Kantara Chapter 1 has collected around ₹90 Cr gross so far in the Telugu states. With this, the film has surpassed Rajinikanth’s biggest grossers in Telugu states like 2.0 and Jailer, becoming the second biggest dubbed grosser.
With this, the Top 2 dubbed grossers in Telugu states are both Kannada films — KGF 2, which collected around ₹150 Cr gross, and Kantara Chapter 1. Kantara Chapter 1 is definitely expected to achieve ₹100 Cr gross in Telugu states and may end around ₹110 Cr gross.
The movie’s theatrical business was done on a recoverable basis by taking advances. For those advances, the film needs to collect around ₹140 Cr gross, which seems impossible. However, there is no risk for distributors as the deals were made on a recovery basis. Still, achieving ₹100 Cr gross in Telugu states is a big milestone.
If the film had released with a buzz similar to KGF 2, it could have easily reached the KGF 2 range in its full run as well.Overall, the film has collected over ₹650 crore gross worldwide in 13 days and is heading towards the ₹800 crore mark in its full run.
