KESARI had a good extended first week collecting 106 crore nett. The film had a strong opening weekend though the Sunday growth could have been more but it held steady over the weekdays and should have good collections over the next few weeks.

There was a drop in Maharashtra, South and West Bengal on Monday but that was because these areas are less receptive to films which have a heavy Punjabi feel but it had scored well over the extended weekend in these markets so the drop was always likely. The collections settled at a lower levels towards the end of the week and should put up healthy numbers in these markets as well where the reports were not so good.

The film has done very well in Delhi/UP, East Punjab, Rajasthan, CI and Bihar, especially the first two, but that was sort of expected. The film will be a HIT as long as the second Friday does not see a big drop in collections.

Thursday - 21,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 17,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 18,75,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 21,50,00,000 apprx
Monday - 8,25,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 7,00,00,000 apprx
Wednesday - 6,50,00,000 apprx
Thursday - 6,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,06,00,00,000 apprx

The other film of the week, MARD KO DARD NAHIN HOTA, is a poor fare with business of around 2.15 crore nett in week one. It was a weird action film which just had no chance at the box office.