Dhurandhar 2 has taken a historic start and one of the biggest openings of recent times if not the biggest. Its always difficult to compare with films from a different time as the release structure changes but if you take this multiplex era since 2010 then the biggest would probably be Bodyguard (2011), Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Bahubali - the Conclusion (2017) and then post pandemic it would be KGF2, Pushpa 2 and now Dhurandhar 2. 

These films would be the cream of the cream in the last fifteen years or so as far as those opening shows goes on that first morning. It gets a bit complicated comparing films from periods but no doubt even before there were films which were a craze and maybe even bigger than the films mentioned above.

It is easily noticeable that all the films post pandemic are sequels and actually if you look at the list its Salman Khan and then sequels which pretty much spells out what has happened to the box office over the last decade or so with the shift from starpower to sequels. The films from the South were never record grossers as far as the first part went but here Dhurandhar 2 is the second part of a record grosser so this sort of opening was actually a given and on top Dhurandhar had more appreciation compared to a Pushpa or KGF though this is arguable when compared with a Bahubali.

Dhurandhar 2 has already pocketed around 40 crore nett in paid previews and its set to just going to obliterate the box office and will probably show how big the Hindi market is at present. It is a holiday period with a rare craze and on top record ticket pricing and although pricing is the way to bigger box office its probably been taken too far high but its working. This initial weekend of four days and paid previews could be smashing the first week records of some of the biggest openers. 

The first day collection will be a record but it remains to be seen where this number goes and does it beat the record of Jawan by 10%, 20% or even more.