KESARI has crossed the 150 crore nett mark in its fifth week with collections set to be around 151 crore at the end of the fifth week. The film has crossed the business of TOTAL DHAMAAL despite having regional restrictions. The film was a good commercial content film but due to it being overtly regional it meant that it became a metro/A centre film in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bengal and Nizam/Andhra while in other circuits it did well in all centres.

There is a thing in the industry that these sardaar film have huge potential and it mainly comes due to the historic success of films like GADAR and BORDER but its not actually the case as outside these two films there have been many made but not many have actually done huge numbers. This is because outside GADAR and BORDER they find it tough in the West, South and East.

There is always this talk about Akshay Kumar getting a 200 crore film especially among his fans but this number of KESARI ensures its around the corner. The volume of releases makes it harder for the real big number but with KESARI doing 150 plus, then universal good commercial content will easily go above 200 crore nett as if you double the Mumbai and East business of KESARI then you are at 200 crore nett already. The bigger commercial films are going to come over the next 18 months and the dates are correct and if they are liked like KESARI, then 200 crore nett will easily be crossed.

The collections of KESARI till dare are as follows and its looking like a finish near 152 crore nett.
Week One- 1,03,18,00,000 (8 Days)
Week Two - 29,62,00,000
Week Three - 11,37,00,000
Week Four - 5,02,00,000
Week Five - 1,75,00,000 apprx (6 Days)
TOTAL - 1,50,94,00,000 apprx

KESARI managed to show 20-25% growth coming from a part holiday on Friday. The film is now the top grosser of the year in East Punjab as it beats the numbers of URI. This is the only circuit where it will be the top grosser and that is due to heavy local feel of the film which is a positive for East Punjab but will be a negative in some other circuits.

The collections of KESARI till date are as follows.
Week One- 1,03,18,00,000 (8 Days)
Week Two - 29,62,00,000
Week Three - 11,16,00,000
Fourth Week - 5,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 30,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,49,51,00,000 apprx

KESARI maintained well on its fifth Friday as collections went up compared to the Thursday and the film could cross 150 crore nett by the end of the weekend. The film is on just 1-2 screen at major multiplexes but as KALANK has not worked it will get more of audience now.

Week One- 1,03,18,00,000 (8 Days)
Week Two - 29,62,00,000
Week Three - 11,37,00,000
Fourth Week - 5,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,49,42,00,000 apprx

THE TASHKENT FILES collected 45 lakhs nett apprx on its second Friday which is more than the first Friday. The film has now crossed the 4 crore nett mark. The collections are low but the film has managed to get a run at the box office and that is all you can do when you open to such low collections. Also the audience is very limited for these type of films. If the film can run for a few weeks it can put up a respectable final number.

The business of THE TASHKENT FILES till date is as follows.
Week One - 3,75,00,000
Friday - 45,00,000
TOTAL - 4,20,00,000 apprx