Mohanlal's Drishtim Three Hits ₹141 Crore Globally, Trails Empuraan
Launched on May 21 to coincide with Mohanlal's 66th birthday,
Drishti Trio ended its first weekend as the second-biggest Malayalam opener
ever at the global box office. According to Saknilk, in four days, the film has
earned ₹fifty-four.55 crore at the container workplace in India and ₹78 crore
at remote locations, taking the worldwide gross to ₹141.34 crore .
Empuran remains record holder
L2: Empuraan is the best film in Malayalam film history that
commanded higher collections after the first week. Released in March 2025,
Empuran collected a gross of ₹59 crore in India and nearly ₹150 crore abroad
after its first weekend, for a total international run of ₹173.43 crore a
discretion that is the biggest weekend produced by Moverwood
Drishtim 3’s ₹ 141.34 crore international puts it in 2d position
quite easily, followed by Thudarum (₹ forty five crore), Lok (₹ 65, eighty
crore), Avesham (₹ forty, ninety crore), and Manjummel Boys (₹ forty three
crore). million) at the same level already.
Daily Dividends
While Drishti Three opened huge on Day 1 - as expected from the
franchise with strongly improved bookings - it fell sharply to ₹ 13.57 crore on
Day 2. The Mohanlal starrer hit ₹ 11.01 crore on Saturday before returning to
well over ₹ 14 crore on Day 1 this year. the film collected ₹13.95 crore on its
fourth day.
Comparison with other films
• Thudarum had
an extraordinary display where it simply grew from day one to day two, pushing
through with the help of walk-in audiences who stuck around after strong
opening sentences .
• Lok started
gradually and grew gradually, the same became king of container offices
internationally by 2025 worth ₹303.86 crore.
• Manjummel The
boys and Avesham took turns as starters who ran and ran.
Overseas performances steal the spotlight
The numbers in India are closer to a secondary story. More exciting
parent is what DrishtiTree has accomplished internationally — its overseas
reach of ₹ 78 crore is nearly 34 per cent higher than its India gross of ₹ 45
crore.55 crore.
Gulf, UK and North America lead the charge
The Gulf Coast itself contributed about $1.4 million on Day 1, with
the U.S. over $0.4 million and North America about $0.42 million, according to
Sacnilk’s Day 1 overseas filing.
The Malayalam diaspora, especially within the Gulf, UK and North
America, now has a power in weekend openings that no other Indian regional
industry can sound — and no franchise in that world pulls them off as
beautifully as the vision does.
A Cinematic Paradigm for Franchise Event
There is also something to note about how Vision 3 opened compared
to other films in a natural everyday context. Meanwhile, I didn’t notice the
unusual pattern of Thudarum increasing from day one to day two, nor the slow
pace of production of Lokah, which subsequently achieved Mollywoods all-time
highs .
Vision Three opened massively, dipped on Day 2, recovered on Day 3,
and maintained momentum on Day 4. That's more or less the pattern of franchise
opportunity films — front-loaded, lover-driven and organized, when based on
broader target market response to maintain momentum.
What's next
The next ten days will decide whether Drishti 3 becomes a ₹150
crore film or something significantly more expensive or not.