This is the last film released by Fox Star Studios before the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, which was completed in March 2019. It received mixed reviews, with praise for its humor and performances, but criticism for its writing and second half. The film was released on 22 February 2019 and grossed around ₹230 crore (US$29 million) with a budget of ₹100 crore (US$13 million). The trio of Deshmukh, Warsi and Jaaferi was part of previous two installments while Sanjay Dutt backed out and was replaced by Boman Irani, while Devgn, Dixit and Kapoor were new additions. The film has an ensemble cast of Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh and Jaaved Jaaferi with supporting cast of Boman Irani, Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Pitobash Tripathy and Manoj Pahwa and special appearance of Sonakshi Sinha in song Mungda.
Being a third part of Dhamaal franchise, it is produced by Ajay Devgn FFilms, Markand Adhikari (Sri Adhikari Brothers), Fox Star Studios, Maruti International, Pen India Limited and Mangal Murti Films. Total Dhamaal (also known as Dhamaal 3) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language adventure comedy film directed and written by Indra Kumar and loosely based on the 1963 Hollywood film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with some scenes borrowed from the 2015 film Vacation, and Blended.
