DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE (Hindi) will end its worldwide business at over 1650 crore comfortably making it the biggest worldwide grosser ever for a Hindi film. The previous record holder was DHURANDHAR 1 which did around 1235 crore which means DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE is beating its predecessor by over 400 crore crore worldwide.

JAWAN and PATHAAN are the other two Hindi films to cross 1000 crore worldwide outside the DHURANDHAR films. These worldwide collections are coming without business in Gulf which could have been anywhere between 100-200 crore. So, fair value worldwide business for the film will be somewhere in the 1800 crore range.

The film was also released in a regional versions and if we include that, then the collections go up to almost 1720 crore. But in this way it remains behind films like BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION and DANGAL. Taking the fair value of Gulf would take the film above BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION but DANGAL remains the top film with 2020 crore plus if all its formats are counted. But it is no comparison with the original Hindi film as DANGAL is 702 crore and DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE is 1650 crore plus.

The film is still running in India and may add another one crore to its total. The worldwide collections of DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE till date are as follows. 

India - 1214 crore (1006 crore nett)

Overseas - 438 crore ($47.1 million)

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DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE hit 4 crore footfalls in Hindi with another 30 lakh plus coming from regional versions which takes it footfalls to over 4.3 crore in all versions. Despite doing business of around 275 crore nett more than PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE in Hindi, the footfalls are just 10 lakh more due to the insane pricing at multiplexes.

The huge pricing was just not just for the weekend or week but continued for some time until the collections went to lower levels. This is also why the 1000 crore nett number has to be taken with a pinch of salt as not many films will be able to keep this sort of pricing after the initial days. No doubt some of the bigger films to come can release with even higher pricing than DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE but to sustain this pricing the way the Ranveer Singh-starrer has done is very tough.

It is this sustained high pricing post the first week which has taken the film to 1000 crore and so far ahead of PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE. However, its hard to believe with the collections PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE actually had deeper penetration and wider appreciation as far the Hindi circuits are concerned. If we take out South India where PUSHPA had the regional versions, then the footfalls of PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE are actually higher by around 30-35 lakhs which is a considerable amount.

All the Hindi circuits have more footfalls for PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE apart from East Punjab and Delhi/UP. There are now seven Hindi films post the pandemic which have crossed 3 crore footfalls. This is basically in the last five years and if we go to the 2010-2019 period then there were around 6-7 films to hit 3 crore footfalls in the whole decade. So, this decade till date compares well.

This also shows the shift of the public to the bigger film as admissions are down generally but they are better for the bigger films. Below are the top ten apprx footfalls post the pandemic for Hindi films. The figure in brackets adds the regional versions when they are there.

2. Pushpa 2 - The Rule - 3.9 crore (6.2 cr)

3. Dhurandhar - 3.55 crore

4. Gadar 2 - 3.4 crore

5. Stree 2 - 3.2 crore

6. Jawan - 3.1 crore (3.5 cr)

7. Chhaava - 3 crore (3.12 cr)

8. Pathaan - 2.8 crore (2.92 cr)

9. Animal - 2.7 crore (3 cr)

10. KGF - Chapter 2 - 2.55 crore (4.9 cr)