the movie's filming began in march 2017. the movie was theatrically released worldwide with a runtime of 152 minutes on diwali 2017. despite clashing with aamir khan's "secret superstar", "golmaal again" became one of the year's highest grossers and was a blockbuster at the box office. its lifetime domestic net collection was more than 205 crores, while the worldwide gross ended at 311 crores. the film received mixed reviews from critics with praise for its humour and performances and criticism for its flaws in the technical aspects. in 2019, a show based on the golmaal film series was made and it was called golmaal jr, which is a show about two rival prank gangs of kids, headed by gopal and madhav. a sequel to the film titled phir golmaal will release in december 2023.