PVR INOX shares rise 6.5% to hit intraday high as Dhurandhar creates new box office records

Shares of PVR INOX rose 6.5% to hit an intraday high of Rs 1134 as Dhurandhar enters the ₹300 crore club over the weekend. The stock has come down as investors opted to book profits, yet is still trading in the positive by 3.82%.

The film became the third Hindi film to cross the benchmark after Chhaava and Saiyaara, and achieved the feat in just 9 days. Chhaava and Saiyaara crossed the ₹300 crore mark in Day 10 and Day 17 respectively.

Reception of the spy thriller was a rollercoaster as trade circles were conservative ahead of release, with advances tracking lower than expected. But once the film opened to ₹28 crore on Day 1, the sentiment flipped—powered almost entirely by word of mouth. “Ranveer has completely rocked the box office. It started slow… but the mass audience has completely loved the film. The metro cities are also on board,” says film business expert Girish Johar, who now sees the film nearing ₹200 crore already and easily crossing the ₹300-crore mark.

The surge was not restricted to weekends. Dhurandhar grew from Friday through Sunday, netting ₹103 crore, but its real shocker came midweek—Monday to Thursday held extraordinarily well, with three consecutive ₹27-crore days. The biggest indicator of audience appeal is Day 7 collections trending above Day 1, a phenomenon rarely seen outside a handful of historic hits.

Across regions, Dhurandhar has displayed strength in major circuits, including Mumbai, NCR, Bengaluru and Pune, which recorded some of the strongest turnouts in the country. The overseas market has mirrored this momentum. Collections from the US, UK, UAE, Canada and Australia have pushed the worldwide tally to over ₹300 crore by Day 7, with several territories reporting midweek spikes—an uncommon trend outside holiday periods.

Industry experts have been unanimous in their assessment of the film’s scale. “With the first week heading for ₹200 crore India net and ₹300 crore worldwide, it has become a phenomenon unlikely to stop anytime soon,” notes a spokesperson for Sacnilk, which estimates 75 lakh footfalls in six days—an enormous indicator of theatrical pull.