Akshay Kumar’s Kesari Chapter 2 is performing decently in its second week after release. The movie was released on April 18 and caught attention for its intense storyline and display of raw emotions. The movie crossed the milestone of Rs 70 crore at the domestic box office on Tuesday,in the second week of release. However, fans speculate whether it will cross Rs 100 crore mark.
In its second week, the film saw its best day on day 10, Sunday, as it collected a significant amount of Rs 8.1 crore. While on the other weekend days it had decent earnings, as it collected Rs 4.5 crore on day 8 and Rs 7.15 crore on day 9, Saturday. Though on weekdays, Monday and Tuesday, it saw a drop in its collection as it earned Rs 2.75 crore on Monday, and as per the Sacnilk estimates, it collected Rs 2.65 crore on Tuesday, day 12. However, the film has managed to reach a total of Rs 71.51 crores to enter the Rs 70 crore club still shy of touching double-digits in a day.
On Wednesday, day 13, the overall Hindi occupancy rate emerged 7.51%. For morning shows the occupancy rate turned out to be 5.47% and 8.83% for afternoon shows.
Although the morning shows saw a lower occupancy rate in the morning as it was 7.48%, the rate started rising as the day unfolded. The afternoon shows saw an occupancy rate of 14.53%, evening shows saw 16.40%, and the night shows saw 23.88% of the Hindi occupancy rate.
On 29 April 2025, day 12, the highest occupancy rate was seen in Delhi NCR with 18.50% occupancy, followed by Mumbai with 16% occupancy and then Pune and Bengaluru with 15.50% each.
The Karan Singh Tyagi debut-directorial starts at a normal pace as it lays the emotional groundwork, but as the story unfolds, it grips the viewers with intensity and depth. The actors Akshay Kumar, R. Madhavan, and Ananya Panday have also done brilliant work to pull forward and make the movie a perfect display of the real-life historical Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
After Akshay Kumar’s Kesari Chapter 2, Ajay Devgn’s Raid 2 is also set to release at the box office on May 1, Thursday. The film is a sequel to Raid, released in 2018, which was a massive hit. Thus, Raid 2 is a much-anticipated film and is expected to be a stiff competition to Kesari 2.