Drishyam 3 Week 2 Box Office: Need 4 Crore To Surpass Vaazha 2 And Become 4th Highest Grossing Malayalam Movie Of All Time

Mohanlal’s Drishyam 3 has navigated through its first 16 days at the box office, and while the numbers remain impressive, we are seeing a clear shift in momentum. After a massive opening and a solid first week, the initial hype has started to settle down. This is partly because the word of mouth hasn’t been as explosive as the previous installments, leading to a quicker exhaustion of the urban audience than initially expected. However, reaching the hundred-crore mark in India net collections is a milestone that very few Malayalam films achieve, and Drishyam 3 has comfortably secured that spot.

Let's break down how the film performed during its second week. Between Day 9 and Day 15, the movie managed to add a gross of ₹23.99 Cr to its tally. During this period, the film saw a steady stream of viewers, but the drops on weekdays were more noticeable. Across its entire run so far, the film has played in over 54,455 shows. The ticket sales on BookMyShow tell a story of two halves: while the first extended week saw a massive 2.52 million tickets sold, the second week saw that number drop to 576,000. For national chains like PVR, INOX, and Cinepolis, the second week saw over 69,600 tickets being sold.

The state-wise gross for the second week shows that Kerala remains the primary engine for this film, though other regions contributed fairly well before the slowdown began. Here is how the gross was distributed across India for Week 2:

• Kerala: ₹19.20 Cr
• Karnataka: ₹1.76 Cr
• Tamil Nadu: ₹1.19 Cr
• APTG (Andhra Pradesh/Telangana): ₹1.07 Cr
• Rest of India: ₹0.77 Cr

Here is the performance breakdown for the second week leading into the third Friday:

Talking about the third Friday, Day 16, the film collected ₹0.80 Cr net in India. This represents a 14 percent drop from the previous day's collection of ₹0.93 Cr. In the national chains—PVR, INOX, and Cinepolis—the film sold approximately 1,300 tickets on its sixteenth day, generating a gross of about ₹3.08 Lakhs with an occupancy of nearly 9 percent across 86 shows. On BookMyShow, the film recorded 30,570 ticket bookings for the day, bringing the total platform sales to over 3.76 million since release.

The overseas market continues to be a massive pillar for Drishyam 3, providing a significant boost to its global standing. During the second week, the international performance remained quite healthy, especially over the weekend. The film collected 2.50 crore on Day 9, 2.75 crore on Day 10, and 2.25 crore on Day 11. As it moved into the weekdays, we saw the usual drop in collections, with 0.75 crore on Day 12, 0.60 crore on Day 13, 0.40 crore on Day 14, and 0.15 crore on Day 15. This brings the total overseas collection for the second week alone to a solid 9.40 crore. On its third Friday, Day 16, it added another 0.10 crore from international markets, taking the total overseas gross to 111.25 crore so far. When you combine this with the India gross of 120.01 crore, the worldwide total now stands at 231.26 crore, while the India net collection has reached 103.43 crore.

Where does this put Drishyam 3 in the all-time rankings? Currently, it is chasing the record of Vaazha 2: Biopic of a Billion Bros, which finished its run at ₹235.26 Cr worldwide. Drishyam 3 needs exactly 4.00 Cr more to overtake it and claim the fourth spot in the list of highest-grossing Malayalam movies. While it has already surpassed many big titles, it still has a climb ahead to reach the likes of Manjummel Boys at ₹241.03 Cr, L2: Empuraan at ₹266.81 Cr, and the chart-topper Lokah: Chapter 1 - Chandra at over ₹303 Cr. With the current trend, reaching the top three seems like a tough challenge, but crossing Vaazha 2 is definitely within reach over the next few days.