Kesari Chapter 2 Box Office Collection Day 1: Akshay Kumar’s courtroom drama opens at Rs 15 cr worldwide – Details 2025 best
Kesari Chapter 2, starring Akshay Kumar, R. Madhavan, and Ananya Panday, opened to a worldwide box office collection of ₹15 crore on its first day, Kesari Chapter 2 Box Office Collection Day 1: Akshay Kumar’s courtroom drama opens at Rs 15 cr worldwide – Details 2025 best surpassing Sunny Deol’s Jaat, which had a ₹13.5 crore opening. The film earned ₹7.75 crore net (₹9.25 crore gross) in India and ₹5.75 crore overseas citeturn0search1.
Despite high expectations, the film’s opening was modest compared to Akshay Kumar’s previous releases. For instance, Kesari (2019) had a ₹21.06 crore opening day citeturn0search7, and Sky Force (2025) opened at over ₹20 crore worldwide citeturn0search1.
The film experienced a significant increase in occupancy from 12–13% in the morning to nearly 28% by night shows, indicating positive word-of-mouth citeturn0search1. This trend suggests potential for stronger performance in the following days.
In terms of 2025 Hindi film openings, Kesari Chapter 2 ranks fifth, behind Chhaava (₹29 crore), Sikandar (₹25 crore), Sky Force (₹11 crore), and Jaat (₹9 crore) citeturn0search2.
Directed by Karan Singh Tyagi and produced by Dharma Productions, the film portrays the legal battle led by C. Sankaran Nair (played by Akshay Kumar) following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. R. Madhavan plays British lawyer Neville McKinley, and Ananya Panday portrays Dilreet Gill, a young Indian lawyer citeturn0search1.
While Kesari Chapter 2 didn’t meet the high opening expectations, its positive reception and increasing occupancy rates suggest a promising trajectory in the coming days.
