{"id":283897,"date":"2026-02-06T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/283897\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:34:14","slug":"how-ranveer-singh-aditya-dhars-dhurandhar-the-revenge-can-turn-a-profit-without-selling-a-single-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/283897\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ranveer Singh, Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar The Revenge can turn a profit without selling a single ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nobody expected Dhurandhar to become the biggest box office success of 2025. The Aditya Dhar<\/a> film was released at the end of the year, with definite buzz, but cautious expectations from the trade. What followed was a tsunami of collections, unlike anything that Bollywood had seen in decades. That not only made Dhurandhar one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of all time, but also set up its sequel – Dhurandhar: The Revenge – as one of the most anticipated Indian films of recent years.<\/p>\n

\"DhurandharDhurandhar 2: Ranveer Singh as a young Jaskirat in the teaser.How Dhurandhar 2 trumps Part 1 in build-up<\/p>\n

Dhurandhar, which stars Ranveer Singh<\/a> as a spy, came as a surprise blockbuster. Most expected the film to do well, but were cagey about the degree of that \u2018very well\u2019. The film’s pre-release business reflects that. According to trade insiders, Dhurandhar did a pre-release business of \u20b9150 crore. Pinkvilla reported<\/a> that its music rights, for instance, were sold for \u20b920 crore. The fact that all the songs from the film eventually became chartbusters shows just how sweet a deal that was for Saregama. In contrast, Variety India reported<\/a> that T-Series has bought the music rights of Dhurandhar 2 for a staggering \u20b960 crore. Similarly, while Netflix paid \u20b985 crore for Dhurandhar, JioHotstar paid \u20b9150 crore for the sequel, as per a Bollywood Hungama report.<\/a><\/p>\n

Given the hype the film carries, the satellite rights are expected to have gone for a higher amount as well. Part 1 was sold to Star for \u20b925-30 crore.<\/p>\n

Is Durandhar 2 already profitable?<\/p>\n

According to trade sources, the non-theatrical pre-release business of Dhurandhar 2 will easily cross \u20b9250 crore. Dhurandhar’s success has elevated the film\u2019s stature. This was earlier seen in the case of the two Pushpa films. Part 1 sold all its non-theatrical rights for around \u20b9100 crore in 2021. But three years later, Part 2 did a non-theatrical business of over \u20b9400 crore.<\/p>\n

Dhurandhar was earlier a single film made on a \u20b9400 crore budget. Since it was split into two parts, the production budget for Dhurandhar 2 is estimated at a little over \u20b9200 crore, including a few reshoots. The film is likely to have a landing cost of around \u20b9250 crore, after factoring in marketing and overhead costs. This means that the non-theatrical business alone will help the film break even. Add the distribution rights cost, and Dhurandhar 2 will turn a profit before selling a single ticket. Part 1 registered a profit of around \u20b9400 crore, and Part 2 hopes to emulate it, if not surpass.<\/p>\n

All about Dhurandhar 2<\/p>\n

Directed by Aditya Dhar, Dhurandhar starred Ranveer Singh as an Indian spy in Pakistan. The film also stars Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, and Sanjay Dutt. The sequel – Dhurandhar: The Revenge – releases in theatres on March 19, with all the actors reprising their roles. Dhurandhar 2 will clash at the box office with Yash\u2019s pan-India film, Toxic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nobody expected Dhurandhar to become the biggest box office success of 2025. The Aditya Dhar film was released…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[82519,321,82522,96613,136800,93,61,60,6155],"class_list":{"0":"post-283897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-aditya-dhar","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-dhurandhar","11":"tag-dhurandhar-2","12":"tag-dhurandhar-the-reveng","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-ranveer-singh"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}