Rishabh Shetty’s film ‘Kantara Chapter 1’ had already taken the record of the second highest grossing film of the year 2025 by breaking many records one after the other at the box office. Now even after spending 12 days in theatres, the film’s strong earnings are not stopping.
Not only this, it has broken the records of all the blockbusters released till date except 10 films. So let us first know the earnings of the film and then we will know which films’ record is currently safe in front of ‘Kantara Chapter 1’.
Box office collection of ‘Kantara Chapter 1’
By earning Rs 337.4 crore in the first extended week of 8 days, the prequel of 2022’s ‘Kantara’, ‘Kantara Chapter 1’ had left ‘Sayara’ behind. The film’s earning on the 9th day was Rs 22.25 crores, but on the 10th day, it reached Rs 39 crores with a huge jump.
On the 11th day, taking advantage of Sunday holidays, it increased to Rs 40 crore. Today i.e. on the 12th day, the film has collected a total of Rs 442.84 crores, earning Rs 4.44 crores till 5:10 pm. These figures available on SACNILC are not final. There may be changes in these.
Only these 10 films are ahead of ‘Kantara Chapter 1’
‘Kantara Chapter 1’ has left behind the lifetime earnings of all the blockbuster films released so far. There are only 9 films left whose record the film has not been able to break yet. Below, you can see the list of those 10 blockbusters according to Sacknilk.
- Pushpa 2 The Rule- 1234.1 crores
- Baahubali 2- 1030.42 crores
- KGF 2- 859.7 crores
- Kalki 2898 AD- 646.31 crores
- Jawan- 640.25 crores
- Chava- 601.54 crores
- Stree 2- 597.99 crores
- Animal- 553.87 crores
- Pathan- 543.09 crores
- Gadar 2- 525.7 crores
Worldwide collection of ‘Kantara Chapter 1’
Made under the direction of Rishabh Shetty, this film has been made with a budget of only Rs 125 crore. According to Saknilk, the film has made a worldwide collection of Rs 614.30 crore in just 11 days.
This film of Rukmini Vasanth, Gulshan Devaiah and Rishabh Shetty still has a full week’s time when it will not face any major competition. After this, there will be tough competition as soon as ‘Thamaa’ is released on the occasion of Diwali.

