Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 8: Rishab Shetty film earns ₹509 cr, beats Dunki, Tiger 3 lifetime

Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 8: Rishab Shetty's film has ended its first week at ₹509 crore.

Updated on: Oct 10, 2025, 17:56:41 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection: Rishab Shetty's Kantara Chapter 1 has ended its first week in the theatres on a strong note. The period action drama is going strong at the box office, having broken several collection records in Kannada cinema history in India. Its strong overseas performance has meant that the film has now crossed ₹500-crore mark.

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Kantara Chapter box office update

Hombale films declared that the movie has minted ₹509 crore. “The divine cinematic storm continues to soar higher at the box office 🔥💥 #KantaraChapter1 crosses 509.25 CRORES+ GBOC worldwide in the 1st week! #BlockbusterKantara running successfully in cinemas near you,” they tweeted.

As per our sources, Rishab Shetty's Kantara Chapter 1 has earned ₹335 crore net ( ₹402 crore gross) in India in its first eight days. The film started on a strong note with a ₹62 crore opening, and then showed growth midweek too. It was only after day 6 that the film began to show a marked dip in its earnings, falling over 20% on both the days after that. Still, Kantara Chapter 1 brought in ₹20.50 crore net on its eighth day, a very healthy number.

Overseas, the film has earned over $8 million, including a $5-million run in North America. This has allowed Kantara Chapter 1 to accumulate ₹475 crore gross worldwide in one week. Over the last week, the Kannada film was the highest-grossing movie in the world. Its $53-million haul was higher than the collections of Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl ($50 million) and One Battle After Another (just over $40 million).

Kantara Chapter 1's pan-India success

Kantara Chapter 1 has found success across languages. Both its original Kannada version and the Hindi dub have earned over ₹100 crore net in India. The Telugu version has also fared well with over ₹60 crore in net collections so far, while both the Malayalam and Tamil dubs have also earned over ₹20 crore each.

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. A prequel to the 2022 sleeper hit, Kantara, this film is set a thousand years before the events of the first film. It has been praised by critics and audiences alike. 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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