Drishyam 3 Crosses Rs 500 Crore Worldwide as Jailer 2 Advance Booking Tops Rs 50 Cr
October 14, 2026 — Bollywood woke up to a new box-office landmark this morning: Drishyam 3 crosses Rs 500 crore worldwide, with Ajay Devgn's crime thriller crossing the milestone in just 12 days, according to trade-tracker estimates from Sacnilk. The film's Tuesday rebound, a 41.7 percent jump over Monday, pushed its worldwide gross to Rs 501.80 crore and made it the biggest hit of Ajay Devgn's career. It is not the only big story of the day: Rajinikanth's Jailer 2, which opens tomorrow, has already crossed Rs 50 crore in worldwide advance bookings, while Khosla Ka Ghosla 2 has moved to a new release date in March 2027. Here is the full picture.
Drishyam 3 crosses Rs 500 crore worldwide: Day 12 box office breakdown
The headline number is Rs 501.80 crore in worldwide gross after 12 days, per Sacnilk's tracker. The film earned an estimated Rs 8.50 crore in India net collections on Day 12 (Tuesday, October 13), a 41.7 percent recovery from Monday's estimated Rs 6 crore, across 14,846 shows. That Tuesday bounce is what carried the film past the Rs 500 crore line: the domestic gross now stands at Rs 387.80 crore (India net Rs 323.50 crore), with overseas markets contributing Rs 114 crore.
The day-wise run shows how the film got here. After a massive first week of Rs 245.50 crore in India net collections, Drishyam 3 collected Rs 14.50 crore on its second Friday, Rs 26.50 crore on Saturday and Rs 22.50 crore on Sunday — a second weekend of roughly Rs 65 crore that Bollywood Hungama called the second-highest second weekend of 2026. Monday's sharp weekday drop to about Rs 6 crore looked like the start of the usual slide, but Tuesday's Rs 8.50 crore recovery suggests the film still has legs. Sacnilk also reports total footfalls of over 1.36 crore (13,630,503) across the first 12 days, with 607,519 tickets sold on Day 12 alone.
Why it matters: Rs 500 crore worldwide in 12 days puts Drishyam 3 in a club very few Hindi films reach, and it did it as a mid-budget crime thriller rather than a spectacle-driven action film. The film crossed Rs 300 crore in India net collections earlier in its second week, and every figure here is a trade-tracker estimate, not a studio-official number — the final tally will shift slightly as overseas reporting firms up.
Why Drishyam 3's Rs 500 crore run matters: Ajay Devgn's biggest film yet
Drishyam 3: The Conclusion is now Ajay Devgn's highest-grossing film, and it arrived as the billed final chapter of the Hindi Drishyam franchise. Directed by Abhishek Pathak, the film sees Devgn return as Vijay Salgaonkar, the resourceful family man whose cinema-inspired alibis face their toughest test yet. Tabu returns as former IG Meera Deshmukh, this time driven by revenge rather than justice, while Jaideep Ahlawat joins as a new Crime Branch officer and Prakash Raj plays a public prosecutor. Shriya Saran, Ishita Dutta and Mrunal Jadhav return as Vijay's family, with Rajat Kapoor as Mahesh Deshmukh. The film released in cinemas on October 2, 2026, with a runtime of 2 hours 30 minutes and a UA16+ certificate.
The film has also earned a notable cross-industry endorsement: Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, who led the original Malayalam Drishyam films, publicly praised the Hindi finale and applauded its different ending. The praise matters because comparisons between the two versions have followed the Hindi film since release, and the Hindi version has now earned more than twice the worldwide gross of the Malayalam Drishyam 3, per trade reports.
The road ahead is not without friction. Bollywood Hungama reported on October 14 that exhibitors are in a fix over Week 3 show-sharing demands from Panorama Studios, even as Nayyi Navelli, Prahaar and Jailer 2 line up for release. The film's third weekend will show whether the Rs 500 crore milestone is a stepping stone toward Rs 600 crore or the start of a graceful wind-down. With no major Hindi release until Udta Teer on October 23, Drishyam 3 has a clear runway — if the show-sharing row does not eat into its screens.
Jailer 2 advance booking: Rs 50 crore worldwide before release
The biggest release of the week arrives tomorrow. Jailer 2, Rajinikanth's sequel to the 2023 blockbuster Jailer, opens in theatres worldwide on Thursday, October 15, 2026, and its advance bookings are already enormous. According to Sacnilk data reported by Cinema Express on October 13, advance bookings in India for the film's first three days had reached Rs 41.05 crore gross including blocked seats (Rs 35.77 crore excluding them), with the release day itself accounting for Rs 23.42 crore gross across 10,025 shows. Later updates put the film's worldwide opening-day advance bookings past Rs 50 crore (around Rs 52 crore including blocked seats), combining roughly Rs 27 crore from India with nearly Rs 25 crore from overseas — already ahead of Rajinikanth's Coolie, whose opening-day advance bookings stood at Rs 46.36 crore.
Directed by Nelson Dilipkumar and produced by Kalanithi Maran under Sun Pictures, with music by Anirudh Ravichander, Jailer 2 brings Rajinikanth back as retired jailer Tiger Muthuvel Pandian, forced back into his once-ruthless ways to protect his family and his legacy as a new underworld player threatens his peaceful existence. The sequel brings back Ramya Krishnan, Mirnaa, Yogi Babu, Vinayakan, Shivarajkumar and Mohanlal, and adds Suraj Venjaramoodu, Vijay Sethupathi, SJ Suryah, Vidya Balan, Jackie Shroff and Mithun Chakraborty. Hrithik Roshan is widely speculated to appear in a cameo that Sun Pictures has kept under wraps — he does not appear in the trailer. The film has cleared the censor board with a U/A certificate.
Why it matters: Jailer 2 is the first film of this scale to test Drishyam 3's hold on screens. The Tamil version is driving about 88 percent of Indian advance sales, with Chennai alone contributing over Rs 12 crore in pre-sales. At the film's pre-release event, Rajinikanth revealed he had turned down proposals for Baashha 2 and Petta 2 before choosing Jailer as the sequel worth making — a sign of how much is riding on tomorrow. Advance bookings are not final collections, but a Rs 50 crore-plus pre-release head start means Jailer 2 opens as a near-certain blockbuster unless word of mouth collapses.
Khosla Ka Ghosla 2 release date moves to March 5, 2027
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The week's other big date change concerns one of Bollywood's most beloved comedies. Khosla Ka Ghosla 2, which was originally scheduled to release on August 28, 2026, has been postponed and will now hit cinemas on March 5, 2027. The makers announced the new date on social media with a fresh poster and the line: "Deal Pakki! The Khoslas are ready to take possession of cinemas with Khosla Ka Ghosla 2, arriving on the big screen on 5th March 2027!" No official reason has been shared for the delay, even though filming had wrapped by early August 2026.
The sequel is directed by Prashant Bhagia and backed by T-Series Films and Tandav Films, produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Savita Raj Hiremath and Raaj Hiremath. Anupam Kher returns as Kamal Kishore Khosla and Boman Irani as property dealer Kishan Khurana, alongside Ranvir Shorey, Parvin Dabas, Tara Sharma, Kiran Juneja and Vinay Pathak from the original. New faces include Ravi Kishan, Divya Khosla, Tanya Maniktala, Harsh Chhaya and Danish Iqbal. The original Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006), directed by Dibakar Banerjee, followed a middle-class Delhi family fighting to reclaim its land from a corrupt dealer, and became a cult favourite for its sharp writing and Boman Irani's deadpan menace. The sequel's plot remains under wraps, but fans can expect the same mix of middle-class aspiration, property trouble and elaborate scheming.
Why it matters: a seven-month delay for a finished film is a calculated bet. The March 2027 slot avoids the crowded October-December corridor and gives the sequel room to breathe — but it also tests whether two decades of goodwill can survive a long wait. Kher has said the anticipation for this sequel is unlike anything he has felt in four decades of films, and the announcement reel reportedly crossed 150 million views. For now, the date is set: March 5, 2027, as announced by the makers.
Also on the radar: Udta Teer trailer and the October 23 race
One more date to circle: Udta Teer, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, released a new trailer on October 13 ahead of its theatrical debut on October 23, 2026. Directed by Akash A. Kaushik, the comic action film blends espionage elements with broad humour, and its new trailer is the centrepiece of the final leg of its campaign. It will be the next big Hindi release after Jailer 2, and the first real challenger for screens currently held by Drishyam 3.
Box office scorecard: Drishyam 3, Jailer 2 and Khosla Ka Ghosla 2
| Film | Key figure (trade-tracker estimates) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Drishyam 3: The Conclusion | Rs 501.80 cr worldwide gross in 12 days; India net Rs 323.50 cr; Day 12 Rs 8.50 cr (up 41.7% on Monday) | In cinemas since Oct 2; Ajay Devgn's biggest film |
| Jailer 2 | India advance booking Rs 41.05 cr gross (first 3 days, incl. blocked seats); worldwide Day 1 advance over Rs 50 cr | Releasing Oct 15, 2026 |
| Khosla Ka Ghosla 2 | New release date March 5, 2027 (was Aug 28, 2026); no reason given for the delay | Postponed; filming complete |
| Udta Teer | New trailer out Oct 13; Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan lead | Releasing Oct 23, 2026 |
| Drishyam 3 Day 12 split | India gross Rs 387.80 cr; overseas Rs 114 cr; Day 12 footfalls 607,519 | Second weekend Rs 65 cr — second-highest of 2026 |
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FAQs
How much did Drishyam 3 earn worldwide?
Drishyam 3: The Conclusion earned an estimated Rs 501.80 crore in worldwide gross collections within 12 days of release, per trade tracker Sacnilk. That includes Rs 387.80 crore in India gross and Rs 114 crore from overseas markets. All figures are trade-tracker estimates, not studio-official numbers.
What is Drishyam 3's Day 12 box office collection?
Drishyam 3 collected an estimated Rs 8.50 crore in India net collections on Day 12 (Tuesday, October 13), a 41.7 percent jump from Monday's estimated Rs 6 crore. Its total India net collection reached Rs 323.50 crore after 12 days.
When is Jailer 2 releasing in theatres?
Jailer 2 is releasing in theatres worldwide on Thursday, October 15, 2026. The Rajinikanth film is directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, produced by Sun Pictures, and has a U/A certificate.
How much is Jailer 2's advance booking?
Jailer 2's advance bookings in India for the first three days reached Rs 41.05 crore gross including blocked seats (Rs 35.77 crore excluding them), per Sacnilk data. Its worldwide opening-day advance bookings crossed Rs 50 crore, already ahead of Rajinikanth's Coolie. Advance bookings are pre-sales, not final collections.
Why was Khosla Ka Ghosla 2 postponed?
The makers have not shared an official reason for postponing Khosla Ka Ghosla 2. The sequel was originally set to release on August 28, 2026, and will now arrive in cinemas on March 5, 2027, as announced by the makers with a new poster.
When is Udta Teer releasing?
Udta Teer is releasing in cinemas on October 23, 2026. The Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan comic action film, directed by Akash A. Kaushik, released a new trailer on October 13.