The Abhishek Pathak thriller added just Rs 1 crore on its fourth Monday, and trade now expects a Rs 365-370 crore finish instead of the Rs 400 crore-plus the opening week promised.
Drishyam: The Conclusion added Rs 1 crore on its fourth Monday, October 26, a 20 per cent drop from the previous Friday, Pinkvilla reported. That takes its fourth-week haul to Rs 8 crore and its India net cume to Rs 357 crore, four weeks into release.
The film, bankrolled by Panorama Studios and directed by Abhishek Pathak, is now in what trade trackers call its final legs. Pinkvilla's estimate puts the eventual India close somewhere between Rs 365 crore and Rs 370 crore nett. That's a very good number for a Hindi thriller in 2026. It's also lower than what the film looked capable of in its first week, when trade was pencilling in a Rs 400 crore-plus finish.
Slow and steady has still been enough to make history. Drishyam: The Conclusion is already Ajay Devgn's highest-grossing film, both in India and worldwide, a record it secured weeks ago and hasn't relinquished since.
The bigger conversation around the film, though, has nothing to do with decimal points. Pathak has spent the last fortnight shutting down talk of a Drishyam 4, repeating it again in an interview to Indian Express on October 14. "We had to stop it at some point, and this was a beautiful ending," he said. Asked if there was more story to tell, he didn't dodge it. "If you get to it, there can be an enormous amount of story," he admitted. "But that's not the point."
So the trilogy ends, officially, even as the film keeps earning. Fans wanting a fourth instalment will have to make peace with that, at least for now. Pathak's answer hasn't changed in three separate conversations with the press, and nothing in the latest numbers suggests Panorama Studios is under any pressure to change his mind.
What happens next is simple enough. The film plays out its remaining shows against a crowded landscape, Jailer 2 among the films still drawing audiences, and settles somewhere short of the Rs 400 crore mark everyone was projecting in week one. Whether that counts as underperformance or just a very long, very profitable tail depends on who in the trade you ask.
Earlier updates
- Oct 20: Day 18 collection hits ₹350.85 crore India net, worldwide gross reaches ₹548.22 crore.
- Oct 20: Film crosses ₹350 crore India net, trade eyes ₹375 crore finish.
- Oct 16: Film crosses ₹500 crore worldwide gross, director again confirms no Part 4.
- Oct 14: Director Abhishek Pathak tells Indian Express the trilogy ends here, no Drishyam 4 planned.
- Oct 12: Day 12 collections hit ₹8.50 crore net in India, domestic total reaches ₹323.50 crore.
- Oct 10: Second week ends at ₹84 crore, domestic net reaches ₹321.50 crore.
- Oct 8: Opening weekend grosses exceed ₹120 crore, first-week domestic net at ₹100.50 crore.
- Oct 5: Film releases nationwide to strong opening across metros and tier-2 cities.
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