The courtroom historical drama featuring Akshay Kumar and R Madhavan has seen a decline in the collections at the box office from the beginning of this week. The film performed well on its first Sunday with a collection of Rs 12 crore. However, the collection came down to single digits on weekdays. The net India collection of the film touched Rs 42.6 crore till the end of day 6.
Box office collection of Kesair Chapter 2
As the movie is running for day 7 (today), it has earned Rs 83 lakhs till 3 PM, with a pan-India collection of 43.43 crore.
According to the Industry tracker Sacnilk, the film opened strongly with Rs 7.75 crore on its first Friday, followed by significant growth on Saturday (Rs 9.75 crore, a 25.81% increase) and Sunday (Rs 12 crore, a further 23.08% rise). However, as is typical, the collections saw a substantial drop on Monday (Rs 4.5 crore, a -62.50% change) before recovering slightly on Tuesday (Rs 5 crore, an 11.11% increase). The collection declined 28% on Wednesday and earned Rs 3.6 crore.
Kesari Chapter 2 Movie Plot
Karan Singh Tyagi makes his directorial debut with Kesari 2, a Dharma Productions venture by Karan Johar that serves as a spiritual successor to the 2019 hit Kesari starring Akshay Kumar. This new film shifts focus to the 1920s, recounting the true story of lawyer C Sankaran Nair’s courageous legal battle against the British empire. Adapted from Raghu and Pushpa Palat’s book, “The Case That Shook the Empire,” this courtroom drama delves into Nair’s pursuit of justice following a tragic historical event.