Drishyam 3 box office Day 7: After Drishyam 2, Ajay Devgn to break Tanhaji record

Ajay Devgn's Drishyam 3 has crossed Rs 245.50 crore nett in India in its first week. The film has overtaken Drishyam 2's lifetime domestic haul and is closing in on Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior.

In Short

• Drishyam 3 crossed Rs 245 crore nett in India in first week
• Film nears Rs 400 crore worldwide gross mark
• It aims to beat Ajay Devgn’s top hit Tanhaji's Rs 279.59 crore nett record

The Drishyam 3: The Conclusion fever shows no signs of slowing down at the box office. Ajay Devgn’s crime thriller has delivered a phenomenal first week, crossing Rs 245 crore in nett collections in India and inching closer to the Rs 400 crore mark worldwide. Even as the film witnessed the expected weekday dip after a bumper opening weekend, it continued to draw audiences to theatres, surpassing the lifetime domestic collection of Drishyam 2 within just seven days.

With its first week nearly behind it, the film is now setting its sights on Ajay Devgn’s biggest career hit, Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior.

On Day 7, Drishyam 3 collected Rs 13 crore nett across 15,758 shows in India, according to the trade website Sacnilk. This takes its total India nett collection to Rs 245.50 crore, while its domestic gross stands at Rs 294.60 crore. The film also earned Rs 4 crore from overseas markets on Wednesday, pushing its total overseas gross to Rs 89 crore. Its worldwide gross collection now stands at an impressive Rs 383.60 crore.

Drishyam 3 box office report

The film opened to a thunderous response, registering the biggest opening of Ajay Devgn’s career. Advance bookings began on September 27, and the film reportedly collected Rs 27 crore through pre-release ticket sales. On its opening day, it earned Rs 66.75 crore net across India, securing one of the biggest openings ever for a Hindi film.

The momentum continued over the opening weekend, with the film collecting Rs 53.50 crore on Saturday and Rs 61 crore on Sunday.

Collections dipped on Monday, when it earned Rs 21 crore, followed by Rs 19.50 crore on Tuesday and Rs 15.50 crore on Wednesday. Despite the weekday slowdown, its overall performance has remained strong enough to surpass the domestic lifetime collection of Drishyam 2, which earned Rs 239.67 crore nett in India.

Drishyam 3: The Conclusion box office collection

The next major milestone is Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior. The 2020 historical drama remains Ajay Devgn’s highest-grossing film in India, with a lifetime nett collection of Rs 279.59 crore. With Drishyam 3 already at Rs 245.50 crore nett domestically, the crime thriller is closing in on that benchmark.

Drishyam 3 brings back Ajay Devgn as Vijay Salgaonkar, alongside Tabu, Shriya Saran, Rajat Kapoor, Ishita Dutta, Mrunal Jadhav and Kamlesh Sawant. Saurabh Shukla also reprises his role from the second instalment in a cameo.

Backed by Star Studio18 and Panorama Studios, the third instalment is directed by Abhishek Pathak, who has co-written the film with Aamil Keeyan Khan and Parveez Shaikh. The film is produced by Alok Jain, Ajit Andhare, Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak.

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