Kesari 2 Box Office Collection Day 12: Akshay Kumar’s courtroom drama prepares to take a hit from Ajay Devgn’s Raid 2, passes Rs 70 crore

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The average occupancy rate of Kesari 2 in Hindi was 15.57%, with the morning and afternoon shows achieving 7% and 14% occupancy, and the evening and night shows doing better with 16% and 23%. While it has put a dent in the earnings of its competitors, Kesari 2 will likely take a hit from Ajay Devgn’s Raid 2 this Friday.

Meanwhile Sunny Deol’s Jaat and Emraan Hashmi’s Ground Zero are also struggling to bring in big numbers, especially with Kesari 2 persevering on the big screen. Jatt has a nett India collection of Rs 85 crore, but the numbers seemed to have thinned even further with the film earning only Rs 6 crore in its third week. Ground Zero, which is still in the nascent stage of its release, has managed to earn Rs 6.46 crore in its first week, with its weekend numbers suggesting a disappointing turnout.

Kesari 2 is based on the aftermath of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the court case that inspired the book The Case that Shook the Nation. Akshay Kumar plays a fictional version of character of C Sankaran Nair, who sued the British Empire in order to prove that the atrocity committed in Amritsar was a planned attack rather than a reaction to a protest.