Kantara: Chapter 1 box office: Rishab Shetty-Rukmini Vasanth starrer beats Pathaan, Animal, Jawan & Saiyaara - here's how

Rishab Shetty and Rukmini Vasanth starrer Kantara: Chapter 1 continues to shatter the box office records across the country and globe. While the Hindi version is set to enter the Rs 150 crore club today, the epic-mythology action drama has already crossed the Rs 400 crore mark (across all languages) at the domestic box office.

Talking about its 2nd Saturday business, _Kantara: Chapter 1_ has beaten biggies like Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathaan, Jawan, Saiyaara, Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal and Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2.

2nd Saturday grossers (The collections of the below-mentioned films are cumulative of all versions)

Chhaava: Rs 44.10 crore
Kantara: Chapter 1 - Rs 39 crore*
Animal - Rs 35.33 crore
Jawan - Rs 32.30 crore
Gadar 2 - Rs 31.01 crore
Saiyaara - Rs 27 crore
Pathaan - Rs 23.25 crore

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The film is expected to witness an upward trend today and cross the benchmark of Rs 450 crore at the Indian box office.

Watching #KantaraChapter1 in IMAX - was truly a larger than life Indian movie viewing experience. @shetty_rishab you are just phenomenal in everything you do, be it as an actor, a writer and a director, your performance is one that will inspire generations- what I watched was… pic.twitter.com/dhbXJVLxEB

— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) October 6, 2025

To be frank you are not a cinema LOVER sir , but u are a cinema FUCKER , because you FUCKED all of us FILM MAKERS by showing us how to really make CINEMA with your MAGNUM OPUS #KantaraChapter1 .. U pioneered a movement of DISRUPTION leading to CONSTRUCTION which basically means… https://t.co/3klHzM4Jx4

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) October 3, 2025

Apart from fans, the movie has garnered praise from celebrities like Suniel Shetty, Atlee, Riteish Deshmukh, Jr. NTR, Prabhas, Ram Gopal Varma, Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Nivin Pauly, Mammootty, Yash, Anupam Kher, Madhur Bhandarkar, and cricketers like Varun Chakravarty and KL Rahul, among others.

Directed by Rishab Shetty, the movie also features Rakesh Poojari, Jayaram and Gulshan Devaiah in key roles. It is bankrolled by Hombale Films.