Overview
- The film began a special premiere on JioHotstar on Thursday evening with a 30‑minute pre‑show and opened for full on‑demand streaming in India from June 5 with an unrated 'Raw & Undekha' edition that restores about three minutes of footage.
- Trade trackers place Dhurandhar 2’s worldwide gross at roughly Rs 1,812 crore and the two‑film Dhurandhar duology above Rs 3,000 crore, figures that industry outlets have widely reported though final studio accounting is pending.
- Producer Jyoti Deshpande said makers expanded the project from one film into two after costs nearly doubled during production and that Ranveer Singh and director Aditya Dhar accepted smaller upfront fees in exchange for backend profit‑sharing.
- Jio Studios has framed the franchise as a strategic win for its theatrical and streaming push, with Reliance chair Mukesh Ambani praising the films in a shareholder letter for setting new benchmarks in release and monetisation models.
- The commercial and distribution choices behind Dhurandhar — big-budget risk sharing, an exclusive timed OTT window, and an extended uncensored cut — could change how future Indian tentpoles are financed and how studios extract value from both cinemas and streaming.