s emergence as a comparable commercial force suggests that Hindi-language cinema, when anchored by high production values, strong direction, and disciplined franchise-building, can compete at the same tier.
Whether Dhurandhar 2 ultimately crosses ₹1,800 crore or approaches the ₹2,000 crore benchmark will be closely tracked by the industry. As of March 29, 2026, with strong second-weekend numbers and no immediate comparable competition in theatres, the film’s trajectory remains upward — though the pace of collection will inevitably moderate as it moves deeper into its theatrical run.
Box office figures in this report are drawn from Sacnilk tracking data and available secondary reporting as of March 29, 2026. Some variance exists between tracking platforms; figures should be treated as approximations unless confirmed by official studio disclosures.