Kesari Chapter 2 box office collection day 1: Akshay Kumar, R. Madhavan, and Ananya Panday key features in the Hindi historical courtroom drama “Kesari Chapter 2” based on the legal battle of Justice Chettoor Sankaran Nair against the British Empire for the unfortunate Jallianwala Bagh massacre case. It debuted at the global box office yesterday, on 18th April 2025, and began its box office journey with an expected line of Rs 7.84 Cr net, marked as an impressive 49.90% higher opening score than Khiladi Kumar’s last content-driven film Khel Khel Mein (Rs 5.23 Cr); scroll down for more details.
Kesari Chapter 2 box office collection day 1 raises the 6th top Hindi net opening number in 2025
According to the official box office update by the Dharma Production report, Karan Singh Tyagi directed the spiritual sequel to 2019’s Kesari, Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh, which kicked off the box office journey with Rs 6.84 Cr net, marked as the 6th top Hindi net opening number in 2025, just after the Ram Charan-fronted political actioner Game Changer Hindi version score (Rs 8.64 Cr), and it secures 43.46% lower collection than Akshay Kumar’s last release running year, Sky Force (Rs 15.30 Cr).
The huge positive reviews hinting it will definitely witness a remarkable jump as the day progresses, side by side, also the box office trend indicates there is a high possibility it can smoothly surpass the Rs 25 Cr mark within the opening weekend.
Top 10 Hindi net opening movies in 2025
- Chhaava: Rs 33.1 Cr
- Sikandar: Rs 30.06 Cr
- Sky Force: Rs 15.30 Cr
- Jaat: Rs 9.62 Cr
- Game Changer: Rs 8.64 Cr
- Kesari Chapter 2: Rs 7.84 Cr
- Deva: Rs 5.78 Cr
- The Diplomat: Rs 4.03 Cr
- Badass Ravi Kumar: Rs 3.52 Cr
- Fateh: Rs 2.61 Cr
More About Kesari Chapter 2
Karan Singh Tyagi directed and adopted the film with the co-writer Amritpal Singh Bindra, adopted from the Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat-authored book “The Case That Shook The Empire”, and the dialogues were penned by Sumit Saxena. Stars are teamed up with the film are Akshay Kumar, R. Madhavan, Ananya Panday, and others.
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