Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar’s ‘Airlift’ has collected a whopping Rs 72.50 crore in five days of its release. The movie, which opened last Friday, has seen a jump in its collections on a daily basis.Airlift had collected Rs. 12.35 cr. on its opening day and earned Rs. 14.60 cr on the second day. The third day collections were even higher as it grossed Rs. 17.35 cr on the final day of the opening weekend. The collections went down to Rs. 10.40 cr on the fourth day. But the film witnessed a stupendous rise in its collections of Day 5 – January 26.The collections on day five were Rs. 17.80 cr and the film is now headed to enter the Rs 100 crore club soon.Airlift tells how the Indian government evacuation of 1,70,000 people of Indian origin and also of other nationalities through 488 flights during the Iraq-Kuwait war.The film, which has Nimrat Kaur in the lead opposite Akshay, has been appreciated by the fans and critics alike.“Airlift”, directed by Raja Krishna Menon, also stars Nimrat Kaur and Purab Kohli in key roles. The film clashed with Ekta Kapoor’s adult comedy, Kya Kool Hain Hum 3.