The third installment of Dhamaal franchise, ‘Total Dhamaal‘ starring Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Arshad Warsi, Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Riteish Deshmukh in important roles has already proved to be the highest grossing film of the series.
The film is still holding strong in its fourth week as it collected ₹4 crores and took its total collection to ₹150.76 crores.
Movie critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, “#TotalDhamaal continues to find favor in mass circuits… Gathers speed on [fourth] Sat and Sun [although screens/shows have reduced]… Crosses ₹ 150 cr… [Week 4] Fri 95 lakhs, Sat 1.60 cr, Sun 2.50 cr. Total: ₹ 150.76 cr. India biz”.
#TotalDhamaal continues to find favour in mass circuits… Gathers speed on [fourth] Sat and Sun [although screens/shows have reduced]… Crosses ₹ 150 cr… [Week 4] Fri 95 lakhs, Sat 1.60 cr, Sun 2.50 cr. Total: ₹ 150.76 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 18, 2019
#TotalDhamaal biz at a glance…
Week 1: ₹ 94.55 cr
Week 2: ₹ 38.05 cr
Week 3: ₹ 13.11 cr
Weekend 4: ₹ 5.05 cr
Total: ₹ 150.76 cr
India biz.
HIT.#TotalDhamaal benchmarks…
Crossed ₹ 50 cr: Day 3
₹ 75 cr: Day 5
₹ 100 cr: Day 9
₹ 125 cr: Day 12
₹ 150 cr: Day 24— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 18, 2019
The multi-starrer film has a good start at the commercial circuits with an earning of ₹16.50 crore on its opening day at the box office. ‘Total Dhamaal’ observed an excellent jump on its second and third day at the box office where it collected ₹20.40 crores and ₹25.50 crores respectively. It is the highest first-weekend collection of the year beating the numbers of the last week collection of ‘Gully Boy’ by ₹10 crores.
For an adventure comedy, ‘Total Dhamaal’ apparently has good use of VFX, but the film’s screenplay and punchlines are predictable. The first half of the movie is breezy while the second one is overcrowded with many characters in a week plot.