‘Kantara Chapter 1’ crosses Rs. 225 crore in three days, becomes one of the biggest blockbusters of 2025
Rishab Shetty's Kantara Chapter 1 crosses Rs. 200 crore mark in just 3 days, surpassing the lifetime collection of Salman Khan's Sikander.
Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter 1 is unstoppable at the box office. Released on October 2, 2025, during the Dussehra holiday, the film opened to a record-breaking response and has only grown stronger with each passing day.
In just three days, it has collected over Rs. 225 crore worldwide and is now eyeing the Rs. 250 crore mark.
In India, the film has earned Rs. 162.85 crore net (Rs. 195.50 crore gross) within its opening three days. Saturday proved to be a big day with collections of around Rs. 55 crore, showing nearly a 20% jump from Friday’s Rs. 46 crore.
The Kannada version has drawn extraordinary crowds, recording a 94% occupancy for its night shows on Saturday, while the Hindi version has contributed over Rs. 40 crore so far.
Overseas, Kantara Chapter 1 has also performed impressively, earning more than USD 3 million, which pushed its worldwide gross to Rs. 225 crore in just three days.
With this, it has already overtaken the lifetime collections of major recent releases like Salman Khan’s Sikandar (Rs. 176 crore), Ram Charan’s Game Changer (Rs. 200 crore) and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi (Rs. 210 crore).
A prequel to the 2022 Super hit Kantara, the film goes back a thousand years before the events of the original.
Written, directed and led by Rishab Shetty, along with Rukmini Vasanth, Jayaram and Gulshan Devaiah, Kantara Chapter 1 blends folklore, tradition and action to create a grand cinematic experience.
With its record-breaking pace, the film is expected to cross the Rs. 250 crore milestone by Sunday, making it one of the biggest blockbusters of the year.
