Fourth weekend finds a second wind
Drishyam 3: The Conclusion collected Rs 3 crore in India net on Sunday, 25 October, according to Sacnilk estimates cited in The Times of India. That marks a 13.2% rise over Saturday’s Rs 2.65 crore and the strongest single day of the film’s fourth weekend.
The Sunday total came from 2,877 shows. The weekend curve tells the story: Rs 1.40 crore on Friday, Rs 2.65 crore on Saturday, and Rs 3 crore on Sunday. The picture has now reached Rs 368.90 crore in India net collections and Rs 441.95 crore in domestic gross.
Overseas added Rs 0.25 crore on Sunday, taking the international gross to Rs 130.50 crore. Worldwide gross stands at Rs 572.45 crore.
Where the run stands
- Week one: Rs 245.50 crore
- Week two: Rs 87.50 crore
- Week three: Rs 28.85 crore
- Fourth weekend: Friday Rs 1.40 crore, Saturday Rs 2.65 crore, Sunday Rs 3 crore
Sacnilk’s estimates put Sunday ticket sales at 142,277, with cumulative ticket sales at 15,908,406 since release. The fourth-weekend rise is worth noting because week-three totals had already cooled to Rs 28.85 crore from Rs 87.50 crore in week two. A Sunday bounce this late in the run suggests the film is still finding audiences on weekends, even as weekday numbers thin out. The fourth Sunday’s Rs 3 crore is more than double Friday’s Rs 1.40 crore, which suggests the weekend audience has not yet abandoned the film.
What the time slots tell exhibitors
The Hindi 2D version recorded overall occupancy of 33.25% on Sunday. But the average hides a sharp split. Evening screenings led with 46.83% occupancy, followed by afternoon shows at 40%. Night shows reached 29.83%, while morning shows trailed at 16.33%.
For exhibitors, that is the actionable detail: late-day capacity remains the priority, and morning demand is the weakest part of the day. A theatre deciding how to distribute shows in the coming week can read the time-slot spread as a signal of where ticket buyers actually are.
A review that asks about Vijay, not just the plot
ETimes rated the film 3.5 stars. Its review focuses on Vijay’s moral texture, asking whether the character is “genuinely empathetic and community-driven” or merely building relationships as a contingency. The review identifies a sequence involving religion as one of the film’s high points, and contrasts Ajay Devgn’s restrained, expression-led performance with Jaideep Ahlawat’s dialogue-heavy role.
That reading fits a franchise whose power has always rested on what Vijay is willing to do and what he tells himself about it. The box office uptick suggests that, even in week four, that question is still pulling audiences into late-day shows.
Source: The Times of India
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