Dhurandhar: The Revenge, Aditya Dhar’s spy-thriller sequel starring Ranveer Singh, arrived at the worldwide box office on March 19, 2026, riding the most explosive wave of advance bookings in Bollywood history. The film had already rewritten the record books before a single regular show played — with 14.81 lakh BookMyShow tickets sold, making it the all-time No. 1 pre-booked film on the platform, ahead of Jawan’s previous high of 11.02 lakh. Released on Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, and Eid al-Fitr, it arrived with the rare alignment of a pan-India festive holiday weekend and the commercial weight of a franchise that its predecessor built into a Rs 1,303 crore global phenomenon.
What Did Dhurandhar: The Revenge Earn in Paid Previews on March 18?
A day before the official release, paid preview screenings on March 18 gave the first confirmed collection signal. Across 12,292 shows in India, the film collected Rs 44 crore net (Rs 52.75 crore gross) in India alone. Overseas added Rs 22.25 crore, taking the worldwide Day 0 gross to approximately Rs 75 crore — a figure that, by itself, exceeded the entire opening day collection of the first Dhurandhar (Rs 28.60 crore India net on December 5, 2025). The paid previews reportedly crossed Rs 47.91 crore in gross advance, a number that alone surpassed the entire Day 1 net of Dhurandhar Part 1, confirming just how dramatically the sequel has reset commercial expectations for Bollywood.
What Is the Dhurandhar: The Revenge Day 1 Box Office Collection?
Day 1 full collection figures (March 19, 2026) are being confirmed as this is published, but advance booking data and trade projections placed the opening day in the range of Rs 100 crore to Rs 150 crore net in India, with the combined Day 0 and Day 1 total expected to push close to or past Rs 200 crore net India. That would make Dhurandhar: The Revenge the first Hindi film in history to achieve that milestone across its launch window. Worldwide, the opening day gross target stood at Rs 200 crore+ — a figure the advance sales had already crossed in pre-sales alone.
| Day | India Net | India Gross | Worldwide Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 0 — Paid Previews (Mar 18) | Rs 44 crore | Rs 52.75 crore | ~Rs 75 crore |
| Day 1 — Ugadi (Mar 19) | Rs 100–150 crore (est.) | TBC | TBC |
| D0 + D1 Combined (projected) | ~Rs 200 crore | TBC | Rs 200 crore+ (advance) |
How Did Dhurandhar 2 Shatter BookMyShow Records?
The pre-release advance booking performance of Dhurandhar: The Revenge was in a category of its own among Bollywood films. With 14.81 lakh tickets sold on BookMyShow alone before a single regular show played, it became the all-time No. 1 on the platform — no Hindi film had come close. The film also became the first Bollywood production to cross Rs 200 crore in worldwide gross advance sales, a milestone previously achieved by only four Indian films: Pushpa 2, Leo, RRR, and Baahubali 2 — all of which were South Indian productions.
| Film | BookMyShow Pre-Sales | Worldwide Advance (Gross) |
|---|---|---|
| Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026) | 14.81 lakh | Rs 200 crore+ |
| Jawan (2023) | 11.02 lakh | Rs 100 crore+ |
| Animal (2023) | 7.24 lakh | Rs 60 crore+ |
| Tiger 3 (2023) | 4.73 lakh | Rs 40 crore+ |
| Chhaava (2025) | 4.69 lakh | Rs 35 crore+ |
How Does This Compare to Dhurandhar Part 1’s Opening?
The scale of the sequel’s launch dwarfs the original’s opening in every measurable category. Dhurandhar (Part 1), released on December 5, 2025, opened to Rs 28.60 crore net in India on Day 1 — a strong but not exceptional start that the film parlayed into a record-smashing run on the back of extraordinary word of mouth, eventually crossing Rs 1,303 crore worldwide to become the fourth highest-grossing Indian film of all time and the highest-grossing Hindi film ever, overtaking Stree 2. Dhurandhar: The Revenge enters with that legacy baked into the advance booking momentum, and its paid previews alone already exceeded the original’s Day 1.
The sequel also released in 17,000+ shows nationwide across Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada, compared to the first film’s more limited initial rollout — reflecting the franchise’s upgraded commercial standing between the two releases.
What Does Dhurandhar: The Revenge Need to Break Even?
The film’s production budget is estimated at Rs 250 crore, with prints and advertising adding approximately Rs 30 crore, taking the total landing cost to around Rs 280 crore. Against that, JioHotstar has acquired the OTT rights for Rs 150 crore — nearly double the Rs 85 crore Netflix paid for Part 1 — significantly de-risking the project before theatrical collections begin. With Rs 150 crore already recovered through the digital deal, the theatrical business needs to generate approximately Rs 130 crore in net collections to fully recover costs — a number the film was on track to clear within its first two days based on advance and preview data alone.
Confirmed Day 1 figures for Dhurandhar: The Revenge will be updated on OTTBeat as trade reports are published through March 19. The film is tracking toward what could be Bollywood’s biggest-ever festive opening, with the real question now being not whether it will break the Rs 100 crore net day barrier — but by how much.