Hindi
‘Mardaani’: A decent opening at the BO
MUMBAI: Mardaani, a Rani Mukerji show, her own Dabangg or Singham, gets an indifferent opening response. It improves a little on Saturday and again on Sunday to end its opening weekend with Rs 14.46 crore. Besides routines content, it’s ‘A’ certification also kept younger lot at bay.
Three other films released last Friday have all proved to be irrelevant failing to find audience. They are MAD: Mad About Dance, Life Is Beautiful and Katiyabaaz, though the last mentioned won some critical appreciation.
Singham Returns made the most of its extended weekend which included holidays of Independence Day on Friday and Gokul Ashtami on Monday by putting together Rs 85.3 crore for four days. The slide began Tuesday onwards as the film ended its first week with Rs 110 crore. Despite weak opposition in its second week, the drop was drastic on the eighth day as the film managed to collect a little over Rs 3 crore.
Entertainment has added Rs 11.75 crore in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 61.55 crore.
Kick has collected Rs 2.2 crore in its third week taking its three week tally to Rs 226.1 crore.
Hindi
Dhurandhar the revenge storms past Rs 1,000 crore in a week, rewrites box office records
Aditya Dhar’s spy thriller sets fastest run to Rs 1,000 crore with record-breaking weekday hold
MUMBAI: The box office has a new juggernaut—and it is moving at breakneck speed. Dhurandhar the revenge has smashed past the Rs 1,000 crore mark worldwide in just a week, clocking a staggering Rs 1,088 crore and resetting the rules of the blockbuster game.
Backed by Jio Studios and B62 Studios, and directed by Aditya Dhar, the spy action sequel opened to the biggest weekend ever for an Indian film globally—and then refused to slow down. Unlike typical tentpole releases that taper off after Sunday, this one powered through the weekdays with rare muscle, posting Rs 64 crore on Monday, Rs 58 crore on Tuesday, Rs 49 crore on Wednesday and Rs 53 crore on Thursday.
The numbers stack up to a formidable first-week haul. India collections stand at Rs 690 crore nett and Rs 814 crore gross, while overseas markets have chipped in Rs 274 crore, taking the worldwide total to Rs 1,088 crore in just eight days.
The film’s opening weekend alone delivered Rs 466 crore, laying the foundation for what is now being billed as the fastest climb to the Rs 1,000 crore club in Indian cinema. Every single day of its first week has set fresh benchmarks, from the highest opening weekend to the strongest weekday hold—metrics that typically separate hits from phenomena.
A sequel to the earlier hit Dhurandhar, the film has not just built on its predecessor’s momentum but obliterated previous records, emerging as the biggest global blockbuster run by an Indian film to date.
At this pace, the film is not merely riding a wave—it is creating one.
