
‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ has taken over the box office and how. While the Rishab Shetty directorial also starring him along with Rukmini Vasanth and other actors had a huge opening of over Rs 60 crore on day 1 in all languages, it slowly began to see a drop. It had released on October 2 which was a holiday nationwide due to Gandhi Jayanti and Dussehra so it made the most out of it. But even in the days after that, the film remained in the Rs 20 crore range. Now on its second weekend, it saw a good growth. The film had an opening of a whopping Rs 61.85 crore at the box office on day 1. It saw a drop on day 2 and overall in all languages made Rs 45.4 crore. But there was a jump again over the weekend. Within a span of 4 days, the film crossed Rs 220 crore which is huge. With this. With this, ‘Kantara’ is now in the top 10 highest grossing movies of the year. The film has surpassed Rajinikanth’s ‘Coolie’, Vicky Kaushal‘s ‘Chhaava’. On Wednesday, day 7, it has made Rs 25 crore. On day 8, which is Thursday, it made Rs 21.15 crore. Thus, the week 1 collection of the film was Rs 337.4 crore. On Friday, it made Rs 22.25 crore and on Saturday, it saw a good jump, making a total of Rs 38.5 crore. It is expected that the film will grow further on Sunday, which is day 11. Till afternoon, it had made Rs 8.72 crore. With that, ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’, has crossed Rs 400 crore taking its total in all languages in India to Rs 406.87 crore according to Sacnilk.
Meanwhile, at the worldwide box office, the film has touched Rs 590 crore.
Day wise collection of the film
Day 1 [1st Thursday] ₹ 61.85 Cr [Ka: 19.6 Cr ; Te: 13; Hi: 18.5; Ta: 5.5; Mal: 5.25] –Day 2 [1st Friday] ₹ 45.4 Cr [Ka: 13.5 Cr ; Te: 11.5; Hi: 12.5; Ta: 4.25; Mal: 3.65] Day 3 [1st Saturday] ₹ 55 Cr [Ka: 14.5 Cr ; Te: 11.25; Hi: 19.5; Ta: 5.5; Mal: 4.25] Day 4 [1st Sunday] ₹ 63 Cr [Ka: 16.75 Cr ; Te: 11.5; Hi: 23; Ta: 6.75; Mal: 5] Day 5 [1st Monday] ₹ 31.5 Cr [Ka: 12 Cr ; Te: 5.4; Hi: 8.75; Ta: 2.75; Mal: 2.6] Day 6 [1st Tuesday] ₹ 34.25 Cr [Ka: 13.5 Cr ; Te: 4.75; Hi: 11.25; Ta: 2.5; Mal: 2.25] Day 7 [1st Wednesday] ₹ 25.25 Cr [Ka: 9.25 Cr ; Te: 3.5; Hi: 8.25; Ta: 2.25; Mal: 2] Day 8 [2nd Thursday] ₹ 21.15 Cr [Ka: 7.85 Cr ; Te: 2.65; Hi: 7; Ta: 2; Mal: 1.65] Week 1 Collection ₹ 337.4 Cr [Ka: 106.95 Cr ; Te: 63.55; Hi: 108.75; Ta: 31.5; Mal: 26.65; Ben: 0] –Day 9 [2nd Friday] ₹ 22.25 Cr [Ka: 7.5 Cr ; Te: 3.25; Hi: 7.25; Ta: 2.5; Mal: 1.75] Day 10 [2nd Saturday] ₹ 38.5 Cr [Ka: 11.25 Cr ; Te: 5.25; Hi: 14; Ta: 4.75; Mal: 3.25] * rough data 73.03%Day 11 [2nd Sunday] ₹ 8.72 Cr **Total ₹ 406.87 Cr –