
Kantara Chapter 1 Worldwide Box Office Collection Day 4: Rishab Shetty's period folk action thriller movie, Kantara Chapter 1, is poised to conclude its 4-day extended opening weekend with a worldwide box office collection of over ₹300 crore.
According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the movie witnessed a grand opening day collection of ₹88 crore on October 2 and maintained a strong grip on Friday, with a gross of approximately ₹65 crore.
On its third day, Saturday, the prequel of the 2022 hit scored solid gains of over 25% to gross an estimated ₹82 crore, pushing the total worldwide cumulative to around ₹235 crore after three days.
At the domestic box office, Kantara 2 has grossed approximately ₹195 crore, while its overseas collection is around ₹40 crore after three days.
On Sunday, the blockbuster is expected to gross over ₹250 crore gross in India and a little over ₹50 crore overseas after the four-day opening frame.
According to Sacnilk, Kantara Chapter 1 has become the third-highest-grossing Kannada movie of all time, beating Yash-fronted KGF Chapter 1 ( ₹237 crore worldwide).
It is now behind only Kantara ( ₹408 crore) and KGF Chapter 2 ( ₹1,215 crore) at number 3.
Sacnilk data showed that Kantara Chapter 1 has earned ₹55.47 crore by 9:00 PM on Sunday. It is now very close to hitting the ₹250 crore mark at the Indian box office by the end of the day.
The movie had already earned ₹162.25 crore by its third day. Kantara Chapter 1 saw the highest audience turnout from Hindi and Kannada viewers, with a box office share of ₹50.5 crore and ₹47.6 crore, respectively, by day 3.
Kantara Chapter 1's 4-day net total currently stands at ₹217.72 crore.
The total earnings will be revised later in the evening, once the figures for the night show are declared.
Kantara Chapter 1 released worldwide in theatres on October 2 in all major languages, including English and Hindi, and multiple regional languages, such as Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, and Bengali.
The movie is a prologue to the legend, the beginning of Kantara, said Hombale Films.
One of the most anticipated releases of the year, the movie stars Rishab Shetty, Rukmini Vasanth, Jayaram, Gulshan Devaiah, and Pramod Shetty in pivotal roles.
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