KESARI did well in week two with collections near the 30 crore nett mark. The fall from week one is over 70% but that is taking the extended holiday first week so in real value the drop is less. The total collections of the film are now 135 crore nett making it the second highest Akshay Kumar grosser after 2.0 (Hindi).

The film edged past the numbers of TOILET - EK PREM KATHA and ROWDY RATHORE in terms of NETT collections. It will probably need another week or so to go past the GROSS numbers of these films. The footfalls of ROWDY RATHORE wont be reached which remains the biggest blockbuster of Akshay Kumar alongside the 1994 film MOHRA.

KESARI will have ROMEO AKBAR WALTER for competition this week but should remain pretty steady and gradually push itself towards the 150 crore nett mark.

The collections of KESARI are as follows
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
Week One- 1,06,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 4,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 6,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 8,25,00,000 apprx
Monday - 3,25,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 2,75,00,000 apprx
Wednesday - 2,50,00,000 apprx
Thursday - 2,25,00,000 apprx
Week Two - 29,75,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,35,75,00,000 apprx

KESARI is now holding strongly as the second Monday saw a drop of less than 25% from the second Friday as it collected 3.25 crore nett. This takes the total of the film to 128 crore nett plus. The second week business of the film is crossing 30 crore nett.

The second week is lower than TOTAL DHAMAAL as that got the advantage of a holiday but the business tomorrow will tell how it compares with that film in week two. TOTAL DHAMAAL collected 3 crore nett on its second Tuesday. The film is on course to beat the lifetime collections of TOTAL DHAMAAL as it crosses 150 crore nett but a lot will depend on the third Friday when there are a couple of releases.

KESARI has generally good numbers all over with Delhi and Punjab doing that little extra.

The collections of KESARI are as follows
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
Week One- 1,06,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 4,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 6,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 8,25,00,000 apprx
Second Weekend - 19,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 3,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,28,25,00,000 apprx

KESARI consolidated on its second Friday number with a good jump on Saturday to collect 6.50 crore nett and take its total to almost 117 crore nett. The film is a HIT with SUPER HIT business in Delhi/UP and East Punjab.

Despite being very good in North the film has stabilized in the other circuits. Places like Maharashtra, West Bengal and Nizam/Andhra which the under performers are doing decent business even in the second weekend. The second weekend so far is similar to TOTAL DHAMAAL though the week will not be as TOTAL DHAMAAL had the advantage of a holiday on Monday which meant huge collections on Sunday and Monday. The second weekend has grossed 10.75 crore nett so far for Kesari.

The collections of KESARI are as follows
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
Week One- 1,06,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 4,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 6,50,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,16,75,00,000 apprx
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KESARI had a good second weekend of 19 crore nett to take its ten day total to 125 crore nett. The film held well on Friday and the had solid growth over the weekend. The film will be the highest Akshay Kumar grosser by the end of the week if we take out 2.0 (Hindi) which was a film from the Tamil film industry. The growth last Sunday was muted for the film but this week the growth was there.

The big plus for the film is actually the business outside Delhi and Punjab as these were likely to do very well due to the local feel but you cant get 150 crore nett apprx from just these areas. It has to do business in other parts of the country which it has managed to do. The lifetime business of KESARI will be be very similar to TOTAL DHAMAAL.

The collections of KESARI are as follows
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
Week One- 1,06,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 4,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 6,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 8,25,00,000 apprx
Second Weekend - 19,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,25,00,00,000 apprx

KESARI had a good hold on the second Friday as it collected 4.25 crore nett to take its total to 110 crore nett. The film is doing well all over now with excellent business in Delhi/UP and East Punjab with Rajasthan and Bihar being next best. The film has held strongly at multiplexes all over while business in single circuits outside UP and Bihar is down

Mumbai circuit which was crucial for the film is steady and will eventually put up a pretty good number. If this circuit had done better then the film would have gone towards that 2.0 (Hindi) number but now it should do similar business to TOTAL DHAMAAL.

KESARI just needs to consolidate this good hold with good growth over the weekend which will lead to a good second week. It may not be to the level of TOTAL DHAMAAL as that had holidays in the second week but KESARI has a healthy lead from that film in the first week due to it being an extended first week.

The collections of KESARI are as follows
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
Week One- 1,06,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 4,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,10,25,00,000 apprx