<p>’The Kerala Story 2′ has just wrapped up its first week at the box office. After a slow start, the film picked up pace from the second day itself and has already recovered nearly 80% of its budget. </p><img>Director Kamakhya Narayan Singh’s ‘The Kerala Story 2’ had a worrying start, earning only ₹75 lakh on its first day. However, the film bounced back strongly from the second day and has kept a firm hold on the box office right through its first week.<img>The film, starring Ulka Gupta, Aditi Bhatia, and Aishwarya Ojha, collected around ₹2.19 crore on its seventh day. While this is a drop of about 37% from the sixth day’s collection of ₹3.5 crore, it’s still a respectable figure for a regular weekday.<img>In just seven days, ‘The Kerala Story 2’ has raked in about ₹22.34 crore at the domestic box office. Here’s the day-by-day breakdown: Day 1 – ₹75 lakh, Day 2 – ₹4.65 crore, Day 3 – ₹4.75 crore, Day 4 – ₹2.5 crore, Day 5 – ₹4 crore, Day 6 – ₹3.5 crore, Day 7 – ₹2.19 crore. The grand total stands at ₹22.34 crore.<img>Vipul Amrutlal Shah has produced ‘The Kerala Story 2′ under his Sunshine Pictures banner. According to a report by koimoi, the film’s budget is around ₹28 crore. This means the movie has already recovered nearly 80% of its cost. It just needs another ₹5.66 crore to be declared a hit, a milestone it’s expected to cross this coming weekend.<img>’The Kerala Story 2’ is on track to become 2026’s second successful film, right after ‘Border 2’. Sunny Deol’s ‘Border 2’ released on January 23, 2026, with a budget of roughly ₹275 crore. It has earned over ₹361 crore in India alone, securing a profit of over 31.37% for the producers.
