The Dhamaal franchise has just crossed a major financial milestone. After Dhamaal 4 completed 45 days in theatres, the combined net profit across all four films in the series has gone past ₹100 Crore, with industry trackers placing the figure at roughly ₹102.71 Crore.
What makes this number notable is how it was achieved. Ajay Devgn, the franchise’s biggest draw, reportedly took a reduced fee for Dhamaal 4 specifically to help control the film’s rising production cost.
A fee cut on a rising budget
As per trade reports, Devgn’s reported remuneration for Dhamaal 4 stood at ₹40 Crore — the highest in the cast, but well below what he could otherwise command, according to producer Bhushan Kumar, who has called the actor “producer-friendly” for prioritising the project over a bigger payday.
The reported figures on Dhamaal 4‘s budget vary. Some trade reports place it at around ₹150 Crore, while others put the figure closer to ₹200 Crore, making it the most expensive film in the franchise regardless of which estimate is accurate.
Against that cost, Devgn’s reported ₹40 Crore fee works out to roughly a fifth to a quarter of the total budget — a level trade watchers consider sustainable for an ensemble comedy carrying this many paid stars.
How the profit adds up
Dhamaal 4 itself has reportedly crossed ₹177 Crore in India net collections, overtaking Total Dhamaal‘s previous franchise record of around ₹155 Crore net to become the highest domestic grosser in the series.
Combined across all four Dhamaal films, industry trackers estimate the franchise has generated a cumulative net collection of roughly ₹410 Crore on relatively modest budgets, translating into an overall return on investment above 33 percent.
Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi and Ravi Kishan reportedly earned ₹10 Crore each for Dhamaal 4, while Jaaved Jaaferi, Sanjay Mishra and a few others reportedly took home around ₹2 Crore apiece.
For a franchise now approaching two decades, crossing the ₹100 Crore cumulative profit mark on the back of a lead actor’s fee restraint is a rare data point in Bollywood’s fee-versus-return conversation — one that producers are likely to cite the next time budgets start climbing.
None of these fee, budget or profit figures have been officially confirmed by the makers, and they remain trade-reported estimates.
