With USD 29.5 million in overseas collections, Dhurandhar The Revenge has muscled its way into the all-time top 10 highest-grossing Hindi films in international markets, claiming the sixth spot on a list that reads like a roll call of Indian cinema's most celebrated blockbusters. What makes this achievement particularly striking is not merely the rank, it is the quality and breadth of the films it has already surpassed, and the tantalising proximity of the film that still stands immediately above it.
In crossing USD 29.5 million, Dhurandhar The Revenge has overtaken Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat (USD 29 million), Salman Khan's beloved Bajrangi Bhaijaan (USD 28.9 million), Aamir Khan's landmark PK (USD 27.55 million), and the same star's Sultan (USD 25.99 million) all formidable performers that commanded enormous international audiences in their respective years. The margin over Padmaavat and Bajrangi Bhaijaan may be razor-thin in absolute terms USD 0.5 million and USD 0.6 million respectively but the sequence in which these titles have been passed reflects the sustained global appetite that Dhurandhar The Revenge has generated week after week across multiplexes from the Middle East to North America, the United Kingdom to Australia.
The passing of PK and Sultan, films that were once considered the outer limits of what Hindi cinema could achieve internationally, is itself a statement. PK was Aamir Khan's global crossover moment; Sultan demonstrated that mainstream Bollywood spectacle had genuine reach beyond the diaspora. Dhurandhar The Revenge has cleared both of them not narrowly, but with a margin of USD 1.95 million over PK and USD 3.51 million over Sultan confirming that the film has found genuine mainstream international traction.
The film that now stands between Dhurandhar The Revenge and a top five finish is Ranbir Kapoor's Animal, which collected USD 30.7 million in its overseas run to claim the fifth spot. The gap, as of the current count, stands at just USD 1.2 million a figure that, given the film's momentum at international multiplexes, is expected to be bridged over the coming weekend. If the projections hold, Dhurandhar The Revenge will become only the fifth Hindi film in history to collect USD 30 million or more overseas a club currently comprising Pathaan, Jawan, Dhurandhar, and Dhoom 3.
That gap of USD 1.2 million, barely 3.9% of Animal's total is the kind of target that a film with active international screens and strong word-of-mouth can close in a matter of days. The weekend, traditionally the strongest window for overseas collections, will be the decisive battleground.
The top two positions on the overseas chart are held by Shah Rukh Khan's back-to-back juggernauts Pathaan (USD 47.88 million) and Jawan (USD 46.57 million) and represent a near-unassailable commercial fortress in the international market. The distance between Dhurandhar The Revenge and those peaks is significant roughly USD 17–18 million and unlikely to be bridged in the current run. But that is not the story here.
The story is that the franchise's original instalment Dhurandhar at USD 32.573 million sits third on this very list, making the Dhurandhar universe one of only two franchises (alongside SRK's films) to have placed multiple entries in the all-time top five overseas earners. Once the sequel crosses Animal, both editions of the franchise will share space in the top five a feat that underlines just how potent the Ranveer Singh–Jio Studios combination has been in converting Indian domestic dominance into genuine global box office currency.
For Dhurandhar The Revenge, the overseas story is not merely a footnote to its historic India run it is a parallel narrative of Indian cinema's expanding global footprint, told one dollar at a time.
Top 10 All-Time Highest Overseas Grossers
Pathaan - USD 47.88 mil
Jawan - USD 46.57 mil
Dhurandhar - USD 32.573 mil
Dhoom 3 - USD31.1 mil
Animal - USD 30.7 mil
Dhurandhar The Revenge - USD 29.5 mil
Padmaavat - USD 29 mil
Bajrangi Bhaijaan - USD 28.9mil
PK - USD 27.55 mil
Sultan - USD 25.99 mil
