Drishyam 3 Box Office: Ajay Devgn Film Nears ₹480 Crore Worldwide in 10 Days

Drishyam 3: The Conclusion, the Hindi crime thriller starring Ajay Devgn, has earned about ₹480 crore worldwide in its first 10 days, according to box office trackers. On Sunday, 11 October 2026, its second Sunday, the film collected roughly ₹22.5 crore to ₹23 crore net in India. That took its domestic net total past ₹300 crore. Directed by Abhishek Pathak, the film was released on 2 October 2026.

Drishyam 3 is now second among the highest-grossing Bollywood films worldwide in 2026, behind Dhurandhar: The Revenge, which Wikipedia's 2026 list puts at ₹1,852.44 crore. The same list shows Border 2 at ₹464.50 crore, a figure Drishyam 3 has passed. Outlook India, citing Sacnilk, said it also passed Singham Again and Tanhaji in Ajay Devgn's worldwide collections.

The story is a cross-language one. A Malayalam thriller became a Hindi remake in 2015, and the sequel Drishyam 2 earned an estimated ₹345 crore worldwide in 2022. Drishyam 3 beats that mark by a wide margin. Koimoi calls it Ajay Devgn's first individual entry into the domestic ₹300 crore net club.

For India, the overseas numbers matter beyond one film. The ₹109 crore overseas gross comes largely from diaspora audiences in the Gulf, North America, the UK and Australia. These viewers pay higher ticket prices and often watch on the opening weekend. Sacnilk's tally of overseas collections for Hindi films released in 2026 is ₹1,043.68 crore, and Drishyam 3 holds about a tenth of it.

Release planning now reflects this. Gulf News reported that the makers of the Malayalam version moved its date partly because the Gulf is a key overseas market for Malayalam cinema. The Hindi version reached cinemas about four months after the Malayalam one. Both come from the same story, written for two very different audiences.

The film also says something about audience taste. A remake of a decade-old thriller is outselling many original Hindi action films this year. Track Tollywood's day-nine data put Maharashtra at about 30% of that day's gross, ahead of Gujarat at about 13% and Uttar Pradesh at about 11%. Delhi had the highest occupancy among large markets at 66.1%.

Short-term: The film continues its run with weekday holds and competition deciding the next numbers. Sacnilk's monthly table lists Drishyam 3 as the top performer among the 35 films released in India in October 2026 so far, with ₹177 crore net at the time of that snapshot. Koimoi had said the film aimed for the ₹400 crore worldwide club before its second weekend ended. It has passed that mark and is heading toward ₹500 crore worldwide. A streaming date has not been announced.

Long-term: The run suggests Indian films are building a steady export business through theatres, with diaspora audiences contributing about a fifth of the total gross. It also shows that overseas planning now shapes release calendars, as the Malayalam version's rescheduling around the Gulf market illustrates. A remake of a decade-old story outperforming many original Hindi releases points to the pull of a strong, familiar story.

Who is affected: The film affects Hindi cinema producers and distributors, theatre chains and Ajay Devgn, whose career collections it now leads. Diaspora audiences in the Gulf, North America, the UK and Australia drive the overseas share. Domestically, the audience is strongest in Hindi-speaking and western states, with Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh leading, and smaller shares in southern states. Malayalam cinema is also involved, as the original film starring Mohanlal and its Gulf-timed release feed the same franchise.

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