Overview
- Multiple trade outlets reported large pre-release bookings on October 1, with Koimoi citing a gross advance intake of ₹28.80 crore (net ₹24.50 crore) for Oct 2–6 and Sacnilk (reported by Republic World) showing roughly ₹28.84 crore across six dates.
- Sources differ on ticket counts: Koimoi reported about 8.39 lakh tickets sold and 86 sold-out shows, while Sacnilk reported 5.43 lakh tickets sold across 12,132 shows for a component of the window.
- Analysts and industry trackers are projecting a very strong opening day based on these advance figures, with estimates ranging from a domestic opening in the ₹40–50 crore band to over ₹50 crore when early overseas sales are included.
- Overseas advance sales were reported above ₹3 crore on the first day of pre-sales with total weekend overseas bookings crossing about ₹5 crore, a factor trade houses say could meaningfully add to the opening-day total.
- Drishyam 3 is the latest film in a commercially successful franchise directed by Abhishek Pathak and starring Ajay Devgn, and while advance bookings are unusually high they are preliminary metrics that do not guarantee final box-office performance after the full weekend and week.