Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 1: Rishab Shetty film opens at ₹90 cr; beats Saiyaara, Baahubali

Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection: Rishab Shetty's film has managed to inch close to ₹100 crore in just one day of release.

Updated on: Oct 3, 2025, 13:00:36 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection: Rishab Shetty's Kantara Chapter 1 has surpassed all expectations at the box office worldwide. The prequel to the 2022 blockbuster Kantara has started on a very strong note in India and has impressed overseas as well. This has ensured that the film has the second-best opening for any Kannada film in history.

Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 1: Rishab Shetty stars in this period action drama.

Kantara 2 first day collection

Kantara Chapter 1, also referred to as Kantara 2, earned ₹60 crore net (around ₹72 crore gross) in India on its first day. The film has opened to packed houses in the south, registering over 70% occupancy in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam. But even in the Hindi-dubbed version, Kantara Chapter 1 has done well, netting approximately ₹20 crore domestically.

Trade experts say that Kantara Chapter 1 has done well overseas too, bringing home approximately $2 million from outside India. This takes its worldwide gross after its first day in theatres to a staggering ₹90 crore. Among Kannada films, only Yash's KGF Chapter 2 earned more ( ₹159 crore) on its opening day.

Kantara Chapter 1 beats biggies at the box office

The ₹90-crore opening has allowed Kantara Chapter 1 to leapfrog several big blockbusters from recent years. Its opening day collection now stands higher than even Stree 2 ( ₹79.60 crore), Baahubali Part 1 ( ₹73.40 crore), and Brahmastra Part One ( ₹68.80 crore). Among the big Bollywood hits of this year, none come close to Kantara Chapter 1. Chhaava, the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2025, opened at just ₹37.25 crore, while Saiyaara managed ₹29.20 crore. Yash Raj Films' bilingual film War 2, which had the combined star power of Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR, also lags behind Kantara Chapter 1 with an opening of ₹84.60 crore.

All about Kantara Chapter 1

Written and directed by Rishab Shetty, the original Kantara was a sleeper hit, earning over ₹400 crore worldwide on a ₹15 crore budget. The prequel - Kantara Chapter 1 - is set a thousand years before the events of the film. Apart from Rishab in the lead, the film also stars Rukmini Vasanth, Jayaram, and Gulshan Devaiah.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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