Dhurandhar 2 has become the highest grossing film in United Kingdom of all time and despite all the records the film has smashed this is probably the biggest one and also the toughest one. Since the market opened up in the mid 90's and globalization it has been a tough ride in United Kingdom for patriotic films as slowly around 50% of the audience became non Indians with the Pak / Bangla community making a huge share of the box office and pro India patriotic movies did not hold much appeal for this audience.

It was not always the case though as pre video it was patriotic films like Purab Aur Pacchim (1971) and Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974) dominated the charts but that was because at the time it was the Punjabi / Gujarati communities from India or East Africa which had migrated to the UK and they formed the audience.

Traditionally the United Kingdom has been the biggest market for Hindi from the mid 60's till around the mid 2000's but then slowly these loyalty cards from the biggest chains started to gain traction and business stagnated as watching a film with a loyalty card meant only a one third contribution of the ticket value. 

It seems better now as pre pandemic that £3 million mark looked a dream but now five films have crossed the £3 million and two have even crossed £4 million and when a film like Dhurandhar 2 can set a new high there will be potential to go even higher. The plus for Dhurandhar 2 is that the Dhurandhar 1 got huge appreciation from the South Indian audience and this audience would have compensated for some of Pak / Bangla crowd for the second part but this is unlikely to happen for many other films. The all time top ten grossers in United Kingdom are as follows.      

1. Dhurandhar 2 (2026) - £4,383,000 (33 Days)

2. Pathaan (2023) £4,381,000

3. Saiyaara (2025) - £3,220,000

4. Dhurandhar  (2025) - £3,048,000

5. Jawan (2023) - £3,025,000

6. Dhoom 3 (2013) - £2,710,000

7. Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) -  £2,662,000

8. My Name Is Khan (2010) - £2,630,000

9. Dangal (2016) - £2,563,000

10. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) - £2,510,000