By the end of the day, Dhurandhar’s India net collection stood at approximately ₹616.50 crore. Numbers like that carry weight. They sit heavy in trade conversations. They change the tone of industry WhatsApp groups. Suddenly, comparisons are no longer theoretical. The film is now breathing down the neck of the biggest Bollywood earners ever, edging closer to the ₹622 crore mark that once felt safely out of reach.
Dhurandhar was still pulling people in. Not out of obligation. Not because there was nothing else to watch. People came because someone they trusted had leaned in and said, you have to see this. Again and again. That trust translated into roughly ₹15 crore by the end of the day, a number that does not politely enter the record books; it kicks the door open.
At an all-India level, across languages, across markets, this fourth Friday now stands alone. The previous high, held by Baahubali 2, sat at a net ₹11.25 crore. Dhurandhar went well past that without sounding an alarm. What really stopped industry watchers mid-sentence was the hold. A drop of just about 30 percent from the third Friday. That is not normal behavior. That is what happens when a film refuses to age.
Inside the theatres, the mood was telling. This was not opening weekend adrenaline. No frantic phone calls for last-minute tickets. It was steadier than that. Groups chatting about scenes they loved. Families who had clearly planned the outing. A sense that everyone knew they were watching something that would be talked about long after the lights came back on. And quietly, the India net total climbed to around ₹616.50 crore.
There is something almost mischievous about where that number sits. Close enough to make everyone look at Jawan and its ₹622 crore lifetime figure with fresh eyes. Close enough to turn inevitability into the dominant emotion. Dhurandhar is not chasing the title of highest-grossing Bollywood film in India anymore. It is stretching its legs before stepping into it.
What makes this run feel different is the lack of desperation. No sudden narrative shifts. No frantic attempts to manufacture urgency. The film just keeps showing up, and people keep showing up for it. Fourth week collections are usually where films start apologizing for still being around. Dhurandhar is doing the opposite. It is asserting itself.
A lot of that weight sits comfortably on the shoulders of Ranveer Singh. He has always been a performer who divides opinion, who leans hard into extremes. But this moment feels less about personality and more about persistence. This is not a star riding a wave. This is a film and an actor walking in step with an audience that has decided to stay.
Then come the milestones, stacked so tightly they almost blur together. Crossing ₹1,000 crore worldwide in just 22 days, making it the second-fastest Bollywood film to do so and only the ninth Indian film overall to ever reach that number. A third week that alone brought in ₹173 crore. A Christmas Day jump of ₹26 crore that felt less like a holiday bump and more like a collective reward. These are not lucky breaks. These are patterns.
What people underestimate about box office stories like this is the emotional undercurrent. Numbers do not rise like this unless something clicks. Unless conversations spill out of theatres and into dinners, late-night texts, and office corridors. Dhurandhar has become that reference point. The film people mention casually, then pause, then insist on.
As 2025 inches toward its final stretch, the film has already claimed its place as the year’s biggest release. No qualifiers needed. And still, there is no sense of closure around it. The fourth Friday record did not feel like a finish line. It felt like proof. Proof that longevity is the rarest flex in modern cinema.
There is a certain romance in watching a film refuse to slow down when the calendar says it should. In seeing packed halls weeks after the noise was supposed to fade. In realizing that sometimes, the loudest moments in box office history arrive quietly, on an ordinary Friday evening, when everyone thought the story had already been told.
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Zayn blends critical thinking with genuine fandom. Whether it’s decoding OTT series arcs or rating the latest Bollywood blockbuster, he writes with clarity, pop fluency, and a dash of irreverence.
