The first week of December has seen major releases in the last three years. In 2023, it was Animal, which went on to collect over Rs. 500 crore nett in India. Last year, Pushpa 2 (Hindi) rewrote record books, becoming the biggest Hindi film of all time. Both these films had big starts as well.
Things are slightly different this year. Dhurandhar didn’t start as strongly, but by the end of its first week, it has caught up with the other two films on their corresponding day collections. In fact, the Thursday box office for Dhurandhar is the second highest ever for any Hindi film, just behind PK, which collected Rs. 27.50 crore nett on a holiday. For non-holidays, it is the biggest ever, surpassing Pushpa 2 (Hindi).
Looking ahead, Animal added Rs. 212 crore to its total after the first week, while Pushpa 2 went on to add Rs. 350 crore. That’s a vastly different trajectory between the two films, with Animal losing steam in its third week, plus being hit by heavy competition in the fourth week during the holiday period. Dhurandhar, having so far shown a better trend than these two films, will be expected to do better than them.
Below is the day-wise box office Comparison of Dhurandhar, Animal and Pushpa 2 (Hindi). This comparison will be updated in the days to come, so feel free to bookmark it and revisit it.
Day
Dhurandhar
Animal
Pushpa 2
Thursday
Rs. 64.00 cr.
Friday
Rs. 24.50 cr.
Rs. 51.50 cr.
Rs. 52.00 cr.
Saturday
Rs. 29.00 cr.
Rs. 55.50 cr.
Rs. 64.00 cr.
Sunday
Rs. 37.50 cr.
Rs. 61.50 cr.
Rs. 77.00 cr.
Monday
Rs. 21.50 cr.
Rs. 37.00 cr.
Rs. 42.00 cr.
Tuesday
Rs. 25.50 cr.
Rs. 33.00 cr.
Rs. 34.25 cr.
Wednesday
Rs. 25.25 cr.
Rs. 27.00 cr.
Rs. 29.25 cr.
Thursday
Rs. 25.00 cr.
Rs. 23.00 cr.
Rs. 25.00 cr.
Total-to-date
Rs. 188.25 cr.
Rs. 288.50 cr.
Rs. 387.50 cr.
2nd Friday
Rs. 22.25 cr.
Rs. 25.00 cr.
2nd Saturday
Rs. 34.25 cr.
Rs. 41.50 cr.
2nd Sunday
Rs. 35.50 cr.
Rs. 49.50 cr.
2nd Monday
Rs. 13.00 cr.
Rs. 19.00 cr.
2nd Tuesday
Rs. 12.00 cr.
Rs. 16.50 cr.
2nd Wednesday
Rs. 10.00 cr.
Rs. 14.50 cr.
2nd Thursday
Rs. 9.00 cr.
Rs. 12.00 cr.
3rd Friday
Rs. 8.00 cr.
Rs. 9.75 cr.
3rd Saturday
Rs. 12.00 cr.
Rs. 17.75 cr.
3rd Sunday
Rs. 13.00 cr.
Rs. 24.00 cr.
3rd Monday
Rs. 5.25 cr.
Rs. 9.00 cr.
3rd Tuesday
Rs. 5.00 cr.
Rs. 10.00 cr.
3rd Wednesday
Rs. 4.75 cr.
Rs. 13.75 cr.
3rd Thursday
Rs. 2.00 cr.
Rs. 7.25 cr.
Week Four
Rs. 10.50 cr.
Rs. 50.75 cr.
Week Five
Rs. 8.50 cr.
Rs. 18.00 cr.
Week Six
Rs. 4.00 cr.
Rs. 6.50 cr.
Week Seven
Rs. 1.50 cr.
Rs. 3.35 cr.
Week Eight
Rs. 0.75 cr.
Rs. 1.40 cr.
Rest
Rs. 0.25 cr.
Rs. 1.00 cr.
Total
Rs. 188.25 cr.
Rs. 500.00 cr.
Rs. 738.00 cr.
