Box Office: Total Dhamaal holds well, Gully Boy slows down; URI witnesses a jump in collections

By Vandana Srivastawa

on February 27, 2019

Ajay Devgn, Madhuri Dixit and Anil Kapoor starrer Total Dhamaal held well on Tuesday with collections in the range of Rs 8.25 crore-8.50 crore nett. The comedy film till now has garnered Rs 79 crore nett plus in the domestic market. The film directed by Indra Kumar is the third instalment in the Dhamaal film franchise and also stars Riteish Deshmukh, Javed Jaffrey, Arshad Warsi, Sanjay Mishra, Johnny Lever and Boman Irani.

Total Dhamaal has shown a solid hold on weekdays and has emerged a big favourite in mass circuits and single screen theatres. The film is looking to comfortably cross Rs 92 crore in week one and will cruise past the Rs 100 crore mark in weekend two. It has already emerged as the highest grossing film in the Dhamaal film franchise.

[caption id="attachment_215660" align="aligncenter" width="856"] The team of Total Dhamaal[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_213794" align="aligncenter" width="647"] Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh in a still from Gully Boy[/caption]

On the other hand, Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt starrer Gully Boy has slowed down at the box office. Since the film’s majority business was coming from metros and multiplexes its business is destined to take a hit when Luka Chuppi and Sonchiriya arrive on this Friday to claim their share of the pie. The film directed by Zoya Akhtar is looking to cross Rs 125 crore today. The film has generated a cool Rs 123.10 crore on the domestic front and around Rs 200 crore worldwide.

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Meanwhile, Vicky Kaushal and Yami Gautam starrer URI: The Surgical Strike got a boost in collections of around 30-35% due to the air strikes that happened in the wee hours yesterday. According to a trade website, it is very rare for a film to surge up this much on a Tuesday without a holiday, especially when the other films witnessed a drop in collections.

[caption id="attachment_220692" align="aligncenter" width="647"] Vicky Kaushal in a still from URI: The Surgical Strike[/caption]

The film has collected almost Rs 236 crore and has become the first film in the history to breach the Rs 5 crore nett mark in week seven. Looking at the present tense situations between India and its neighbouring country Pakistan, the film’s collections might go up in the days to come.