Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar 2’ was the much awaited film of the year. Its craze was so great among the audience that it created history in paid preview shows itself. As soon as it was officially released across the world, crowds of spectators gathered in theaters to watch it and with this the show houses were seen full from morning till evening.
In such a situation, ‘Dhurandhar 2’ has not only made a blockbuster opening but it has also broken the record of every Hindi film of 113 years and has also beaten the opening day of every Pan India film except Pushpa 2. Let us know here how much collection has ‘Dhurandhar 2’ made on the first day of its release?
How much did ‘Dhurandhar 2’ earn on opening day?
The best thing about records is that they are made to be broken. All these years, especially after the boom in pan-India films, blockbuster films like ‘Baahubali’, ‘KGF 2’ and ‘Pushpa 2’ crossed the Rs 100 crore mark on the very first day of their release. Now, finally Bollywood has also created history. Along with Dhurandhar 2, Hindi cinema film has also made the record of opening of Rs. 100 crores. Yes, this film, directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh in the lead role, has made the record of Bollywood’s biggest opening till date.
- Talking about the collection of the film, according to the data of Saknilk, Dhurandhar 2 had earned Rs 43 crore from paid previews.
- After this, according to the data of Saknilk, it collected Rs 102.55 crore on the first day of release.
- Of these, it earned the most of Rs 99.10 crore on the first day from the Hindi version with 81 percent occupancy.
- After this it collected the highest collection of Rs 2.12 crore from Telugu with 59 percent occupancy.
- Whereas it earned Rs 1.16 crore from Tamil, Rs 0.08 crore from Kannada and Rs 0.09 crore from Malayalam.
- With this, the total opening day collection including its paid preview and first day’s earnings has become Rs 145.55 crore.
Dhurandhar 2 became Bollywood’s biggest opener
Ranveer Singh has left behind even the biggest Hindi blockbuster films. These include ‘Jawaan’, which opened at Rs 75.40 crore, and ‘Pathan’ which earned Rs 55-57 crore in India. Ranveer has not only left Shahrukh behind, but has also left Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor behind. This is the highest opener of Bollywood
- Dhurandhar 2-143.99 crores (including 43 crores of paid previews)
- Jawan – 75 crores
- Pathan- Rs 57 crore
- Animal- Rs 64 crore
- Female 2-54 Crore
It will be interesting to see how much its collection is in the long weekend. Considering the explosive start of the film, it is being estimated that it can earn between Rs 300-400 crore in India in the opening weekend.