Before the end of its first day of release, Dhurandhar: The Revenge has already made Rs 66.79 crore at the domestic box office. While the film made Rs 43 crore net in its paid previews on Wednesday with 12,292 shows, its Day 1 collection as of now stands at Rs 23.79 crore with 8,928 shows, as per industry tracker Sacnilk.com.

While the film made big money on preview day, there were reports of shows being cancelled all across the country due to a delay in the delivery of the film to the cinemas. Dubbed shows across south India were cancelled, and even in Hindi, many early shows were cancelled. Later on Wednesday evening, the film’s director Aditya Dhar shared on social media that shows in Tamil and Telugu would only start after 9 pm, and shows in Malayalam and Kannada would begin on March 19.

Dhurandhar 2 has already surpassed the opening day figures of its prequel, which had collected Rs 28 crore. It has also recorded the biggest premiere performance ever in India. In the Hindi market, the earlier record was held by Stree 2, which had earned over Rs 10 crore from previews.

Dhurandhar: The Revenge stars Ranveer Singh, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan, Rakesh Bedi and Sara Arjun.