Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 4: Rishab Shetty film storms past ₹300 crore; beats KGF, HanuMan

Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 4: The Rishab Shetty film has ended its opening weekend with a ₹325 crore worldwide gross.

Published on: Oct 6, 2025, 09:08:55 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection: Another day, and yet another milestone breached by Rishab Shetty's Kantara: Chapter 1. The Kannada film has now become the first from the industry to cross ₹300 crore worldwide gross this year, and in the process, has surpassed some big recent hits as well as all-time grossers

Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 4: Rukmini Vasanth in a still from the Rishab Shetty film.

Kantara Chapter 1 box office update

Kantara Chapter 1 had a very strong Sunday domestically, earning ₹61 crore net in the country on its fourth day. This helped the Rishab Shetty film round off its extended opening weekend with a domestic collection of ₹223.25 crore net ( ₹268 crore gross). This is the second-biggest opening weekend for any Kannada film in history, behind KGF Chapter 2's historic ₹380-crore domestic haul back in 2022.

Overseas, Kantara Chapter 1 has picked up pace over the weekend, with trade pundits estimating that the film has earned over $6 million in the international territories. This takes its worldwide gross after four days to a staggering ₹325 crore.

Kantara beats KGF Chapter 1, HanuMan

On Sunday, Kantara Chapter 1 went passed the total collections of some recent big releases, including Sitaare Zameen Par ( ₹266 crore) and Lokah Chapter 1 ( ₹290 crore). Kantara Chapter 1 also beat the lifetime collection of 2023's big pan-India sleeper hit, HanuMan, which earned ₹298 crore worldwide. But Kantara Chapter 1's biggest win has been surpassing the worldwide collection of KGF Chapter 1 ( ₹248 crore). This makes it the third-highest-grossing Kannada film of all time, behind only KGF Chapter 2 ( ₹1248 crore) and the first Kantara ( ₹400 crore). Kantara Chapter 1 should cross its predecessor in the opening week itself. It now has a chance to be the first Indian film to breach ₹1000 crore this year.

All about Kantara Chapter 1

A prequel to the 2022 sleeper hit, Kantara Chapter 1 is written and directed by Rishab Shetty. The film is set a thousand years before the events of the first film. Apart from Rishab in the lead, the period action drama also stars Rukmini Vasanth, Jayaram, and Gulshan Devaiah in the lead roles. Kantara Chapter 1 has received glowing reviews from critics and fans alike.

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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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