KESARI CHAPTER 2 had a decent weekend as it collected 29 crore nett. The film had started low on Friday but picked up well and saw a very good Saturday as collections jumped from the holiday Good Friday which is very rare. Sunday was always going to be harder as its about the mass circuits but still its got decent jump when could have easily been flat as the film has not been liked in those big Sunday growth areas of UP, Gujarat and the Central circuits.

The film is the best performer of recent Akshay Kumar starrers although it may not look like that because of Sky Force but that film was just numbers while here it is collections so the figures may look less than SKY FORCE but in realty they are higher and KESARI CHAPTER 2 has more audience support.

The negatives are no mass support though generally its been kept away from the smaller centres with a lesser release than other Akshay Kumar films. Nevertheless, the likes of Jaipur, Surat, Indore etc could have done much better and these sort of centres are so important for the box office. The best performance is no doubt Mysore followed by Delhi NCR and East Punjab also did well on Sunday.

The film should hold well enough on Monday though it may look like a drop as Friday was a holiday but from the fair value numbers of Friday it should be seeing a hold going by the trend and run well for a few weeks. After JAAT, the collections of KESARI CHAPTER 2 are also a positive especially if we take the Akshay Kumar factor and look at the genre of film which is not really audience friendly and on top a bit regional.

There is the sequel factor but today the audience are pretty much aware that its not a sequel in the real sense especially the target audience of the film which is from the metros and are well informed. But no doubt the name creates more awareness which has helped in some way getting more collections than had the film kept its original name.

The three day numbers of KESARI CHAPTER 2 are as follows. 

Friday - 7,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 10,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 11,50,00,000 apprx

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KESARI CHAPTER 2 did well in overseas collecting around $1.8 million and there is another holiday on Monday which take over $2.1 million for the extended weekend. Only SOORYAVANSHI and BADE MIYAN CHOTE MIYAN are better post pandemic if we take Akshay Kumar starrers and the latter is due to Gulf and an Eid release.

The top Akshay Kumar opening in overseas remains HOUSEFULL 3 at $3.8 million while the top grosser is GOOD NEWWZ at $10.50 million but both these films are of a different genre. The collections in overseas are more impressive than India especially if we take out Gulf but this can be due to the Easter weekend.

The weekend worldwide gross for the film is a healthy 50 crore. The US market could have done better but maybe it can hold better in the long run. If the film can come out with $4-5 million overseas it will be a good result.

The collections in the major overseas markets are as follows.

United Kingdom - £125,000 (US$165,000)

USA / Canada - $800,000 (US$670,000)

Australia - A$272,000 (US$175,000)

Gulf -US$450,000