Dhurandhar 2 box office collection day 1 (updated live): Ranveer film mints ₹60 crore, beats Pathaan with morning shows

DHurandhar 2 package power accumulation daytime 1: On the plunk for of a phenomenal release eve, where it set new benchmarks for box office collections in paid previews, Dhurandhar 2 is on course for an all-time record opening day for Bollywood. The film is certain to cross the ₹100 crore net mark on day 1, the first for any Hindi film.Dhurandhar 2 box office collection day 1 (updated live)Dhurandhar 2, directed by Aditya Dhar, released worldwide on Thursday, March 19. However, the makers had paid previews in select theatres across the world on Wednesday evening ahead of the release. The film earned a staggering ₹43 crore net domestically from the paid previews, giving it a sizable cushion for day 1. Just how monumental this feat is can be gauged by the fact that the previous record stood at ₹10 crore, earned by Stree 2 in 2024.This record-breaking collection from paid previews allows Dhurandhar 2 to start day 1 not from 0 but from 43 crore, making a ₹100-crore opening easily possible.Dhurandhar 2 has started on an excellent note on Thursday. By 11 AM on Thursday, Sacnilk reported that the film had amassed domestic collections of ₹17 crore, bringing its opening-day net total to ₹60 crore. With just morning shows, the film has registered the third-largest opening in Bollywood history. If the trend persists, Dhurandhar 2 will move to number 1 by afternoon, and after that, the sky is the limit.Dhurandhar 2 is reporting good collections from the dubbed versions. The Tamil dub is leading with ₹2+ crore collected so far, and the Telugu version is not far behind either. The Malayalam and Kannada versions are yet to pick up pace, largely because their paid previews were cancelled on Wednesday.Dhurandhar 2 beats Pathaan, Stree 2With ₹60 crore net in its kitty already, Dhurandhar 2 has beaten the openings of Stree 2 ( ₹54 crore) and Pathaan ( ₹57 crore). Among Bollywood films, only two stand ahead of it. Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal opened at ₹64 crore in 2023, while Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan had set the all-time record earlier that year with a ₹75 crore day 1. Dhurandhar 2 should easily surpass both by late afternoon.All about Dhurandhar 2Apart from Ranveer Singh, Dhurandhar 2 also brings back R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, Sara Arjun, and Rakesh Bedi. Directed by Aditya Dhar, the spy thriller has released on March 19. The first Dhurandhar earned ₹1300 crore worldwide and is still playing in theatres three months after its December release. The sequel is expected to do even better.