Dhamaal 4 box office Day 4: Ajay Devgn's film crosses Rs 100 crore globally

Actor Ajay Devgn's Dhamaal 4 crossed Rs 100 crore worldwide on its fourth day in theatres. The Monday figures kept it marginally ahead of recent comedy releases and extended the franchise's strongest opening run.

In Short

• Dhamaal 4 crossed Rs 100 crore mark worldwide in 4 days
• The film stayed ahead of Welcome To The Jungle and Bhooth Bangla after four days
• The occupancy dropped to 17.79% on Monday

Actor Ajay Devgn's Dhamaal 4 crossed the Rs 100 crore mark at the worldwide box office on its fourth day in theatres. The film earned Rs 8.35 crore nett in India on Monday, taking its total India nett collection to Rs 73.35 crore and its India gross to Rs 87.85 crore.

The film also added Rs 1.50 crore overseas on Day 4, pushing its international gross to Rs 14.50 crore. With this, its worldwide gross collection stood at Rs 102.35 crore after four days.

According to trade website Sacnilk, Dhamaal 4 collected Rs 8.35 crore nett across 10,598 shows on Monday. The film had opened with Rs 14 crore on Friday, followed by Rs 22.5 crore on Saturday and Rs 28.5 crore on Sunday.

By the end of its opening weekend, the film had already collected Rs 65 crore nett in India and Rs 92 crore worldwide, including Rs 78 crore gross from India and Rs 14 crore from overseas markets. It was screened across 33,104 shows over its first three days.

Occupancy on Monday

On Day 4, the film recorded an overall Hindi 2D occupancy of 17.79 per cent. The occupancy stood at 7.62 per cent in the morning shows, 16.62 per cent in the afternoon, 19.54 per cent in the evening, and 25.15 per cent in the night shows.

The film's occupancy had dipped compared to its opening weekend. It stood at 24 per cent on Friday, 35 per cent on Saturday and 44 per cent on Sunday. On Day 3, it recorded an overall Hindi 2D occupancy of 49.46 per cent.

Comparison with recent comedy releases

Over its first four days, Dhamaal 4 stayed marginally ahead of Welcome To The Jungle on India nett collections. While Dhamaal 4 stands at Rs 73.35 crore, Akshay Kumar's Welcome To The Jungle had collected Rs 14 crore, Rs 21 crore, Rs 29 crore and Rs 8.5 crore over its first four days, taking its total to Rs 72.5 crore.

The actor's other recent comedy release, Bhooth Bangla, had earned Rs 12.25 crore, Rs 19 crore, Rs 23 crore and Rs 6.75 crore in its first four days, ending that run at Rs 61 crore, according to Sacnilk estimates.

Franchise and box office context

Dhamaal 4 also became the biggest opener in the franchise's history after its first weekend. Its three-day India nett total of Rs 65 crore was higher than the opening weekend figures of Total Dhamaal, Double Dhamaal and the original Dhamaal. The original film had collected Rs 8 crore in its opening weekend in 2007, while Double Dhamaal earned Rs 22.78 crore in 2011 and Total Dhamaal collected Rs 62.40 crore in 2019.

India Today gave the film a rating of 1.5 stars. A part of its review read, "Directed by Indra Kumar, the fourth instalment of the beloved comedy franchise sticks to the one formula it knows best: a treasure hunt. The cast remains largely intact. Ajay Devgn leads the pack as Guddu, joined by Sanjay Mishra, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh and Jaaved Jaaferi. The new additions include Anjali Anand, Ravi Kishan, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Esha Gupta, who appears for barely four scenes, and two children. Unfortunately, none of them add much to a plot that feels as elusive as the treasure everyone is chasing."

The film released in theatres on July 10. The makers have also confirmed that Dhamaal 5 is in the works.

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