Ajay Devgn's crime drama is pacing ahead of Jawan and Animal in its opening weekend, with trade trackers calling it one of the fastest films to the Rs 250 crore mark.
Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Shriya Saran's Drishyam: The Conclusion isn't just doing well. It's rewriting the opening weekend math for Hindi cinema at a time the industry badly needed a reason to cheer.
The film opened at Rs 62 crore net and Rs 75 crore gross in India on day one, trade sources told Filmibeat. Day two held that pace almost exactly, adding Rs 53.5 crore net and Rs 64.5 crore gross, which took the two-day domestic gross to Rs 139.5 crore. Add in the overseas run, roughly Rs 40 crore across markets including a reported $1 million from 500 North American locations in two days, and the worldwide tally stood at over Rs 179 crore by Saturday night.
Then Sunday happened.
With the film running in more than 1,900 locations and 2,500 screens, close to 10,000 shows nationwide, occupancy on the holiday climbed to around 65 percent. Trade estimates put ticket sales at 10 lakh for the day alone. By the time night shows wrap, the film is expected to add another Rs 55-60 crore, which would push the worldwide total past Rs 240 crore in just three days.
That number matters because of what it's up against. Drishyam: The Conclusion was made on a reported budget of around Rs 120 crore, all costs included, with trade circles pegging its breakeven target at roughly Rs 260 crore net. At the pace it's moving, that target could fall inside the first week, not the first month.
Trade sources are also framing this as a record-breaking weekend, claiming the film is on course to beat the opening weekend numbers of both Jawan and Animal, two of the biggest Hindi openers of the last few years. If that holds once final numbers are audited, Drishyam: The Conclusion would rank among the fastest Hindi films to cross Rs 250 crore worldwide. Worth flagging that these are trade estimates rather than studio-confirmed figures, and final tallies often shift once official numbers come in.
What's driving this isn't a star-vehicle action spectacle. It's a slow-burn crime drama, directed by Abhishek Pathak, built on a franchise that's spent over a decade earning trust rather than hype. Social chatter around the film has leaned heavily on the plot itself, with viewers debating the twists in Drishyam: The Conclusion and revisiting the earlier two films rather than talking up stars or spectacle.
With demand outstripping current screen counts, exhibitors are reportedly looking at adding shows through the week. If Monday numbers hold anywhere close to the weekend, the question stops being whether Drishyam: The Conclusion clears Rs 250 crore. It becomes how far past it the film can go before weekday fatigue sets in.
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