Since its March 11 release, has been reaching new pandemic era milestones every day. The film has already surpassed the Rs 100 crore mark, and it has added Rs 19.15 crore to its total collection on its eighth day of release.
On day eight, The Kashmir Files, which depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Meadow, has earned more money than Aamir Khan's Dangal. It earned Rs 19.15 crore on the eighth day of its official launch, which is comparable to the eighth-day earnings of SS Rajamouli's magnum opus Baahubali: The Conclusion.
Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared on Twitter, “#TheKashmirFiles creates HISTORY… *Day 8* of #TKF [₹ 19.15 cr] is AT PAR with #Baahubali2 [₹ 19.75 cr] and HIGHER THAN #Dangal [₹ 18.59 cr], the two ICONIC HITS… #TKF is now in August company of ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTERS… [Week 2] Fri 19.15 cr. Total: ₹ 116.45 cr. #India biz.”
Here is the tweet by Taran Adarsh:
#TheKashmirFiles creates HISTORY… *Day 8* of #TKF [₹ 19.15 cr] is AT PAR with #Baahubali2 [₹ 19.75 cr] and HIGHER THAN #Dangal [₹ 18.59 cr], the two ICONIC HITS… #TKF is now in august company of ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTERS… [Week 2] Fri 19.15 cr. Total: ₹ 116.45 cr. #India biz. pic.twitter.com/sjLWXV78J9
— taran adarsh ( taran_adarsh) March 19, 2022
Despite stiff competition from Akshay Kumar's latest release Bachchhan Paandey, Taran predicts that The Kashmir Files will easily exceed the Rs 150 crore mark on its second weekend. Taran Adarsh further added, “ #TheKashmirFiles highlights…⭐ Records its HIGHEST *single day total* on [second] Fri [₹ 19.15 cr] ⭐ Will comfortably cross ₹ 150 cr in Weekend 2 ⭐ Advance bookings for [second] Sat and Sun are PHENOMENAL ⭐ Being dubbed in #Tamil, #Telugu, #Kannada and #Malayalam.”
The film, which stars Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, and Darshan Kumaar, has received mixed reviews from critics.