Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 8: Rishab Shetty's film slips again ahead of weekend, to hit ₹335 crore

Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 8: Actor-director Rishab Shetty's film Kantara Chapter 1 continues its dip in collection. The film is now heading towards the weekend, which is expected to bring more people to the theatres. The film is now inching close to the ₹350 crore mark in India.

Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 8

According to the industry tracker Sacnilk, Kantara Chapter 1 minted ₹20.50 crore net in India on day 8. While it marks a dip of 18.8% in its earnings, the revenue collection might get some relief during the weekend.

The total collection made by Rishab Shetty's film is ₹334.94 crore net in India.

Kantara Chapter 1 shows across India

On Thursday, Kantara Chapter 1 recorded an overall occupancy of 45.69% among the Kannada audience. The film witnessed its best turnout during the evening and night shows, touching 57.80% and 64.56% respectively.

Among key regions, Bengaluru led with 927 shows, the highest number of screenings for the day, with an occupancy of 42.75%. Mysuru, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, and Kundapura emerged as strong-performing regions, confirming the film's strong rural and tier-2 audience support.

The Hindi version of Kantara Chapter 1 saw an overall 14.63% occupancy on day 8, with the highest turnout in theatres seen during the night shows at 24.40%. Mumbai dominated with 792 shows, followed by Delhi NCR (953) and Pune (435), while Chennai (35.67%) recorded the highest occupancy percentage due to fewer shows.

In Tamil Nadu, Shetty's film registered a solid 29.67% overall occupancy. Chennai led with the highest number of shows (395), followed by Coimbatore (146) and Madurai (88). Notably, smaller centres like Pondicherry (46.75%) and Dindigul (48.75%) saw exceptional turnout, due to limited shows.

Meanwhile, the Telugu version of Kantara Chapter 1 maintained a steady grip at the ticket window with 18.30% overall occupancy on Wednesday. Evening (18.51%) and night (18.66%) shows performed slightly better than morning and afternoon shows. Hyderabad led with 414 shows, followed by Vizag-Visakhapatnam (121) and Vijayawada (65).

On the other hand, the Malayalam version of Kantara Chapter 1 saw an overall occupancy of 24.81%, with audiences turning up strongest for the night shows at 40.93%. Kochi led with 152 shows, followed by Trivandrum (119) and Kozhikode (69) for Kantara Chapter 1 in Malayalam.

About Kantara Chapter 1

Kantara Chapter 1 is produced by Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda under the banner of Hombale Films.

Besides Shetty in the lead, the film also stars Jayaram, Rukmini Vasanth, and Gulshan Devaiah in key roles.