Drishyam 3 at Rs 318 crore in 13 days, eyes Rs 375 crore
Ajay Devgn's Drishyam: The Conclusion collected Rs 4.75 crore on day 13, taking India nett to Rs 318 crore. Lifetime projection is around Rs 375 crore.
Second Wednesday holds steady
Ajay Devgn’s Drishyam: The Conclusion added around Rs 4.75 crore nett on its second Wednesday, taking the 13-day domestic total to Rs 318 crore, according to Pinkvilla’s trade tracking. The Monday-to-Wednesday drop stayed under 15 per cent, and the week-on-week decline improved from 73 per cent to 68 per cent. That is still steep, but the trend is moving toward stability.
A lifetime in the Rs 375 crore range
The film is set to close its second week just under Rs 85 crore nett. A Rs 100 crore second week looked possible after the opening weekend, but a softer Sunday and a noticeable Monday dip changed the trajectory. Pinkvilla now projects a lifetime business over or under Rs 375 crore nett.
Why the legs look softer than the opening
Pinkvilla points to a franchise ceiling as one possible reason. As the third part of a continuing story, Drishyam: The Conclusion has a largely fixed audience. Footfalls are expected to land close to Drishyam 2 at around 1.50 crore. A big holiday and hiked first-week ticket prices made the opening front-loaded, so the sharp second-week drop in collections is partly a pricing story rather than a collapse in audience interest.
- Day 13 total: Rs 318 crore nett
- Second Wednesday: Rs 4.75 crore nett
- Second week projection: just under Rs 85 crore nett
- Lifetime projection: over/under Rs 375 crore nett
- Footfalls: close to Drishyam 2 at around 1.50 crore
The strange Rs 400 crore gap
If the projection holds, the film will leave a curious piece of Bollywood box-office history untouched. Eight Bollywood films have crossed Rs 500 crore nett, yet none has ever finished in the Rs 400-500 crore range. Drishyam: The Conclusion had an early chance to become the first, but it now looks set to fall just short.
That matters for the franchise. A third part that pulls the same footfalls as the second suggests the core audience is intact, even if the ticket-price bump made the opening look bigger than the sustainable demand.
For the broader box-office conversation, the second Wednesday hold is the key number this week. It shows the film is not falling off a cliff; it is settling into a normal weekday rhythm after a holiday-inflated start.
As with all trade figures, these numbers are estimates, not certified accounts. For fans, the important signal is that footfalls are holding near the previous film’s level even as headline collections normalise.
Source: Pinkvilla
The room talks
0 comments