Drishyam 3 box office collection day 15: Ajay Devgn film crosses ₹335 crore, slows down as Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 craze takes over
Here's the latest box office buzz making the rounds:
Drishyam 3 ticket-window earnings day 15 : Drishyam 3 has been affected by the rollout of Jailer 2 , Rajinikanth's big rollout this year. The Ajay Devgn movie had a record-breaking start at the ticket-window upon rollout earlier this month and has already become one of the biggest successes of the year. Let us see how the movie has fared on its 3rd Friday.
Adding to this, Drishyam 3 ticket-window earnings day 15: Ajay Devgn leads the thriller. Jailer 2 craze takes over the momentum from Drishyam 3 Jailer 2 rolled out in theatres on Thursday and delivered a huge opening for Rajinikanth. On Friday, the movie collected above ₹ 30 crore rupees. On the contrary, Drishyam 3 continued to slip, collecting as low as ₹ 2.52 crore rupees on Friday. It is the lowest single-day haul for the movie so far.
Meanwhile, 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 movie went on to collect ₹ 27 crore rupees before its rollout. By the end of the day, the movie went on to collect ₹ 66.75 crore rupees net across India. This is the third biggest opening by a Hindi movie ever and the biggest in Ajay Devgn’s career. By the end of the first week, the movie minted ₹ 245.50 crore rupees. The movie closed its second week on a good note, collecting ₹ 87.5 crore rupees. This brings the total collection to ₹ 336 crore rupees.
Notably, Drishyam 3 brings back Ajay Devgn’s Vijay Salgaonkar, along with Tabu, Shriya Saran, Rajat Kapoor, Ishita Dutta, Mrunal Jadhav, and Kamlesh Sawant. Saurabh Shukla also reprises his role from the second part in a cameo.
As per the latest buzz, 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 movie with Aamil Keeyan Khan and Parveez Shaikh. Alok Jain, Ajit Andhare, Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak are producing the movie.
In further updates, The Hindi Drishyam franchise began in 2015 with the remake of Mohanlal ’s Malayalam thriller. The movie quickly won over audiences and went on to collect around ₹ 110 crore rupees 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 rupees worldwide.
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Source: Hindustan Times