Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar: The Revenge collectively have officially made it the highest-grossing franchise in the country. The films starring Ranveer Singh, Sara Arjun, and others have collectively grossed over ₹3,000 crore worldwide. The Dhurandhar franchise hasn’t just beaten the Telugu film industry’s Baahubali and Pushpa franchises, but it’s also the only one to make these numbers.
Dhurandhar franchise 1st to gross ₹3000 crore worldwide
When Dhurandhar was released in December last year, the film collected over ₹1307 crore gross worldwide. While many wondered whether the film would be a success, the Ranveer-starrer proved everybody wrong and became a massive hit. All this despite being released only in Hindi and getting banned in the Gulf states, apart from Pakistan.
On March 19, Dhurandhar: The Revenge hit screens in all South Indian languages and Hindi, with no competition, as films such as Yash’s Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, Peddi, The Paradise, Dacoit, and more postponed March releases. According to trade website Sacnilk, the film has now crossed the ₹1712 crore mark worldwide. This takes its worldwide total to over ₹3019 crore, a first for a franchise in Indian cinema.
Dhurandhar had a net collection of ₹840 crore in India, becoming the first Hindi film to cross ₹1000 crore domestically. The film has collected ₹1083 so far in the country and counting. Pushpa 2: The Rule, KGF: Chapter 2, and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion are the only other Indian films to have collected over ₹1000 crore domestically.
Where Baahubali and Pushpa stand
SS Rajamouli’s Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamannaah Bhatia-starrer Baahubali held the highest-grossing franchise record for a long time as Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) had made ₹2438 crore collectively. The first film collected ₹650 crore worldwide, and the second film grossed ₹1788 crore.
Sukumar’s Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, and Fahadh Faasil-starrer Pushpa: The Rise (2021) grossed ₹350 crore worldwide at its first release during the COVID-19 pandemic. But with Pushpa 2: The Rule’s (2024) ₹1871 crore haul, it came second to Baahubali with a ₹2221 crore collection. Prashanth Neel’s Yash-starrer KGF films also grossed ₹238 crore and ₹1215 crore, bringing the franchise total to ₹1453 crore.
This also means that Dhurandhar is the only franchise in India to have two films gross over ₹1000 crore worldwide. The Dhurandhar films also star Akshaye Khanna, Arjun Rampal, R Madhavan, Rakesh Bedi, Danish Pandor, Gaurav Gera, and others in key roles. The sequel is running in theatres.