Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 4: Rishab Shetty film storms past ₹300 crore; beats KGF, HanuMan

Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 4: The Rishab Shetty film has ended its opening weekend with a ₹325 crore worldwide gross.

Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection: Another day, and yet another milestone breached by Rishab Shetty's Kantara: Chapter 1. The Kannada film has now become the first from the industry to cross ₹300 crore worldwide gross this year, and in the process, has surpassed some big recent hits as well as all-time grossers

Kantara Chapter 1 box office update

Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 4: Rukmini Vasanth in a still from the Rishab Shetty film.

Kantara Chapter 1 had a very strong Sunday domestically, earning ₹61 crore net in the country on its fourth day. This helped the Rishab Shetty film round off its extended opening weekend with a domestic collection of ₹223.25 crore net ( ₹268 crore gross). This is the second-biggest opening weekend for any Kannada film in history, behind KGF Chapter 2's historic ₹380-crore domestic haul back in 2022.

Overseas, Kantara Chapter 1 has picked up pace over the weekend, with trade pundits estimating that the film has earned over $6 million in the international territories. This takes its worldwide gross after four days to a staggering ₹325 crore.

Kantara beats KGF Chapter 1, HanuMan

On Sunday, Kantara Chapter 1 went passed the total collections of some recent big releases, including Sitaare Zameen Par ( ₹266 crore) and Lokah Chapter 1 ( ₹290 crore). Kantara Chapter 1 also beat the lifetime collection of 2023's big pan-India sleeper hit, HanuMan, which earned ₹298 crore worldwide. But Kantara Chapter 1's biggest win has been surpassing the worldwide collection of KGF Chapter 1 ( ₹248 crore). This makes it the third-highest-grossing Kannada film of all time, behind only KGF Chapter 2 ( ₹1248 crore) and the first Kantara ( ₹400 crore). Kantara Chapter 1 should cross its predecessor in the opening week itself. It now has a chance to be the first Indian film to breach ₹1000 crore this year.

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