Kesari Box Office Collection Day 24: Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra's Film Surpasses Rs 150 Crore Mark
Akshay's Kesari is still pulling the crowd in the cinema halls.
Akshay Kumar's latest offering Kesari has finally crossed the Rs 150 crore mark at the Indian box office. Directed by Anurag Singh, the historical war drama released last month on Holi and set the box office on fire by becoming the biggest opener of 2019. On day 1, the film raked in Rs 21 crore and then soon went on to enter the Rs 100 crore club. In fact, Kesari reached the coveted club in just six days and became the fastest film of the year to do so. And now it has achieved yet another milestone at the domestic box office. Kesari Box Office Collection Day 22: Akshay Kumar's Period War Drama Is Still Minting Money, Earns Rs 147.21 Crore
Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to the microblogging site Twitter a while back and announced the updated figures. He wrote, "#Kesari crosses ₹ 150 cr... Witnesses substantial growth on [fourth] Sat and Sun... Will add a few more crores, before #Kalank [on Wed] and #AvengersEndgame arrive... [Week 4] Fri 70 lakhs, Sat 1.30 cr, Sun 1.70 cr. Total: ₹ 150.91 cr. India biz."
He then tweeted, "#Kesari biz at a glance...Week 1: ₹ 105.86 cr [8 days],
Week 2: ₹ 29.66 cr, Week 3: ₹ 11.69 cr. Weekend 4: ₹ 3.70 cr. Total: ₹ 150.91 cr
India biz. HIT. #Kesari benchmarks...Crossed ₹ 50 cr: Day 3, ₹ 75 cr: Day 4
₹ 100 cr: Day 7, ₹ 150 cr: Day 25. India biz." Kesari Box Office Collection Day 18: Akshay Kumar Starrer Continues Doing Decent Business, Rakes in Rs 143.02 Crore
Co-produced by Dharma Productions, Azure Entertainment, Zee Studios and Cape of Good Films, the period drama is Kumar's 10th film that is a part of Rs 100 crore club. Based on the epic Battle of Saragrahi which was fought between 21 Sikh soldiers and 10,000 Afghan invaders in 1897, Kesari also features Parineeti Chopra but in a special appearance.
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