The Vvaan adds Rs 3.25 crore on its second Friday, pushing its India nett total to Rs 53 crore. Not bad for a film that opened with Rs 49.75 crore — but not quite the leap expected on a holiday weekend. The numbers are steady, yes, but the momentum feels like it’s hitting a wall. A quiet hold, not a surge. That’s the story in the margins of the box office charts today. And then there’s Drishyam: The Conclusion, arriving next week. Ajay Devgn’s return is already being priced as a potential roadblock. The Vvaan’s window is narrowing fast. Sidharth Malhotra and Tamannaah Bhatia’s rural thriller, about an engineer drawn into a mythic battle over a sacred forest in Bihar, has done enough to survive. But ‘enough’ isn’t the same as ‘dominance’. It’s holding, but not soaring. The kind of performance that keeps investors breathing easy while leaving fans wondering if they’ve seen something truly special. The film’s premise, faith vs. Development, nature vs. Progress. Is familiar. The cast is solid. The tone leans into folklore with a modern edge. But the box office doesn’t care about themes. It cares about turnout. And turnout, on this Friday, was lukewarm. What happens next? The real test begins when Drishyam: The Conclusion opens. Until then, The Vvaan stays in the middle of the pack, not a failure, not a hit, just… there. The next few days will tell if it can ride the tail end of Diwali season or if it’ll fade quietly into the October doldrums.