Nowadays, sequels or franchise films are turning out to be major successes at the box office, especially in Bollywood. With the same belief, the Kantara prequel was expected to become a huge hit in the Hindi version.  However, Kantara Chapter 1’s Hindi version bombs in North America. 

The Pan-Indian movie from Kannada, KGF 2, had collected around $7.4 million in North America a few years back, even in the Covid era. Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter 1’s America business is valued above KGF 2’s closing numbers, but the box office numbers did not match the expectations.

Kantara Chapter 1 fails to beat KGF Chapter 1 because of poor performance in Hindi

The spiritual action drama collected around 4.1 million in 11 days. If we look at language-wise collections, Kantara Chapter 1 did very well in Kannada, even much better than KGF Chapter 2, as the former collected around $1.4M for 11 days, whereas the latter’s Kannada version’s closing is around $800K.

KGF 2’s Telugu version ended at $2.6M, while the prequel of Kantara did around 2M in 11 days. So for the South versions, Rishab Shetty’s film was on par with Yash-Prashanth Neel’s film.

The main difference is the Hindi version, where KGF 2 collected 3.8M, but Kantara Chapter 1 collected around 500K in Hindi in North America for 11 days. Even reaching 1 million in closing looks not possible for the film. 

This huge difference made the film a loss venture for business, and no one expected such a disastrous performance from the Hindi version. 

Kantara’s chapter 1 had an excellent second weekend at the box office, as it crossed 600 Cr in 11 days. The film saw a particularly strong performance on Saturday and Sunday, when it experienced a significant jump in gross collections worldwide, surpassing 50 Cr on both days. 

The film showed a superb consistency at the box office, and Kantara Chapter 1 has collected around 610 Cr gross for 11 days.

Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office: Needs another 200 Cr Gross to beat Chhaava

The film needs to collect another 200 Cr gross from here to become 2025’s biggest grosser. As the 3rd weekend has the advantage of Diwali, and looking at the 2nd weekend collections, this now looks possible.

If only the pre-release had been stronger, the spiritual drama acted and directed by Rishab Shetty could have had much bigger numbers on the opening weekend.

Kantara chapter 1 had a super strong 2nd weekend at the box office as the film performed beyond everyone’s expectations. On the 2nd weekend, the spiritual action drama has collected more than 100 Cr in India, which is a terrific achievement.

The 2nd weekend strong performance of Kantara Chapter 1 also indicates that the movie will have a very good run at the box office, and the 3rd weekend will have the advantage of the Diwali festival as well. 

Overall, worldwide, the film has collected around 600 Cr gross in 11 days. The good thing is that the film’s numbers are still strong in all languages. Now the trade expectations also go to 750 Cr+, and the Kantara prequel also has a chance of becoming 2025’s biggest grosser by targeting Chhaava.