Drishyam 3 posts franchise-best opening weekend with Rs 176.5 crore India net

Drishyam 3: The Conclusion collected Rs 176.50 crore net in India during its first three days, while its worldwide gross reached Rs 272.80 crore, according to trade website Sacnilk. The film earned Rs 61 crore net on its third day from 17,323 shows. Its first-day India net collection was Rs 62 crore, followed by Rs 53.50 crore on the second day.

The film’s India gross collection stood at Rs 211.80 crore after three days. Its release on October 2, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti, and the established audience for the franchise contributed to its opening, according to the source material. The third instalment’s opening weekend India net collection was substantially higher than the reported totals for the earlier films.

Drishyam, released in 2015, made Rs 23.05 crore over its opening weekend, while Drishyam 2, released in 2022, collected Rs 64.14 crore. Ajay Devgn returns as Vijay Salgaonkar, with Shriya Saran playing Nandini Salgaonkar, Tabu portraying Meera Deshmukh and Ishita Dutta playing Anju Salgaonkar. Prakash Raj and Jaideep Ahlawat appear in new roles alongside Rajat Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla and Kamlesh Sawant.

Directed by Abhishek Pathak, who also directed Drishyam 2, the film follows Vijay and his family as they face a new mystery and renewed pressure. It continues the series’ combination of family drama, crime and psychological tension. The reported three-day worldwide figure puts the film on course to pass Rs 300 crore if its momentum continues, although the source material presents that as a possibility rather than a confirmed outcome.

The figures cited are trade estimates and reported collections, rather than audited final totals.