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Kesari Box Office: Akshay Kumar’s last year’s Holi release, Kesari, become the first film to cross the 150 crore mark for the superstar. It is based on 1897’s battle of Saragarhi, in which 21 Sikh soldiers of the British Indian army fought against 10,000 Afghan invaders. Akshay played a character of Havaldar Ishar Singh.
Released on Holi, Kesari took a good start by collecting 21.06 crores on opening day. The film enjoyed an extended opening weekend of 4 days. Further maintaining a healthy momentum, the period drama ended up collecting 153 crores in a lifetime run.
Let’s take a look at Kesari’s daily breakdown:
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Day 1- 21.06 crores
Day 2- 16.75 crores
Day 3- 18.75 crores
Day 4- 21.51 crores
First weekend (4-day extended)- 78.07 crores
Day 5- 8.25 crores
Day 6- 7.17 crores
Day 7- 6.52 crores
Day 8- 5.85 crores
First week (8-day extended)- 105.86 crores