Apr 13, 2026 3:55pm IST
Box Office Weekend Winners: ‘Dhurandhar 2’ Continues Domination, ‘LIK’ Emerges Surprise Hit, ‘Dacoit’ Disappoints
Ranveer Singh and Aditya Dhar's “Dhurandhar: The Revenge” continues the box office domination. After a brief dip during the weekdays, Ranveer Singh and Aditya Dhar's “Dhurandhar: The Revenge” picked up momentum over the weekend, emerging as audiences’ first choice for the fourth consecutive weekend.
“Dhurandhar 2” collected ₹6.41 crore net on Friday but doubled the business the next day with ₹12.56 crore and ₹13.15 crore on Sunday, adding ₹32.12 crore net over the fourth weekend. The 25-day total collection at the domestic box office now stands at ₹1,043.36 crore net, including ₹980.70 crore in Hindi alone. The film has earned approximately ₹415 crore overseas for a worldwide total of over ₹1700 crore gross, emerging as the biggest Indian blockbuster worldwide without a China and Middle East release.
Pradeep Ranganathan, Krithi Shetty and S.J. Suryah-starrer Tamil film, “Love Insurance Kompany,” (LIK) emerged as a surprise hit, claiming the second spot at the weekend box office. The sci-fi romantic comedy collected ₹22.70 crore net across Tamil and Telugu languages in three days and is expected to perform well over the weekdays too, given the positive word of mouth among audiences. The film continues Ranganathan's success streak, following “Dude,” “Dragon” and “Love Today”.
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The third position was secured by the Malayalam film "Vaazha 2: Biopic of a Billion Bros,” which retained its strong showing after its ₹55.05 crore first week. The sequel to the 2024 coming-of-age comedy drama about four friends added ₹22.45 crore on its second weekend for a total of ₹77.50 crore net to date, emerging as the biggest Malayalam grosser of 2026. It has also found significant success overseas, grossing over ₹73 crore there, taking the worldwide total to ₹163.50 crore gross.
Adivi Sesh, Mrunal Thakur and Anurag Kashyap-starrer “Dacoit: A Love Story” failed to resonate at the box office with a collection of only ₹19.80 crore net over its debut weekend. The film has largely received negative reviews, and given that it witnessed no jump even on Sunday, it's likely to end up as a commercial failure.
Meanwhile, Ryan Gosling's “Project Hail Mary” remains the top Hollywood choice for Indian audiences despite new releases like “The Drama” and “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie”. The sci-fi adventure added ₹10 crore in its third weekend, taking its total 18-day collection to ₹55 crore net — emerging as the first Hollywood success story at the Indian box office. “The Drama” and “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” both of which were released last week (April 3), have so far collected only ₹3.45 crore and ₹6.29 crore net, respectively.
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