Kesari Chapter 2 box office early estimate day 1: Akshay Kumar’s masterpiece opens with Rs 8 Cr+; fails to overtake Sunny Deol’s Jaat

Kesari Chapter 2 box office early estimate day 1: Dharma Productions, Leo Media Collective, and Cape of Good Films jointly produced the historical courtroom drama “Kesari Chapter 2“, which features Akshay Kumar, R. Madhavan, and Ananya Panday. As per the early estimate report, it opened with a decent collection in the range of Rs 8-8.5 Cr net in India. Despite receiving immensely positive word of mouth, it failed to overtake Sunny Deol’s latest release, Jaat‘s opening day collection of Rs 9.62 Cr; scroll down for more details.

Akshay Kumar’s Kesari Chapter 2 box office early estimate day 1 raises 48% lower than Sky Force

As per the early estimate report, Ashay Kumar’s masterpiece Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh on opening day generated Rs 8 Cr+, ranking as the 6th top Hindi net opening film in 2025, just after the global star Ram Charan’s political actioner Game Changer Hindi (Rs 8.64 Cr); side by side, it also marked a 48% lower earning than Khiladi Kumar’s last release this year, Sky Force (Rs 15.30 Cr).

It’s worth adding, had an overall 20.00% occupancy on opening day, though the morning shows occupancy was poor, only 12.67%. After the notable positive word of mouth out from everywhere, the footfalls witnessed a remarkable spike; afternoon and evening shows footfalls were the same, 19.76%, and night shows footfalls were the highest of the entire day, 27.80%. The fantastic upward trend hinting from the second day, there is a high possibility it may hit the double-digit number. If it will be successful to do so, the opening weekend score will smoothly hit the Rs 30 Cr mark or go very close to it.

1. Chhaava: Rs 33.1 Cr
2. Sikandar: Rs 30.06 Cr
3. Sky Force: Rs 15.30 Cr
4. Jaat: Rs 9.62 Cr
5. Game Changer: Rs 8.64 Cr
6. Kesari Chapter 2: Rs 8-8.5 Cr *early estimate
7. Deva: Rs 5.78 Cr
8. The Diplomat: Rs 4.03 Cr
9. Badass Ravi Kumar: Rs 3.52 Cr
10. 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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