Rishab Shetty's Kantara Chapter 1 set the box office on fire. On Sunday, the film collected figures close to its opening day numbers across all languages, taking the total to Rs 223.25 crore.
On Sunday, the film minted Rs 61 crore across all languages. On Thursday, it collected Rs 61.85 crore across Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam.
Till Saturday, the film minted Rs 47.6 crore in Kannada, according to Sacnilk. The film has shown remarkable hold in the Hindi market, minting Rs 50.5 crore at the domestic box office till Saturday.
Mounted on a budget of Rs 125 crore, the film has already broken a string of records. It has emerged as the highest-grossing Kannada film of 2025 so far.
Kantara Chapter 1 has been directed by Rishab Shetty, who shares writing credits with Anirudh Mahesh and Shanil Guru.
The film stars Rishab Shetty, Jayaram, Rukmini Vasanth, and Gulshan Devaiah in lead roles.
Kantara Chapter 1 is the prequel to the 2022 film Kantara. The film was also directed by Rishab Shetty, who played the lead role in the original film.
Rishab Shetty won the Best Actor National Award for Kantara in 2024. The film also won the National Award in the category of Best Popular Film.