India, Feb. 5 -- Filmmaker Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar has been breaking records ever since its release. After a dominant run at the box office, the blockbuster premiered on Netflix on January 30 and, within just one week, surpassed big-ticket films such as Animal, Fighter and Pushpa 2: The Rule to register the highest first-weekend views for a post-theatrical Hindi release.

Dhurandhar debuted with a staggering 7.6 million views, marking the first time any post-theatrical digital release from India has crossed the 7-million mark in its opening weekend. With this, the film surpassed the benchmarks set by Ranbir Kapoor's Animal, Hrithik Roshan's Fighter and Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2: The Rule.

While Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal had held the top ...