Dhurandhar 2 is coming to an end of its run and will be finish with 4 crore footfalls apprx. The collections will end with 1005 crore nett and the ATP (Average Ticket Price) will be over INR 300 which has never been seen before. A few years ago BLOCKBUSTERS like Pathan, Jawan and Animal saw an ATP of around 220 and in just three years here is a film with a 35% higher Average Ticket Price.

A Pushpa 2 released in 2024 had an ATP of 230 and although the multiplexes had comfortably far higher pricing than the likes of Animal and Jawan it also had a lot appeal in mass centers which bought the overall ATP down as it should be 10-15% higher than the 2023 films but was only 5% higher. There is a difference of only 10 lakh footfalls between Pushpa 2 and Dhurandhar 2 but the box office collection is around 280 crore nett more. Pushpa 2 had 3.90 crore footfalls.

This is the highest footfall for an original Hindi film since Gadar in 2001 which is a pretty long time to wait for a 4 crore footfall film. The way it was going in the initial few days it looked like even 4.5-5 crore was possible but the mass appeal was not quite there at that insane level. This is not to say the film did not have mass appeal but not to the level of 5 crore footfalls. 

This 4 crore footfall mark did look like it would was an impossible task the way business was going post pandemic and more than that the way pricing was going but you never say never and it can easily be said that 5 crore is a dream at present but you never know with the right content. The pricing going up and up means footfalls do become tougher though it makes it easier for initial records when the urgency is there.

There may have been no 4 crore footfall film from the Hindi film industry between 2001 and 2026 but there were plenty before 2001 and it maybe around 25-30 films which got over 4 crore but then times were different and although there was a lesser population the craze for films and stars was far higher.