Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge is set to break all box office records in the country, with the Ranveer Singh starrer crossing Rs 100 crore club in domestic earnings.
The Aditya Dhar movie earned Rs 90.58 crore on Day 1. The premiere shows on Wednesday raked in Rs 43 crore, taking the total net domestic collection to Rs 133.58 crore. More than 15 lakh tickets were sold in pre-sales, including for the paid previews on Wednesday.
The spy thriller released in more than 17,000 shows across multiple languages. The Hindi shows alone minted Rs 87.59 crore on Day 1, followed by Rs 1.89 crore in Telugu and Rs 0.95 crore in Tamil. Malayalam shows earned Rs 8 lakh and Kannada version collected Rs 7 lakh.
The record opening of Rs 133 crore makes Dhurandhar 2 stand tall when compared to the previous best of Jawan, which opened with Rs 75 crore. Animal opened with Rs 64 crore, while Pathaan earned Rs 57 crore and Stree 2 bagged Rs 54 crore on Day 1.
Dhurandhar: The Revenge has been given an A rating by the censor board. It has runtime of three hours and 49 minutes. The film is banned in Gulf nations and Pakistan. However, the A rating, the long runtime or the ban in several countries have not affected the box office momentum of the movie.
Actors R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, Sara Arjun and Rakesh Bedi will also return in the sequel. Produced by Jyoti Deshpande and Lokesh Dhar, Dhurandhar: The Revenge features Ranveer Singh as Jaskirat Singh Rangi. He disguises himself as Hamza Ali Mazari, a spy operating deep inside Pakistan. The sequel will show Mazari's rise in the Karachi underworld.
