Dhurandhar The Revenge Box Office: Film storms overseas, surpasses Dhurandhar 1 to emerge third all-time highest grosser :Bollywood Box Office

In a box office milestone that few in the industry saw coming with quite this velocity, Dhurandhar The Revenge has rewritten the overseas record books for Hindi cinema, surpassing Dhurandhar Part 1 and carving out its place as the third highest overseas grosser in Bollywood history.

The Jio Studios production, starring Ranveer Singh in a role that has already become the talk of multiplexes from Dubai to New Jersey, has registered a staggering lifetime overseas collection of USD 34.75 million a figure that decisively eclipses the USD 32.57 million posted by Dhurandhar, the 2025 first instalment of the franchise. That the sequel has bested its predecessor by over two million dollars in total gross is a feat that underlines both the growing appetite for franchise cinema among the Indian diaspora and the global drawing power Ranveer Singh commands at the height of his stardom.

The film's opening weekend alone a robust USD 22.60 million sent an early signal that this was no ordinary sequel bump. For context, the original Dhurandhar had managed a comparatively modest USD 3.83 million in its opening overseas weekend before building over time to its USD 32.57 million lifetime tally. The Revenge, by contrast, arrived with the full weight of franchise anticipation and delivered on it almost immediately, suggesting a far more front-loaded global release strategy that paid off handsomely.

The film now sits in a rarified tier of Hindi cinema's overseas performance chart, trailing only two Shah Rukh Khan blockbusters Pathaan, which remains the undisputed overseas champion with USD 47.88 million lifetime, and Jawan, which accumulated USD 46.57 million. That both of those films are from 2023 and that Dhurandhar The Revenge has now joined their company in 2026 is testament to how swiftly the overseas market has bounced back and how decisively Jio Studios has positioned itself as a powerhouse for global Hindi releases.

What makes the achievement particularly striking is the generational span it competes against. The other titles in the top ten overseas chart span over a decade of Hindi filmmaking from Dhoom 3's landmark 2013 run to Padmaavat's cultural moment in 2018, from Bajrangi Bhaijaan's cross-border emotional resonance in 2015 to the PK phenomenon of 2014, and Sultan's muscular performance in 2016. Dhurandhar The Revenge has, in a single theatrical run, placed itself above all of them.

Industry analysts have noted that the back-to-back chart presence of both Dhurandhar films sitting at fourth and third respectively is perhaps the most compelling story in recent Bollywood franchise history. No Hindi franchise has ever occupied two consecutive slots in the all-time overseas top five simultaneously, and the implications for how studios approach franchise storytelling aimed at global audiences are likely to reverberate for years.

For Jio Studios, the numbers validate an ambitious multi-film bet. For Ranveer Singh, they represent a career-defining chapter. And for the overseas Hindi film market which continues to grow in North America, the Gulf, and Southeast Asia Dhurandhar The Revenge is the clearest proof yet that the diaspora audience is no longer a secondary consideration but a primary box office force in its own right.