On its third Saturday, Dhurandhar hopes to raise approximately Rs. 32 crore nett. That is a 50% increase over its Friday sales. The rise is lower than the 70–80% spikes that we are accustomed to seeing from films these days on Saturdays during the later weekends of release, particularly from the ones that do well in the larger cities.
However, the increase will inevitably appear somewhat muted because we are not accustomed to seeing Dhurandhar running at a level of business that is almost twice as high as the previous record holders. The third weekend is still expected to bring in between Rs. 85 and Rs. 90 crore nett, which maintains it on track to surpass Rs. 700 crore nett and surpass Pushpa 2 (Hindi) as the highest-grossing Hindi movie ever made in the country.
After today, the movie’s total box office receipts will be approximately Rs. 491 crore nett. On its seventeenth day of release, tomorrow, it will surpass the Rs. 500 crore nett milestone. There is still much work to be done in the upcoming weeks to reach the Rs. 800 crore nett milestone. When Dhurandhar was launched two weeks ago, the mood was generally depressing.
Prior to its debut, there was also a contrived debate about how the lead actor “insulted” sentiments associated with Kantara; as a result, some calls for a “boycott” were made. Then, the industry’s feeding reports threatened to spread more negative. To put it briefly, several of the obituaries were even jubilant.
Today, the movie is making more money than anyone could have predicted from a Bollywood production, let alone something like this, which was written off as “urban action type” with no audience. The box office is sometimes described as unexpected, which seems like a pointless statement given that it is, of course, predictable.
