Akshay Kumar's newest release Kesari has completed a week in theatres and so far it has performed brilliantly at the Indian box office. After becoming the biggest opener of this year, the historical drama has now achieved yet another milestone. Kesari has become the highest week 1 grosser of 2019 by minting Rs 105.86 crore. Directed by Anurag Singh, the film released on March 21 and got cash registers ringing big time. Taking full advantage of the Holi holiday, Akki starrer ended its day 1 at the box office by collecting Rs 21.50 crore. And in just seven days, it even entered the coveted Rs 100 crore club in India. Kesari Box Office Collection Day 7: Akshay Kumar's Historical Drama Becomes the Fastest Film To Enter the Rs 100 Crore Club in 2019.

Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to the popular microblogging site Twitter and revealed the updated figures. He wrote, "#Kesari puts up a wonderful total... Benefitted due to an earlier release [Thu - #Holi]... Steady on weekdays, although the biz should’ve been higher... North circuits excellent... Week 2 will give an idea of how strong it trends and it’s likely *lifetime biz*... Data follows..."

Adarsh then tweeted, "#Kesari Thu [#Holi] 21.06 cr, Fri 16.75 cr, Sat 18.75 cr, Sun 21.51 cr, Mon 8.25 cr, Tue 7.17 cr, Wed 6.52, Thu 5.85 cr. Total: ₹ 105.86 cr. India biz. Note: Extended Week 1."

Announcing Kesari as the biggest week 1 grosser, he further wrote on Twitter, "#Kesari benchmarks...Crossed ₹ 50 cr: Day 3, ₹ 75 cr: Day 4, ₹ 100 cr: Day 7

Emerges highest *Week 1* grosser of 2019 [so far], followed by #GullyBoy [₹ 100.30 cr; 8 days] and #TotalDhamaal [₹ 94.55 cr; 7 days]. India biz." With Kesari Entering the Rs 100 Crore Club, a Look at Akshay Kumar’s Star Power at the Box Office!

Co-produced by Karan Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Hiroo Yash Johar, Apoorva Mehta, and Sunir Khetarpal, Kesari also stars Parineeti Chopra but in a special cameo. The film is about the epic Battle of Saragrahi which was fought between 21 Sikh soldiers and 10,000 Afghan invaders back in 1897.

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