Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 7: Rishab Shetty film mints ₹451 crore; beats Brahmastra, 3 Idiots

Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection is steadily moving towards ₹500 crore. The Rishab Shetty film has surpassed Brahmastra.

Updated on: Oct 9, 2025, 09:39:34 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office: Rishab Shetty's Kantara continues to rampage at the box office as it nears the end of its first week of release. The Kannada period drama had a strong showing domestically on its seventh day, and even managed a marginal improvement in collections overseas, taking it past the ₹450 crore mark worldwide.

Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 7: Rukmini Vasanth in a still from the film.

Kantara Chapter 1 box office update

Kantara Chapter 1 brought in ₹25 crore net on Wednesday, its seventh day in the theatres. The film has now earned ₹316 crore net ( ₹379 crore gross) domestically. The film has crossed ₹100 crore net collection in its Hindi-dubbed version, while the Kannada version is right behind with ₹99 crore. The Telugu version has also fared well with over ₹60 crore in net collections so far. Both the Malayalam and Tamil dubs have also earned over ₹20 crore each, making Kantara Chapter 1 a true pan-India hit.

The film has done quite well overseas, earning over $8 million in international territories. While its daily gross earnings are now under $1 million, it still has enough legs to survive its second weekend and maybe even show some growth. Kantara Chapter 1 has now earned ₹451 crore worldwide, and should cross the ₹500 crore mark in its second weekend.

Kantara Chapter 1 surpasses all time hits

On Thursday, Kantara Chapter 1 passed the lifetime collections of major hits like Brahmastra Part One ( ₹431 crore) and 3 Idiots ( ₹450 crore), further improving its position in the list of highest-grossing Indian films. All that remains to be seen now is if the film can manage to see a big jump over its second weekend, which will determine if it has enough legs to get to the elusive ₹1000-crore mark.

All about Kantara Chapter 1

Written and directed by Rishab Shetty, Kantara Chapter 1 also stars Rukmini Vasanth, Gulshan Devaiah, and Jayaram in pivotal roles. The film is set a thousand years before the events of Kantara and serves as a prequel to it. A third film - Kantara Chapter 2 - has been announced.

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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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