Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar duology, consisting of Dhurandhar (2025) and Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026), has officially made it the highest-grossing franchise in the history of Indian cinema. The films starring Ranveer Singh, Sara Arjun, and others have collectively earned over ₹3,000 crore worldwide. With that, the Dhurandhar franchise has left the Telugu film industry’s Baahubali and Pushpa franchises behind.
Dhurandhar combined collection
When Dhurandhar released in December last year, it collected over Rs 1,307 crore gross worldwide in its lifetime. What made the feat noteworthy was that the numbers came despite the film being released only in Hindi and getting banned in six Gulf countries, along with Pakistan.
On March 19, its sequel, Dhurandhar: The Revenge, hit screens, this time in Hindi and in all South Indian languages. The success of the first part ensured the sequel had no competition, as films such as Yash’s Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, Peddi, The Paradise, Dacoit, and more postponed their March releases. According to trade websites, Dhurandhar 2 has now crossed the Rs 1,712 crore mark worldwide. This takes the film`s combined worldwide total to over Rs 3,019 crore, making it the first franchise in Indian cinema to achieve the feat.
Dhurandhar had a net collection of Rs 840 crore in India, making Dhurandhar 2 the first Hindi film to cross Rs 1,000 crore domestically. The sequel has collected Rs 1,083 so far in the country and is still counting. Meanwhile, Pushpa 2: The Rule, KGF: Chapter 2, and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion are the only other Indian films to have earned over Rs 1000 crore gross domestically.
Dhurandhar franchise beats Baahubali, Pushpa
Until today, SS Rajamouli’s Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamannaah Bhatia-starrer Baahubali franchise held the record for being the highest-grossing franchise for a long time. Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) had made Rs 2, 438 crore collectively. The first instalment collected Rs 650 crore worldwide, while the second film grossed Rs 1,788 crore.
At the second spot was Sukumar’s Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, and Fahadh Faasil-starrer Pushpa. Pushpa: The Rise (2021) grossed just Rs 350 crore worldwide at its release during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Pushpa 2: The Rule’s (2024) Rs 1,871 crore haul pushed it second to Baahubali with a Rs 2,221 crore collection. Similarly, Prashanth Neel`s Yash-starrer KGF films grossed Rs 238 crore and Rs 1,215 crore, respectively, bringing the franchise total to Rs 1,453 crore.
This also makes Dhurandhar the only franchise in India to have two films earn over Rs 1, 000 crore worldwide.
