Dhurandhar 2 hit 4 crore footfalls in Hindi with another 30 lakh plus coming from regional versions which gives it footfalls of over 4.3 crore in all versions. Despite doing business of around 275 crore nett more than Pushpa 2 in Hindi the footfalls are just 10 lakh more due to the insane pricing at multiplexes. 

The huge pricing was just not just for the weekend or week but continued for some time until the collections went to lower levels. This is also why the 1000 crore nett number has to be taken with a pinch of salt as not many films will be able to keep this sort of pricing after the initial days. No doubt some of the bigger films to come can release with even higher pricing than Dhurandhar 2 but to sustain this pricing the way Dhurandhar 2 has done is very tough.

It is this sustained high pricing post the first week which has taken the film to 1000 crore and so far ahead of Pushpa 2 and although its hard to believe with the collections Pushpa 2 actually had deeper penetration and wider appreciation as far the Hindi circuits are concerned. If we take out South India where Pushpa had the regional versions then the footfalls of Pushpa 2 are actually higher by around 30-35 lakhs which is a considerable amount.

All the Hindi circuits have more footfalls for Pushpa 2 apart from East Punjab and Delhi / UP.  There are now seven Hindi films post the pandemic which have crossed 3 crore footfalls. This is basically in the last five years and if we go to the 2010-2019 period then there were around 6-7 films to hit 3 crore footfalls in the whole decade so this decade till date compares well.

This also shows the shift of the public to the bigger film as admissions are down generally but they are better for the bigger films. Below are the top ten apprx footfalls post the pandemic for Hindi films. The figure in brackets adds the regional versions when they are there.

1. Dhurandhar 2 - 4 Cr (4.32 cr)

2. Pushpa 2 - 3.9 crore (6.2 cr)

3, Dhurandhar - 3.55 crore

4. Gadar 2 - 3.4 crore

5. Stree 2 - 3.2 crore

6. Jawan - 3.1 crore (3.5 cr)

7. Chhava - 3 crore (3.12 cr)

8. Pathaan - 2.8 crore (2.92 cr)

9. Animal - 2.7 crore (3 cr)

10. KGF 2 - 2.55 crore (4.9 cr)