Dhurandhar 2 box office collection: Ranveer film beats part 1 opening with just previews, ₹44 crore premiere sets record

Dhurandhar 2 box office collection: Apart from Ranveer Singh, the Aditya Dhar directorial also features Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, Sara Arjun, and Rakesh Bedi.

Dhurandhar 2 box office collection: After facing delays, postponements, and a few cancellations, Dhurandhar: The Revenge finally kicked off its paid previews across India on Wednesday evening – and the response has been nothing short of phenomenal. The Ranveer Singh-starrer has emerged as a massive success, shattering all existing records for paid previews by an Indian film, and surpassing the previous Bollywood benchmark by 340% margin.

Dhurandhar 2 box office collection: Directed by Aditya Dhar, the film released worldwide on March 19.

Dhurandhar 2 box office collection

Dhurandhar 2, directed by Aditya Dhar, is set to release worldwide on Thursday, March 19. However, the makers had paid previews in select theatres across the world on Wednesday evening ahead of the release. Given the film’s buzz, Dhurandhar 2 saw the widest-ever paid preview screening for an Indian film, with 9,000 shows across 6,000 screens in India alone.

Despite the wide release and extremely high ticket prices (the average ticket price was over ₹400), the demand was high, with shows selling out days in advance. By the afternoon of March 18, the final figure emerged. Dhurandhar 2 collected ₹44 crore net (over ₹50 crore gross) in paid previews in India. This was largely on the back of the Hindi version alone, as a majority of the dubbed paid previews were rescheduled or cancelled.

Originally, the film was to get paid previews in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. But due to non-availability of content and technical issues, Kannada and Malayalam shows were postponed to Thursday, and Tamil and Telugu shows delayed to 9 PM. This reduced the film’s paid preview collections by a couple of crores, at least. Interestingly, the ₹44 crore collection of Dhurandhar 2's paid previews even exceeds Dhurandhar's opening day figure of ₹33 crore.

Dhurandhar 2 sets all-time premiere collection record

Despite this setback, Dhurandhar 2 managed to set a new all-time record for premiere collection by an Indian film. The ₹44 crore net collection in India from paid previews is over three times the previous Bollywood record of ₹10 crore, set by Stree 2 in 2024. The overall India record was also reset with Pawan Kalyan’s OG ( ₹25 crore) moving to the second spot. The record-breaking premiere has now increased anticipation for a blockbuster opening for the film.

All about Dhurandhar 2

Apart from Ranveer Singh, Dhurandhar 2 also brings back R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, Sara Arjun, and Rakesh Bedi. The spy thriller is slated to release on March 19. The first Dhurandhar earned ₹1300 crore worldwide and is still playing in theatres three months after its December release.