Total Dhamaal had good collections on day one with 16-16.25 crore nett which is the second biggest opening day of year after Gully Boy but that was a Valentines Day release and if we discount that factor then Total Dhamaal becomes the top opener of 2019.

The film has scored big in mass markets all over with places like Rajasthan, CI, CP Berar, Nizam / Andhra,  Bihar and Gujarat all recording similar numbers as Simmba and that film had the brand value of Rohit Shetty who has so many mass hits behind him and on top one super hit song whereas the music for Total Dhamaal was a dud.

The opening day is also the best Ajay Devgn non holiday opening day beating Bol Bachchan by a considerable margin. The cast really on had Ajay Devgn as the others hold little value at the ticket window today. The cast and the genre meant the film had little for the metros so Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore had limited collections. Mumbai was reasonable but Delhi city was disappointing and Punjab also remained low.

Total Dhamaal has a solid footing and now needs to build a little on it with mass circuits remaining steady an the big metros going up on Saturday. If this happens then it have a very strong Sunday.