Dhamaal 4 has got a good start at the Indian box office with Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Jaaved Jaaferi, Sanjay Mishra, Ravi Kishan and Sanjeeda Shaikh. The movie has opened to audience response, especially for family viewers and fans of the franchise.
Based on early trade estimates, Dhamaal 4 is expected to be around ₹15-17 crore net on its opening day in India depending on the evening and night show occupancy. The movie had got good advance bookings prior to release and shows that there is a lot of interest from the moviegoers.
The advance booking reports showed that the film sold over 63,000 tickets across India before release with a total advance gross of nearly ₹1.69 crore without blocked seats. Including blocked seats, the advance booking value was over ₹5 crore with the film having a solid base to work with before its theatrical debut.
Dhamaal 4 is the franchise’s signature slapstick comedy, treasure-hunting adventure and ensemble entertainment. Early reviews have been mostly positive, with the film’s funny opening scenes and the post-interval scenes and the chemistry between the actors and the lead actors. There is good word of mouth to encourage collections this weekend.
Trade analysts think that the film is well positioned to grow significantly on Saturday and Sunday if audience feedback is good. Comedy films with strong family appeal tend to have better weekend trends and Dhamaal 4 seems to be in the same vein of this trend.
The movie also comes at a time when Welcome To The Jungle is still performing well in its second week. But Dhamaal 4 has still managed to catch the attention of a new comedy audience who want comedy entertainment and its performance over the next three days will determine if it can become one of the biggest Bollywood comedy openers of the year.
The opening numbers could be impressive but the success of the film will depend on continued occupancy during weekdays and positive audience reaction. Family footfalls and repeat viewership could help the movie to keep on growing at the box office.
Note: Day 1 collection figures are early trade estimates based on advance bookings and occupancy trends. Official box office numbers can vary once the entire collections from all shows are reported by the makers and trade trackers.
