DRISHYAM had a low first week of around 40 crore nett. Though the film was steady on the weekdays it was not good enough to make up for the low weekend figures. The collections for week one are only as much as a film like BADLAPUR (35.96 crore nett) and that film had costs less than half of DRISHYAM.

Still all is not lost for DRISHYAM, the weekdays business do give it a chance albeit a small one. It will be crucial for the film to be around 2.50 crore nett at least which will give it a chance of 60 crore nett business depending on what it can do when BROTHERS releases next Friday.

The film will be an average fare if it can do around a 30 crore distributor share which is the similar to what ACTION JACKSON did but film cost 93 crore compared to the 62 crore for DRISHYAM. Basically if it gets a 30 crore share it will be similar result to BABY released earlier this year where a bad initial has come in the way of a film that has found appreciation among some of the audience.
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DRISHYAM had a decent hold on day eight as it grossed 2.25 crore nett which means the collections are around a little under 60% less from day one. Its a decent trend but 60 crore nett seems a tough task from here though the jump tomorrow will tell more as the Saturday jumps have been getting bigger in the recent months.

The business after eight days is around 42.25 crore nett. Mumbai will be the best performing circuit and may reach 20 crore nett for lifetime business. North India has not performed to well and its a similar case in South and East India India. CP, CI and Rajasthan are decent.

The film did not open but has found decent appreciation and when this happens, some films get lucky and have a open field and some don't with DRISHYAM falling in the latter. If the film was not released in a crowded period the numbers would have been much higher.
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DRISHYAM showed good growth on Saturday as collections were 50% better than the previous day. The total business of the film is now 42 crore nett. The first two day business of the second week of DRISHYAM is as follows.
Friday - 2,25,00,000
Saturday - 3,50,00,000
TOTAL - 5,75,00,000

The second weekend should comfortably top 10 crore nett which is a decent figure for second weekend collections but overall collections are still on lower side.

DRISHYAM was steady on Tuesday with collections similar to Monday. The first five day business of DRISHYAM is as follows.
Paid Previews - 50,00,000
Friday - 5,25,00,000
Saturday - 7,50,00,000
Sunday 9,50,00,000
Monday - 3,75,00,000
Tuesday - 3,50,00,000
TOTAL - 30,00,00,000

The collections are still low as it has collected only 30 crore nett in the first five days. The film is now dependent on showing an under 50% fall in week two which will be hard as there will be two new releases - BANGISTAN and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION.

DRISHYAM held up pretty well on Monday but needed to do better. The drop is 30% from Friday but ideally the drop had to be around 10-12% due to low initial. The first four day business of DRISHYAM is as follows.
Paid Previews - 50,00,000
Friday - 5,25,00,000
Saturday - 7,50,00,000
Sunday 9,50,00,000
Monday - 3,75,00,000
TOTAL - 26,50,00,000
 
The film will close the week at around 35 crore nett and will need a phenomenal run in week two and week three to save it.

DRISHYAM had a low first weekend of a little under 23 crore nett. The trend over the weekend was pretty good though it really needed bigger growth.The first weekend business of Drishyam is as follows.
Paid Previews - 50,00,000
Friday - 5,25,00,000
Saturday - 7,50,00,000
Sunday 9,50,00,000
TOTAL - 22,75,00,000

The best business is in Mumbai circuit which grossed around 8 crore nett including paid previews. Monday is crucial for the film and needs a number close to to the Friday levels.

DRISHYAM had poor first day collections of around 5-5.25 crore nett. The film did have better evening collections as the morning collections suggested an even lower total. Still for a film that has released in over 2200 screens its a very poor total. The film fared relatively better in Mumbai circuit.

The collections are the lowest for an Ajay Devgn starrer for some time TEZZ in early 2012 had opened to 3.25 crore nett but since then its been a run of films that opened at around 10 crore nett with SINGHAM RETURNS going over 30 crore nett. The business of DRISHYAM in West Bengal and Bihar was awful and in many cities of the North it was second to BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN.

The film will need huge growth on Saturday and really has to get upto around 8 crore nett on Saturday which still will not be a good number but at least the trend will be there and the film can at least have a chance. Normal growth of 25-30% will not help much due to such a weak opening.
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DRISHYAM showed good growth on Saturday with collections 40% better on Saturday than Friday. The first two day business of DRISHYAM is as follows.
Paid Previews - 50,00,000
Friday - 5,25,00,000
Saturday - 7,50,00,000
TOTAL - 13,25,00,000

The film will be dependent on getting a Monday which is close to its Friday figure. This will give it a decent first week total and can build on it in week two