Kesari 2 Box Office Collection Day 5: Akshay Kumar’s film plummets to single digits amid historical inaccuracy backlash, passes Rs 50 crore mark worldwide

Kesari 2 Box Office Collection Day 5: Akshay Kumar, R Madhavan, and Ananya Panday’s historical courtroom drama Kesari: Chapter 2 started on a promising note at the box office. However, this initial interest only seemed to last the weekend. From Monday, Kesari 2 has been witnessing a massive dip in its box office collections, while on Tuesday, day five, the Akshay Kumar starrer saw a very small spike; it only managed to earn another Rs 4.75 crore. On Tuesday, the total net domestic collection for Kesari 2 stood at Rs 38.75 crore. according to industry tracker Sacnilk.

Worldwide, Kesari 2 earned Rs 56.6 crore. As per official collection figures announced by the makers, in four days, Kesari 2 has earned Rs 34.12 crore. While Kesari 2 has performed better than Akshay’s other recent films, Sarfira and Khel Khel Mein, the film has not managed to surpass the collections of Sky Force.

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The overall occupancy for Kesari Chapter 2 on Tuesday was 23.25 percent, with a total of 4232 shows running all over India. Jaipur had the highest occupancy of 42.50 percent with 156 shows, followed by Chennai, where the film’s occupancy was 30.33 percent with 35 shows. Delhi-NCR also had the third-highest occupancy of 30.25 percent, with 1088 shows running. In Mumbai, Kesari 2’s occupancy was 23.25 percent with 802 shows. Surat has had the lowest occupancy of 15.75 percent with 274 shows.

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Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story Of Jallianwala Bagh has been directed by Karan Singh Tyagi and produced by Dharma Productions, Leo Media Collective, and Cape Of Good Films. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Ananya Panday, R Madhavan, Regina Cassandra, and Alexx O’Nell in important roles. Kesari 2 had a theatrical release on April 18.