Box Office Update: Dhurandhar Collects Rs 43 Crore Sunday, Enters Rs 100 Crore Club

Ranveer Singh-starrer Dhurandhar has stormed into the Rs 100 crore club in just three days, recording the biggest opening weekend of 2025 so far with a staggering net collection of Rs 103 crore in India. Released on December 5, the Aditya Dhar-directed espionage thriller opened to Rs 28 crore on Friday—Ranveer’s career-best launch—before leaping to Rs 32 crore on Saturday and exploding to Rs 43 crore on Sunday, the highest single-day figure for any Hindi film this year. Trade tracker Sacnilk reported an overall Hindi occupancy of 53.47 per cent on Sunday, with national multiplex chains and single-screen theatres in the Hindi heartland registering house-full boards.

The film’s unstoppable run forced even cautious trade analysts to eat their words. Taran Adarsh, who had flagged “below-the-mark” advance bookings earlier in the week, declared on Sunday night: “#Dhurandhar goes on a rampage… the heartland has joined the party in a BIG way.” He noted that while metros led the charge on day one, tier-2 and tier-3 centres delivered massive growth over the weekend, pushing the film past the Rs 100 crore mark faster than any other Bollywood release this year. Globally, Dhurandhar has already grossed Rs 140 crore, with strong contributions from the Gulf, North America, and Australia.

At the centre of the frenzy is Ranveer Singh’s raw, career-defining performance as a fictional RAW agent inspired by real-life heroes like Major Mohit Sharma. The film pits him against four deadly Pakistani terrorists in a high-octane narrative loosely drawing from events like the IC-814 hijacking and the 26/11 attacks. A stellar ensemble—Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, and debutante Sara Ali Khan—has been widely praised, with critics singling out Khanna’s chilling antagonist and Ranveer’s restrained intensity as the film’s biggest strengths.

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Dhurandhar marks a triumphant return for director Aditya Dhar after the blockbuster Uri: The Surgical Strike, proving once again that well-crafted patriotic action dramas remain box-office gold in India. The film’s success is particularly sweet for Ranveer, whose previous release, Singham Again, failed to meet sky-high expectations despite crossing Rs 200 crore. Industry insiders now predict a first-week haul of Rs 145-150 crore domestically, with the film comfortably on course to become one of the year’s top grossers.

The weekend’s numbers have also silenced doubters who questioned whether mid-budget original action films could still dominate in an era of pan-Indian spectacles and star-driven franchises. Produced by Jio Studios and B62 Studios on a reported budget of Rs 120 crore (excluding P&A), Dhurandhar is already profitable on theatrical revenue alone, with satellite, digital, and music rights yet to be fully monetised.

As Monday holdover figures trickle in, the trade is unanimous: Dhurandhar is the undisputed champion of the December box office. With no major Hindi release until Christmas, Ranveer Singh’s ferocious one-man army looks set to rule cinemas for weeks, cementing 2025 as the year Bollywood rediscovered the power of unapologetic, high-octane patriotism.

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