Kantara Chapter 1 box office collection day 6: Rishab Shetty film earns ₹33.5 crore

Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter 1 is scripting records, one show at a time. The prequel to the 2022 National Award-winning blockbuster Kantara has impressed audiences across regions, pulling in huge crowds even during weekdays. According to early estimates from Sacnilk, the film minted ₹33.5 crore on Tuesday, taking its total domestic collection to ₹ 290.25 crore.

The Hindi version contributed ₹ 11 crore while the Kannada version added ₹ 13 crore to the total. Despite the usual weekday slowdown, the film has continued to show remarkable stability, thanks to strong word-of-mouth from both fans and critics.

Kantara Chapter 1 has found huge success not only in Karnataka but also in the Hindi-speaking markets, where it has collected ₹ 93.25 crore in just six days and indeed, it is a rare feat for a Kannada film. Meanwhile, its Kannada collection stands at ₹ 89.35 crore, proving how the movie’s emotional core has connected with viewers across the region.

Upon its release on October 2, the film opened to a whopping ₹ 61.85 crore, making it one of the biggest openers of the year. Though the weekday earnings have slightly dipped, the numbers are still far higher than many blockbuster hits of the year, like Sikandar and Chhava. Well, the consistency suggests the film will comfortably cross the ₹ 300-crore mark within its first week.

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has also created history by becoming the highest-grossing Kannada film of 2025, surpassing Su From So, which had earlier earned ₹ 125 crore.

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Directed and headlined by Rishab Shetty, the film also stars Jayaram, Rukmini Vasanth and Gulshan Devaiah in pivotal roles. Set nearly a thousand years before the original story, the prequel follows Berme (Rishab Shetty), a tribal leader who rises to defend his people’s land and faith against Prince Kulashekara (Gulshan Devaiah).

The original film, released in 2022, earned Rishab Shetty the National Award for Best Actor in 2024. The mythological epic also won the National Award for Best Popular Film.