Akshay Kumar‘s ‘Kesari 2‘ has now entered its second week but due to word of mouth, the film is holding up decently well at the box office. The film which also stars R Madhavan and Ananya Panday sees Akshay essay the role of C Sankaran Nair. The film had a decent opening of around Rs 7.75 crore but since then, has seen growth and even was holding steady over the weekdays. The film managed to make a mark despite the fact that Sunny Deol starrer ‘Jaat‘ was already running in theatres and doing well. Meanwhile, Emraan Hashmi‘s ‘Ground Zero‘ has also released this friday.
‘Kesari’ sees growth on second Saturday
The film has seen a good jump on second Saturday, which is day 9. While it made Rs 46.1 crore within 1 week, it made Rs 4.05 crore on second Friday. Now on Saturday, there was a jump in the numbers and it ended up making Rs 7 crore which is considered great. This is at par with its opening day number. This show that there is very good word of mouth surrounding the movie and many have touted it as one of Akshay Kumar’s best performance. Thus, according to Sacnilk, the total collection of the film so far now stands at ₹ 57.15 crore. With this trend, one can expect the film to see further growth on Sunday, which is day 10.
Day-wise net collection of ‘Kesari 2’ in India
Day 1 [1st Friday] ₹ 7.75 Cr
Day 2 [1st Saturday] ₹ 9.75 Cr
Day 3 [1st Sunday] ₹ 12 Cr
Day 4 [1st Monday] ₹ 4.5 Cr
Day 5 [1st Tuesday] ₹ 5 Cr
Day 6 [1st Wednesday] ₹ 3.6 Cr
Day 7 [1st Thursday] ₹ 3.5 Cr
Week 1 Collection ₹ 46.1 Cr
Day 8 [2nd Friday] ₹ 4.05 Cr
Day 9 [2nd Saturday] ₹ 7.00 Cr
Total ₹ 57.15 Cr