‘Drishyam 3’ crosses ₹500 crore at the Box Office:Ajay Devgn’s first film to join the club, becomes 2026’s second-biggest hit

The crime thriller film ‘Drishyam 3’ has crossed the ₹500 crore mark at the worldwide box office. With a worldwide collection of ₹501.80 crore, it has become the first film of Ajay Devgn’s career as a lead actor to enter the ₹500 crore club. According to trade website Sacnilk, the film has so far recorded a net collection of ₹323.50 crore in India. It has also become the second-highest-grossing film in India in 2026. Collections surged 41% on Tuesday The film earned ₹8.50 crore in India on the 12th day of its release, the second Tuesday. This was a 41.7% increase over Monday’s collection of ₹6 crore. The improvement in collections was driven by lower ticket prices on Tuesday and the addition of around 1,000 new screens. The film had earlier collected ₹245.50 crore in its first week. Released on 2 October, it earned ₹176.50 crore in its first weekend. ‘Drishyam 3’ ranks second worldwide after ‘Dhurandhar 2’ In terms of worldwide gross collections, ‘Drishyam 3’ (₹501.80 crore) has overtaken both ‘Border 2’ (₹464.50 crore) and ‘Hanuman Ansh’ (₹436.75 crore). Only ‘Dhurandhar 2’ is ahead of it on this list, having collected ₹1,852.44 crore worldwide. ‘Drishyam 3’ is directly benefiting in cinemas from the absence of any major new release in its second week. The biggest film of Ajay Devgn’s 35-year career Drishyam 3 is proving to be a blockbuster in its first week of release. It has now become the highest-grossing film of Ajay Devgn’s 35-year career. The record was previously held by Singham Again, released in 2024, which collected ₹389 crore. Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior and Drishyam 2 are also among the highest-grossing films of Ajay’s career. Although Drishyam 3 has become the highest-grossing film of Ajay Devgn’s career, he still trails several A-listers in terms of the number of highest-grossing films. Among Bollywood’s A-listers, Ranveer Singh has the highest number of such films. Ranbir Kapoor, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan are also ahead of Ajay Devgn in this regard.