Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Day 20: Rishab Shetty's film inches close to Chhaava's lifetime collection in India

Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 20: Rishab Shetty's latest release Kantara Chapter 1 is making the most of the Diwali festive week. It continues its hold at the ticket window after releasing on Dussehra. Kantara Chapter 1 is now heading towards the ₹550 crore mark in India, a step closer towards surpassing Chhaava's India collection.

Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 20

According to the industry tracker, Sacnilk, Kantara Chapter 1 minted ₹9.09 crore net in India so far. This is the early estimate based on morning and night shows only.

The final figure will be out after the night shows.

Kantara Chapter 1 inches close to Chhaava's India collection

With this, the total business made by Shetty's film is at ₹544.24 crore net at the domestic box office. The film is expected to surpass Chhaava's India collections soon if it maintains its momentum.

The lifetime collection of Vicky Kaushal's Chhaava in India is at ₹601.54 and the worldwide collection is at ₹ 807.91 crore. Chhaava continues to be the highest-grosser of the year so far.

Kantara Chapter 1 box office recap

Kantara Chapter 1 is the prequel to Rishab Shetty's hit 2022 film, Kantara. Amid high expectations, the film opened with a business of ₹61.85 crore net in India. It went on to rake in ₹337.4 crore net in India in the first week, followed by ₹147.85 crore in the second week. Later, the film saw a mild dip in earnings, collecting ₹8.5 crore on the third Friday, which jumped to ₹12.75 crore on Saturday and ₹17 crore on Sunday. On Monday, Diwali 2025, it collected ₹11.65 crore net.

Kantara Chapter 1 shows across India

On day 20, Kantara Chapter 1 saw an overall 43.40% occupancy among the Kannada audience. The Telugu version of the film recorded about 25.27% Telugu occupancy on Tuesday.

The Hindi version of the film saw an improvement, marking 45.19% occupancy on 21 October. While the Tamil occupancy stood at 74.71% on day 20, the Malayalam saw only 7.30% turnout in theatres so far.

About Kantara Chapter 1: Makers, cast, plot

Produced by Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda under the banner Hombale Films, Kantara Chapter 1 is written and directed by Shetty.

It also stars Jayaram, Rukmini Vasanth, and Gulshan Devaiah in key roles.

The prequel follows the origins of the Buta Kola ritual and ancestral conflict introduced in the first film, Kantara (2022).