Housefull 5 beats Kesari 2 to become 5th biggest Hindi hit of 2025

In what’s turning retired to beryllium an aggravated twelvemonth astatine the container bureau for Bollywood, Akshay Kumar’s Housefull 5 has managed to surpass the collections of his ain humanities play Kesari 2, becoming the 5th highest-grossing Hindi movie of 2025 truthful far.

Despite stiff contention from respective big-ticket releases this year, the franchise drama has proven that erstwhile it comes to slapstick wit and ensemble entertainers, the Housefull marque inactive holds beardown entreaty among audiences.Housefull 5, which deed theatres amidst precocious anticipation, has truthful acold collected a coagulated Rs 100.5 crore astatine the home container office. The movie has present edged past Kesari 2, different Akshay Kumar starrer, which had registered a full of Rs 92.63 crore.

What makes this feat noteworthy is the stark opposition successful genres — portion Kesari 2 was a patriotic drama, capitalizing emotion, Housefull 5 is simply a madcap drama riding connected absurd humor, multi-starrer charm, and a proven franchise value.This accomplishment places Housefull 5 astatine fig 5 successful the year’s database of highest-grossing Hindi films, down Vicky Kaushal’s Chhava (Rs 585.7 crore), Ajay Devgn’s Raid 2 (Rs 171.57 crore), Akshay Kumar’s ain Sky Force (Rs 113.62 crore), and Salman Khan’s Sikandar (Rs 110.36 crore).

It’s worthy noting that Akshay Kumar remains the lone histrion with 3 films successful the apical six — a testament to his enduring container bureau propulsion adjacent amid the changing tastes of audiences.While Kesari 2 was appreciated for its performances and scale, its communicative entreaty remained constricted compared to the massy, family-friendly drama of Housefull 5. The film’s ensemble cast, zany humor, and franchise familiarity brought audiences to theatres successful ample numbers, particularly successful wide belts and Tier 2 and 3 cities.With different large releases similar Sunny Deol’s Jaat (Rs 88.66 crore) and Rajkummar Rao’s Bhool Chuk Maaf (Rs 69.59 crore) pursuing closely, it remains to beryllium seen whether Housefull 5 tin clasp its presumption arsenic it has an unfastened tally till the merchandise of Aamir Khan’s Sitaare Zameen Par connected 20th June. For now, the movie has not lone secured its spot among the year’s biggest hits but besides reaffirmed Akshay Kumar’s unsocial quality to juggle enactment dramas and comic capers with adjacent easiness astatine the container office.Housefull 5 has an ensemble formed of Ritiesh Deshmukh, Fardeen Khan, Abhishek A Bachchan, Sonam Bajwa, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Dino Morea, Chitrangada Singh and Shreyas Talpdae.