DRISHYAM grossed 16.50 crore nett it its second week taking its two week total to 56.50 crore nett. The drop week on week is a little under 60% which is fair but with a poor first week it has meant the film has not done good business. It should comfortably cross 60 crore nett as despite the release of BROTHERS it has enough screen pace to add some more business.

The film is going to be best in Mumbai with business already over 22 crore nett and can finish with around 25 crore nett which means an average fare in Mumbai. But the rest of the circuits have not fared as well as Mumbai especially North with Delhi / UP doing less than 50% of Mumbai.

The second week collections are the seventh best of the year and after a low opening week, you have to be doing better in the second week. The film will be the highest Ajay Devgn grosser over the last 2-3 years outside SINGHAM RETURNS but that is no consolation.

Drishyam Verdict - BELOW AVERAGE

DRISHYAM had a decent weekend of 10.50 crore nett taking its business to 50.50 crore nett. The drop in the second weekend is around 57-58%. The second weekend business of DRISHYAM is as follows.

Friday - 2,25,00,000
Saturday - 3,75,00,000
Sunday - 4,50,00,000
TOTAL - 10,50,00,000
 
The collections are still below par though it should go over 60 crore nett if it can get decent screen time when BROTHERS releases this week. If it does then it can also benefit on the big national holiday on Saturday.
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DRISHYAM grossed 1.50 crore nett on its second Monday taking its second week total to 12 crore nett and overall business to 52 crore nett. The four day second weekend business of DRISHYAM is as follows.

Friday - 2,25,00,000
Saturday - 3,75,00,000
Sunday - 4,50,00,000
Monday - 1,50,00,000
TOTAL - 12,00,00,000

The second week will gross around 16 crore nett which is reasonable but the film is not really going anywhere and the poor initial has cost it heavily.

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.