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Ranveer Singh’s Badla saga is being fuelled by great box office numbers as Dhurandhar 2 turns a rage at the box office. Aditya Dhar’s spy thriller has erupted like a volcano despite the Day 0 chaos with cancelled shows on March 18. The film still opened to a historic 128 crore net collection in India and 202.14 crore gross collection worldwide!
The spy thriller is being hailed by all despite getting a lot of brickbats for being a pro-government film. Still, it has managed to stir the box office tables, breaking as many as 20 huge box office records.
The film created a record, hitting a century on the opening day with its net collection at the box office, and including the paid previews, it earned a massive 128 crore net collection for the March 18 previews on Wednesday and the March 19 opening day, Thursday. Check out the 20 major records it broke with its opening day collection.
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The Domestic Dominance
- Biggest Hindi Opener: Ranveer Singh has officially dethroned Pushpa 2’s 72 crore to deliver the biggest Hindi opener in the history of Hindi Cinema.
2. Biggest Bollywood Opener: Dhurandhar 2 surpassed Jawan’s 75 crore to bring the biggest Bollywood opening at the box office.
3. Third Biggest Indian Opener: Only trailing behind Pushpa 2’s 179.25 crore, and RRR’s 134 crore, Dhurandhar 2 is the third biggest Indian opener at the box office.
4. Ranveer Singh’s Biggest Opener: This is Ranveer’s career-best opening, surpassing Dhurandhar’s 28.6 crore.
5. 1st Bollywood Film to Score 100 Crore Opening: A feat once thought impossible for a Hindi-origin film. The film earned 128 crore with its opening.
6. Biggest Paid Previews for an Indian Film: Even with the technical glitches, Dhurandhar 2 recorded the highest-ever collection for Day 0 – 43 crore, surpassing They Call Him OG’s 21 crore.
7. Biggest Opening for a Bollywood Sequel: Ranveer Singh overshadowed the biggest sequel opener, surpassing Stree 2’s 64.8 crore at the box office.
8. Biggest Bollywood Opener Worldwide: Global markets are bowing down to the ‘Dhurandhar’ craze as the sequel is the only Bollywood film in the top 10 Indian openers worldwide!
9. Fourth Biggest Indian Opener Worldwide: It stands tall as the fourth-highest global opening for any Indian film ever, settling below Pushpa 2’s 275.2 crore, RRR’s 223 crore, and Baahubali 2’s 217 crore.
10. 1st Bollywood Film to Score 100 Crore Advance Collection: The pre-release buzz was so deafening that it locked in 100 crore in advance!
The Overseas Invasion: Beating The Best
11. Biggest Overseas Opening: The NRI and global audience have embraced Ranveer’s spy avatar with open arms, bringing an opening of $5.49 million overseas, surpassing Tiger 3’s $5 million.
12. Biggest Bollywood Opener in Australia: With A$690K, it has officially dethroned Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan (A$566K).
13. 3rd Biggest Indian Opener in Australia: It now sits right behind the Telugu giants Baahubali 2 (A$825K) and RRR (A$702K).
14. 3rd Biggest Bollywood Opener in New Zealand: Collecting NZ$97K, it is the third biggest Bollywood opening, only behind Pathaan (NZ$113K) and Animal (NZ$105K).
15. 2nd Biggest Bollywood Opener in UK: With £415K, it settled below Tiger 3’s (£426K) as the second biggest opener.
16. 4th Biggest Indian Opener in Germany: Clocking €122K, the film stands just behind Jawan, L2: Empuraan, and Pathaan.
Ticket Sales Tornado
17. Biggest Ticket Sales for a Bollywood Film (Opening Day): Surpassing Jawan’s 1.14 million, Dhurandhar 2 registered a ticket sale of 1.64 million on BMS.
18. Biggest Day 1 + Pre-Sales for a Bollywood Film on BMS: Surpassing 2.80 million, Ranveer Singh’s film registered 4.01 million ticket sales on BMS.
19. Top 10 Lifetime Ticket Sales (Already!): In just 24 hours, its opening day sales have entered the Top 10 lifetime ticket sales for a Bollywood film on BMS.
20. Biggest Peak Hour for an Indian Film: At its height, the film was selling a staggering 109K tickets per hour, surpassing the previous best, Pushpa 2’s 107.6K!
Uff, what a numberful day!
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