India, April 6 -- In just over two weeks, Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar: The Revenge has achieved what almost seemed impossible once. On Sunday, Dhurandhar 2 became the first Hindi film to earn Rs.1000 crore net at the domestic box office. Earlier, Bollywood films have crossed the Rs.1000-crore mark, always with the help of overseas collections. But the Ranveer Singh-starrer has broken new ground, entering an elite club that only has Baahubali 2 and Pushpa 2 so far.

This marks the next step in the box-office evolution of Bollywood, which saw its first Rs.1-crore hit before independence, and saw the establishment of the 100-crore club less than two decades ago. We take a look at the progression of box-office earnings of Bollywood films and the...