THE KERALA STORY is now slowing at the box office as its fifth week will probably do business in the range of 5.50 crore nett plus. The film has a phenomenal run till date and despite these dropping collections, it is still a very good fifth week.

There will be one more week to collect as when ADIPURUSH come,s there will not be much collections as the box office will be dominated by the Prabhas starrer while ZARA HATKE ZARA BACHKE will get the bulk of the remaining screens. The lifetime business will probably finish at around 222-223 crore nett.

This will make it the fifth best performer post pandemic for outright Hindi films after PATHAAN, THE KASHMIR FILES, DRISHYAM 2 and BRAHMASTRA. The fact that THE KASHMIR FILES and THE KERALA STORY  are among the top five means that there will be many more of these type of films to come. But at the end of the day it is not really cinema so there will be diminishing returns and the quicker this cinema gets out of the way the better. There is AJMER 92 awaiting a release in July and this will be about some issue involving a certain community but in a different part of the country after Kashmir and Kerala.

The collections of THE KERALA STORY  till date are as follows.

Friday - 75,00,000 apprx

Saturday -  1,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 1,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 45,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 45,00,000 apprx

THE KERALA STORY managed to collect 3.75 crore nett in its fifth weekend which is a good collection but the film is now seeing drops as collections are 60-65% down from last week. The trend is still superior to THE KASHMIR FILES.

This takes the collections to a crazy 216 crore nett and it should comfortably go over the 220 crore nett mark and maybe finish at around 225 crore nett. THE KASHMIR FILES saw huge support through corporate bookings and blocked shows while here the mass Hindi circuits have been dominated by families who bring females out to show what is happening to make them aware. How much is true and fake in the film is for individuals to decide. But at the box office, it has worked a bit like an educational film across the Hindi audience.

The loss of business from some areas not playing the film is probably in the 7-8 crore nett range till date.

The collections of THE KERALA STORY till date are as follows.

Friday - 75,00,000 apprx

Saturday -  1,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 1,75,00,000 apprx

THE KERALA STORY saw a drop in business on its fifth Friday probably due to the release of ZARA HATKE ZARA BACHKE which has done better than it expected. The collections of THE KERALA STORY were around 75 lakhs nett which is good for a fifth Friday but there is a 30% drop from the previous day.

The film managed to beat the collections of PATHAAN in week four but that will not be the case in week five due to this drop on the fifth Friday. The film has reached 212.50 crore nett now and should add another 10-11 crore nett from here.

The collections in Mumbai circuit are a huge 83 crore nett which is much better than THE KASHMIR FILES as it did 77 crore nett. Delhi/UP should reach the 50 crore nett in week five but here it will remain short of THE KASHMIR FILES.

The collections of THE KERALA STORY till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,60,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 1,25,00,000 apprx

Friday - 75,00,000