Kantara Chapter 1 Worldwide Box Office Collection Day 7: Rishab Shetty’s Film Crosses ₹451 Crore, Beats Brahmastra and 3 Idiots
Kantara Chapter 1 box office collection hits ₹451 crore worldwide on day 7, surpassing Brahmastra and 3 Idiots. Rishab Shetty’s Kannada blockbuster heads toward ₹500 crore.
Rukmini Vasanth in Kantara Chapter 1 | Rishab Shetty’s Kannada blockbuster crosses ₹451 crore worldwide.

The box office unstoppable act of Kantara Chapter 1 continues, inching toward the worldwide mark of ₹500 crore. The Kannada period film directed by Rishab Shetty has well and truly outpaced the major Bollywood offerings ― Brahmastra and 3 Idiots, to name a few ― and is thus reckoned among the top-grossing Indian pictures throughout history.
💥 Day 7 Box Office Performance
At the box office on Day 7, Kantara Chapter 1 garnered ₹25 crore net domestically. Thus far, the film's total domestic collection stands at ₹316 crore net (₹379 crore gross).
Hindi version: Over ₹100 crore net
Kannada version: ₹99 crore net
Telugu version: ₹60+ crore net
Tamil and Malayalam versions: ₹20+ crore each
Thus, Kantara Chapter 1 is rightly considered a pan-India blockbuster that thoroughly resonates with the audiences in their languages.
🌍 Overseas Collections
The film has really gone international and has earned about $8 million to date. The daily collections may have dipped below $1 million, but there is sufficient momentum for the film to hold it together for its second weekend and possibly strengthen it further. Globally, the box office collections are now standing at ₹451 crore and are projected to sail past ₹500 crore very soon.
🏆 Surpassing Legendary Films
With the highest collection to date, Kantara Chapter 1 has now overtaken the lifetime earnings of the following blockbuster hits:
Brahmastra Part One: ₹431 crore
3 Idiots: ₹450 crore
Stop-overs are expected to be a strong point for the film to continue its marathon run to reach the ₹1000 crore mark in the coming weeks.
🎬 About Kantara Chapter 1
Written and directed by Rishab Shetty and starring Rukmini Vasanth, Gulshan Devaiah, and Jayaram in major roles. Kantara Chapter 1 is a prequel that is set one thousand years before the story of Kantara. Due to the success of the movie, a third installation named Kantara Chapter 2 has already been announced.