Kantara Chapter 1 opens to blockbuster box office momentum worldwide

Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter 1, a mythological period drama released on October 2, 2025, has become a major commercial success, registering a blockbuster opening and sustained box-office momentum across India and overseas. The film, written and directed by Shetty and produced by Hombale Films, opened to an estimated Rs 61.85 crore on its first day and has since drawn large audiences for its multilingual release across roughly 4,500 screens.

Industry trackers and the production house report differing tallies, but all indicate rapid growth in the film’s first two weeks. An industry tracker reported that Kantara Chapter 1 had reached roughly Rs 316 crore net in India by the seventh day, following a first-week swing of weekday dips and weekend spikes. The production company posted an official global figure of Rs 509.25 crore after eight days. Other trade estimates placed the domestic net in the Rs 430–455 crore range by the second week and suggested global totals ranging from about Rs 500 crore to as high as Rs 560–600 crore; those higher figures have been cited by different trackers and the producers at various points in the run.

Set in precolonial coastal Karnataka and rooted...