Drishyam 3 Box Office: Ajay Devgn vs Ajay Devgn! Vijay Salgaonkar needs just Rs. 201.60 cr. to dethrone Singham from Top 10 franchises

The Drishyam franchise is close to reaching a big milestone at the box office.With Drishyam: The Conclusion coming to theaters on October 2, the Ajay Devgn-led series is likely to jump up on Bollywood Hungama's list of the highest-grossing Hindi film franchises of all time.

Right now, the Drishyam franchise is ranked 21st with a total collection of Rs.

307.67 crore in India.The first Drishyam made Rs.67.13 crore in 2015, and Drishyam 2 earned a huge Rs.240.54 crore in 2022.

Drishyam 3 is now in the race with big hopes.

Box-office predictions suggest it might open with around Rs.50 crore and could go higher, maybe even reach Rs.55-60 crore.Already, the film has sold over 1 lakh tickets at PVR INOX and Cinepolis by Tuesday afternoon, showing strong interest before its release.

That opening could be just the start.

To enter the Top 10, the Drishyam franchise needs to beat the current No.

10, which is Singham, with a total of Rs.509.27 crore.That means Drishyam 3 needs to make at least Rs.201.60 crore to move the franchise past Singham.

Interestingly, Drishyam 3 could surpass the lifetime collection of Drishyam 2, which was Rs.

240.54 crore, in less than a week.If that happens, the franchise will definitely move into the Top 10.

Looking at the current Top 10, it shows which group Drishyam is trying to join.

Singham is No.10 with Rs.509.27 crore, followed by Bhool Bhulaiyaa with Rs.518.82 crore, Animal with Rs.556.36 crore, Gadar with Rs.602.33 crore, and Baahubali with Rs.635.82 crore.At the top are Housefull, Stree, Ek Tha Tiger, Pushpa, and Dhurandhar.

The interesting part is that Drishyam 3 doesn’t necessarily need to have another huge opening to make the Top 10.

Just over Rs.200 crore would be enough.Given the film's strong advance sales and Bollywood Hungama's tracking of a Rs.50 crore-plus opening, the franchise is definitely in the running.

Of course, where it ends up will depend on how Drishyam 3 performs after its opening weekend and how well it holds in the following weeks.

But one thing is clear: after growing from Rs.67.13 crore with Drishyam to Rs.240.54 crore with Drishyam 2, the Vijay Salgaonkar story is now aiming to join the list of the biggest Hindi film franchises in India.