The box office performance of Kantara: Chapter 1 is almost over. The film made Rs. 50 lakh in its eighth week, taking its total to Rs. Approximately 701 crores. The film has earned another crore. It grossed ₹112.50 crore (USD 12.63 million) overseas, bringing its total worldwide box office collection to Rs. Approximately Rs 813.50 crore.
The film, starring Rishabh Shetty, is the highest-grossing Indian film of the year domestically and worldwide. It is the second biggest Sandalwood film of all time after KGF Chapter 1. Overall, it is the seventh highest-grossing film of all time in India and thirteenth worldwide.
In its home state, Karnataka, the film is the highest-grossing film of all time by a considerable margin, surpassing the original Kantara by more than 30 percent. The next best performers for the film are Tamil Nadu and Kerala, in the former, the film grossed six times more than the original Kantara. The Hindi dubbed version of the film also performed well and collected Rs. 208 crores. The film’s opening in Hindi was not very good as per trade expectations, but it eventually did well and performed brilliantly.
The worldwide closing box office collections of Kantara: Chapter 1 are as follows:
| Area | Total |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | Rupee. 235.00 crores. |
| APTS | Rupee. 98.50 crores. |
| Tamil Nadu | Rupee. 69.50 crores. |
| Kerala | Rupee. 55.50 crores. |
| rest of india | Rupee. 242.75 crores. |
| India | Rupee. 701.25 crores. |
| middle east | USD 4,150,000 |
| United States of America | USD 4,300,000 |
| Canada | 300,000 US dollars |
| Australia – New Zealand | 1,300,000 US dollars |
| malaysia | USD 425,000 |
| Singapore | 225,000 US dollars |
| rest of asia | 175,000 US dollars |
| united kingdom | 1,000,000 US dollars |
| Germany | 200,000 US dollars |
| rest of Europe | USD 400,000 |
| rest of the world | 150,000 US dollars |
| migrant | USD 12,625,000 |
| around the world | Rupee. 813.50 crores. |
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