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Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar The Revenge took over the box office earlier this year. Emerging as the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2026 across India and overseas,
the espionage thriller raised the bar for future spy genre movies. Amid high expectations, the first part of the franchise released in Japan on July 10. Despite the film’s initial global success and critical acclaim, it failed to draw the Japanese audience to theatres. Shockingly, Dhurandhar had an underwhelming start in Japanese theatres. The film’s craze eventually fell flat in Japan and could not replicate the response it received in India, Europe, America and other parts of the world.
Dhurandhar's Japan release falls short of expectations
According to reports, Dhurandhar released across nearly 80 screens in Japan on July 10. Certain trade portals revealed that the film did not enter Japan's top 25 films on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Additionally, on its first day of release, the espionage thriller recorded 449 admissions by 2 PM across 57 locations. The collection saw negligible growth in the second half of the day. The total number of admissions increased to only 900 across 80 locations.
Hindi films at Japan box office
The biggest Indian film at the Japanese box office is SS Rajamouli’s RRR, starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR. It opened with 8,230 footfalls. Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor’s Saaho stands next with 6,510 footfalls. Prabhas’ Kalki 2898 AD saw 3,700 footfalls, whereas Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone’s Pathaan opened with 2,220 footfalls. Salaar (2,200), Jawan (1,960), Rangasthalam (1,610), Devara (1,550), Baahubali 2 (1,380), and Tiger 3 (1,300) also saw tremendous responses at the Japan box office. Before Dhurandhar, Pushpa 2 missed the mark and couldn’t be a part of the top ten list.
Dhurandhar franchise's global collection
The first part of Dhurandhar minted Rs 1,813 crore in worldwide collections. Dhurandhar The Revenge earned more than Rs 1,307 crore globally. The franchise collected over Rs 3,100 crore at the worldwide box office.
About Dhurandhar
Dhurandhar 2 starred Ranveer Singh, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Danish Pandor, Rakesh Bedi, Sara Arjun, Sanjay Dutt, Manav Gohil, Gaurav Gera, Udaybir and others. The film has been produced by B62 Studios and JioStudios. It released in Hindi on March 19. The first part released on December 5, 2025, and also featured Akshaye Khanna as Rehman Dakait.
Dhurandhar is currently streaming on Netflix. The second part of the franchise is available on Netflix as well as JioHotstar.
