After a bumper opening at the box office, Ajay Devgn ’s crime thriller witnessed an expected drop in collections on Monday. Drishyam 3 box office collection day 7 : It is Drishyam 3 fever at the box office. But the film remained rock steady during the week, and crossed the ₹ 200 crore mark in five days of release.
As the film closes on its first week, let us take a look at its box office performance.
For Ajay Devgn, Drishyam 3 registered the biggest opening of his career. The advance bookings for Drishyam The Conclusion opened on September 27, and the film went on to collect ₹ 27 crore before its release. By the end of the day, the film went on to collect ₹ 66.75 crore net across India. On Saturday, the film collected ₹ 53.50 crore, and showed huge growth on Sunday, bringing in ₹ 61 crore. The first dip started on Monday, when the film collected ₹ 21 crore, around 65.6% lower than its Sunday figure. The decline continued on Tuesday, when Drishyam 3 earned ₹ 19.50 crore, and on Wednesday with ₹ 15.50 crore. The latest update on Sacnilk states that Drishyam 3 collected ₹ 13 crore. This brings the total net collection to ₹ 245.50 crore . Drishyam 3 has now surpassed the lifetime haul of Drishyam 2, which had collected ₹ 239.67 crore net in India. The 2020 historical drama remains Ajay’s highest-grossing film, with a lifetime collection of ₹ 279.59 crore in net collection. The Hindi Drishyam franchise began in 2015 with the remake of Mohanlal’s Malayalam thriller. The film quickly won over audiences and went on to collect around ₹ 110 crore worldwide, making Vijay Salgaonkar a fan-favourite. Drishyam 2, which arrived in 2022, took the franchise a step further and turned out to be an even bigger hit, grossing nearly ₹ 342 crore worldwide.
This is the third biggest opening by a Hindi film ever and the biggest in Ajay Devgn’s career. It is now eyeing the record set by Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior. Drishyam The Conclusion is backed by Star Studio18 and Panorama Studios, with Abhishek Pathak returning to direct the third instalment. He has also co-written the film with Aamil Keeyan Khan and Parveez Shaikh. Alok Jain, Ajit Andhare, Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak are producing the film.
