Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter 1 shows a superb consistency at the box office and ends up with the biggest 1st-week collections of the year, which is a truly sensational achievement.
Initially, the spiritual action drama failed to set 2025’s biggest opening day and biggest weekend, as both milestones were with Coolie. Rajinikanth’s Coolie collected over 150 Cr gross on the opening day, whereas the Kantara prequel settled with 85 Cr.
Also, Coolie collected around 380 Cr gross for the first weekend (4 days), whereas Rishab Shetty’s spiritual action drama scored 330 Cr on the opening extended weekend.
However, Coolie sees a big drop after the weekend due to below-par reviews and WOM, whereas Kantara maintains super strong collections on weekdays.
Coolie’s first week’s collections stand around 430 Cr gross, but Kantara Chapter 1 registers the biggest first week of the year. For 6 days itself the film collected 415 Cr, and with today the film’s worldwide gross goes to the 450 Cr range, which is the biggest number for 2025.
The film needs to aim for the full run of Chhaava, 800 Cr collections, to become the biggest grosser of 2025, and it needs a massive box office to do so.
