Soori's Mandaadi isn't slowing down. Three days in, the sports action drama has crossed ₹30 crore worldwide, according to figures put out by Track Tollywood, and it's still climbing.

The tracker pegs the all-India gross for the first three days at ₹23.19 crore, with actual numbers likely to run past ₹25 crore once final counts come in. What's got trade watchers talking is the Day 3 jump, a reported 54.1 percent rise over Day 2. That's not a normal weekend curve. Films usually plateau or dip by the third day. Mandaadi went the other way.

123telugu, tracking the film's Sunday run separately, reported more than 20,000 tickets sold on BookMyShow alone per hour, which they read as a sign the film could log its best single-day numbers yet before the weekend closes out. The site also noted an uptick in screen count across the Telugu states, a response typically reserved for films that are actually working with audiences rather than just riding an opening-weekend curiosity bump.

And the film has a rival to measure itself against. Both outlets frame Mandaadi as the film giving Sardar 2 real competition this cycle, at a moment when, per 123telugu, the rest of the week's releases have largely failed to register.

The Telugu dub isn't just riding on the Tamil version's coattails either. Track Tollywood puts its three-day India gross at close to ₹4 crore, with Day 3 collections reportedly doubling the opening day. That's a small number next to the film's total, but the direction matters. It suggests Mandaadi is finding its audience in a second market on its own terms, not just because the Tamil numbers are strong.

Worth flagging: the two outlets are measuring slightly different things. 123telugu's report leans on hourly ticketing data and screen-count trends without giving a hard rupee figure, while Track Tollywood's ₹30 crore worldwide and ₹23.19 crore all-India numbers come from its own tracking, with actuals still to be confirmed. Trade estimates in the first weekend often move once distributor numbers land, so treat these as directional rather than final.

Mandaadi is directed by Mathimaran Pugazhendhi and produced by Elred Kumar under the RS Infotainment banner. Soori and Suhas lead, with Mamitha Baiju and Sathyaraj in supporting roles, and GV Prakash Kumar handling the music. The trailer, built around Soori's comic timing against a sports-drama backdrop, has been doing steady numbers online, and social chatter around the film has been split between praise for its pacing and gripes about a couple of scenes that have drawn some online mockery.

What happens next depends on Monday. First-Monday drops are usually where trade reads whether a film has genuine legs or just a good opening weekend. If Mandaadi holds anywhere close to its Sunday pace, distributors will start talking about an extended run rather than a quick in-and-out at the multiplexes.