Ajay Devgn's third and last outing as Vijay Salgaonkar hasn't even released yet, and the advance booking numbers are already doing the talking. Drishyam: The Conclusion has sold over 80,000 tickets across national chains PVR-Inox and Cinepolis, with three days still left before the film hits screens, according to trade reports.
That's the kind of pace distributors dream about for a film that isn't a superhero tentpole or a festival release. Trade watchers are now calling a ₹50 crore nett opening close to a certainty, with the final number depending on how the last stretch of ticket sales shapes up. For a crime thriller, a genre that usually plays the long game through word of mouth rather than a bang on day one, this is unusual territory.
Directed by Abhishek Pathak, the film closes out a franchise that began as a Malayalam original and became one of Bollywood's more durable remakes. What's different this time is the script itself. Unlike the first two Hindi instalments, which followed the Malayalam Drishyam and its sequel beat for beat, this one is built on fresh material. So audiences walking in this weekend won't have the comfort of knowing exactly where the plot goes, which may be part of why the anticipation feels sharper than usual for a third instalment.
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