'Drishyam: The Conclusion', the third and final chapter of Ajay Devgn's crime-thriller franchise, has smashed box-office records on its opening day, collecting Rs 66.75 crore net in India on Friday (October 2) — the biggest opening of the actor's career, according to trade tracker Sacnilk. The Gandhi Jayanti holiday release has defied pre-release estimates that had pegged it in the Rs 23-30 crore range.
A record-breaking Friday
Per trade tracker Sacnilk, reported by Times Now and ET Now, the Abhishek Pathak-directed film earned approximately Rs 66.75 crore net in India on its first day, with trade estimates also putting the all-India gross at Rs 80.10 crore and the worldwide gross near Rs 95.10 crore on day one.
The scale of the opening is visible in the footfall numbers: around 26.5 lakh viewers watched the film across 15,735 shows at roughly 59 per cent occupancy, per the Sacnilk-based reports. Its release coinciding with the Gandhi Jayanti national holiday appears to have worked strongly in its favour, though positive word-of-mouth from early reviews is also expected to lift the weekend.
Rewriting Devgn's own records
The Rs 66.75 crore figure more than doubles the film's own early expectations and easily surpasses the previous record for an Ajay Devgn opener — the Rs 45 crore first-day collection of his 2024 release 'Singham Again'. The film also ranks among the biggest Indian openers of 2026.
The jump from the franchise's earlier instalments is striking: the 2015 original opened at Rs 5.85 crore and 'Drishyam 2' (2022) at around Rs 15-18 crore, per commonly reported trade figures. The third film has moved the franchise into an entirely different box-office bracket.
The cast and the farewell
Ajay Devgn returns as Vijay Salgaonkar alongside Tabu, with Shriya Saran reprising Nandini and Jaideep Ahlawat stepping in as SP Rajveer Singh Tomar, replacing Akshaye Khanna. Prakash Raj, Kamlesh Sawant, Rajat Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla and Ishita Dutta also feature.
An earlier thread on this site carried the film's early day-1 estimates; this article reports the final confirmed opening-day figures. All eyes are now on the weekend run to see if the momentum holds.
Sources: Drishyam 3 The Conclusion Box Office Collection Day 1 — Times Now, Drishyam 3 box office collection day 1 — Hindustan Times
A record-breaking Friday
Per trade tracker Sacnilk, reported by Times Now and ET Now, the Abhishek Pathak-directed film earned approximately Rs 66.75 crore net in India on its first day, with trade estimates also putting the all-India gross at Rs 80.10 crore and the worldwide gross near Rs 95.10 crore on day one.
The scale of the opening is visible in the footfall numbers: around 26.5 lakh viewers watched the film across 15,735 shows at roughly 59 per cent occupancy, per the Sacnilk-based reports. Its release coinciding with the Gandhi Jayanti national holiday appears to have worked strongly in its favour, though positive word-of-mouth from early reviews is also expected to lift the weekend.
Rewriting Devgn's own records
The Rs 66.75 crore figure more than doubles the film's own early expectations and easily surpasses the previous record for an Ajay Devgn opener — the Rs 45 crore first-day collection of his 2024 release 'Singham Again'. The film also ranks among the biggest Indian openers of 2026.
The jump from the franchise's earlier instalments is striking: the 2015 original opened at Rs 5.85 crore and 'Drishyam 2' (2022) at around Rs 15-18 crore, per commonly reported trade figures. The third film has moved the franchise into an entirely different box-office bracket.
The cast and the farewell
Ajay Devgn returns as Vijay Salgaonkar alongside Tabu, with Shriya Saran reprising Nandini and Jaideep Ahlawat stepping in as SP Rajveer Singh Tomar, replacing Akshaye Khanna. Prakash Raj, Kamlesh Sawant, Rajat Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla and Ishita Dutta also feature.
An earlier thread on this site carried the film's early day-1 estimates; this article reports the final confirmed opening-day figures. All eyes are now on the weekend run to see if the momentum holds.
Sources: Drishyam 3 The Conclusion Box Office Collection Day 1 — Times Now, Drishyam 3 box office collection day 1 — Hindustan Times
