Drishyam 3 advance booking crosses ₹10 crore three days before release; Ajay Devgn film on course for a record start
Here's the latest box office buzz making the rounds:
Ajay Devgn’s Drishyam saga is set to come to an end with its third instalment, Drishyam: The Conclusion. The movie arrives in theatres on October 2, a date with great significance to the franchise. Given the success of the previous two films, Drishyam The Conclusion was always expected to do well at the ticket-window. But if early advance-booking trends are any indication, the movie seems on course for a record-breaking start.
Adding to this, Ajay Devgn as Vijay Salgaonkar in a still from Drishyam The Conclusion. Drishyam 3 advance bookings The advance bookings for Drishyam The Conclusion opened on September 27, five days before the movie hits the screens. In the two days since, the movie has shown great pace at the ticket window, selling 1.6 lakh tickets on its opening day alone and adding over a lakh on day 2 (Saturday). Overall, in just 48 hours, Drishyam 3 has sold over 4 lakh tickets across India for its opening weekend. According to trade estimates, the movie minted over ₹ 10 crore rupees gross in advance bookings by Tuesday morning (September 29).
Meanwhile, The first-day advance booking leads the momentum, with gross sales already at ₹ 6.65 crore rupees. With three full days to go, it has already surpassed the final advance booking figures of Drishyam 2 ( ₹ 5.09 crore rupees). If the momentum continues, which is likely, Drishyam The Conclusion could very well register one of the best advance booking collections for a Bollywood movie this year, behind only Dhurandhar 2.
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As per the latest buzz, Even before Drishyam The Conclusion had sold a single ticket, trade was bullish about its prospects at the ticket-window. Drishyam 2 had opened at ₹ 15 crore rupees net four years ago. Early estimates indicated a ₹ 25-30-crore rupees start for the third part. But with advance bookings accelerating to a record pace, most trade insiders are revising their estimates upwards. Some even predict that Drishyam 3 could rival War and Pathaan in opening-day numbers, crossing the ₹ 45-crore rupees mark.
In further updates, Officially titled Drishyam: The Conclusion, the third part of the franchise brings back Ajay Devgn ’s Vijay Salgaonkar, along with Tabu, Shriya Saran, Rajat Kapoor, Ishita Dutta, Mrunal Jadhav, and Kamlesh Sawant. The new entrants in the cast are Jaideep Ahlawat, Prakash Raj and Saurabh Shukla. Written and directed by Abhishek Pathak, Drishyam The Conclusion is a fresh story that deviates from the Malayalam franchise's third part. The movie releases in theatres on October 2, 2026.
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