Kaantha Day 1 Collections: How Much Did Dulquer Salmaan’s Film Earn on Opening Day?
Dulquer Salmaan’s latest production Kaantha has opened to strong numbers across India and overseas. Released on November 14, the film is drawing attention for its large-scale release, big budget, and impressive day-one performance. Here’s the full breakdown of Kaantha’s opening day collections and box-office expectations.
Kaantha Day 1 Box Office: Dulquer Salmaan Starrer Opens Strong Worldwide – Check Collection Estimates
Kantha is a film produced by Dulquer Salmaan, Rana Daggubati, Prashanth Potluri and Jam Varghese under the banners of Spirit Media and Wayfarer Films. It is directed by Selvamani Selvaraj. In Kantha, Bhagyashree Borse plays the heroine opposite Dulquer Salmaan. Samuthirakani, Rana Daggubati, Ravindra Vijay, Nilgal Ravi, Bhagavathy Perumal and Bijesh Nagesh are playing other key roles. Thamiz Prabha has provided the story for this film. Editing is done by Lewellan Antony and Gonselvaj. Background music is done by Jakes Bejoy. Music is composed by Janu Chanthar. Danny Sanchez Lopez is the cinematographer.
Dulquer Salmaan, who recently made huge profits as a producer with Lok Chapter 1: Chandra, has recently co-produced the film Kantha. With the teaser, trailer and promotional activities already released, there are huge expectations on the film Kantha. The film Kantha was released worldwide on November 14 as a Children's Day gift. In this context, what is the budget of Dulquer Salmaan's movie? What is the pre-release business? What is the break-even target? How many crores did this film earn on the first day? Let's go into these details..
What is the budget of Kantha?
Trade pundits have said that the budget for Kantha movie is around Rs 80 crores, including the remuneration of actors and technicians, and the expenses incurred for promotional activities. This movie is being released by Asian Suresh in Telugu, AGS in Tamil, and Dulquer Salmaan himself in Malayalam. It is noteworthy that hero Rana himself is releasing this movie in Telugu. How much did the movie's theatrical business do? Details have not been revealed. However, trade pundits have set a value of Rs 105 crores gross at the box office for Kantha movie to turn a profit. It seems that Kantha was released in around 3000 screens worldwide in the backdrop of the expectations on this movie.
Kantha Movie Overseas Collections:
There were huge expectations on this movie before its release. In this context, the advance booking for Dulquer Salmaan's movie in North America was done in a range. The movie premiered on November 13th and the tickets were sold like hot cakes. 1258 tickets were sold for 268 shows in 116 locations in America. According to the information received so far, reports say that Kantha movie has collected 18931 dollars (16.80 lakh rupees in Indian currency) in North America. Trade pundits said that out of this, 13203 dollars (11.71 lakh rupees) were collected for the Telugu version and 5278 dollars (5.08 lakh rupees) for the Tamil version.
Kantha's first day collection
Trade pundits say that Kantha is likely to get solid numbers on the first day due to Dulquer Salmaan's track record. According to SocNic, the theatrical occupancy rate for the Tamil version of Kantha till 3 pm on the first day was 15 percent and for the Telugu version 17 percent. Trade pundits are predicting that Kantha will have a huge opening on the first day, combining premieres + advance bookings. Analysts are predicting that the movie will have an opening in the range of Rs 12 to 15 crores worldwide, with Rs 3 crore in Telugu states, Rs 4 crore in Malayalam, Rs 2 crore in Tamil, Rs 1 crore in Karnataka + Hindi + Rest of India, and Rs 2 crore in overseas markets.
