Kantara Chapter 1 box office collection day 3: Rishab Shetty's film crossed THIS figure in 3 days! Is this the biggest Kannada hit of 2025?

Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 3: Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 3: With a record-breaking opening, Rishab Shetty's epic film Kantara Chapter 1 earns more than Rs 100 crore in just three days. The film hit theaters on October 2 in five languages, including Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Malayalam, and made a big splash in India and worldwide.Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 3: A splash pan-India recordAccording to Sacnilk, 'Kantara Chapter 1' is estimated to have earned Rs 116.49 crore gross in India. The film is also performing well globally, entering the triple-digit crore club.The film had a good viewership throughout the day, averaging 82.31 per cent. The morning and afternoon shows saw 60.03 per cent and 90.73 per cent occupancy, while the evening and night shows saw 86.48 per cent and 92 per cent occupancy, respectively, according to Sacnilk data. The film had around 1500 shows in Kannada, while over 950 shows were screened in Bengaluru. Considering the number of shows in Bengaluru, the city's viewership averaged 86%. The film also had over 1000 shows in Telugu and 4683 in Hindi, which is more than double the number of shows in the original language.Kantara Chapter 1: A star-studded castRishab Shetty is the lead actor and director of this film, playing the role of a Naga Sadhu with supernatural powers. Rukmini Vasanth plays the female lead, Princess Kanakavati. Jayaram plays a supporting role, while Gulshan Devaiah, Rakesh Pujari, and Hariprasanth MG also appear in supporting roles. The film is being made on a grand scale with a massive budget of Rs 125 crore, significantly more than the first part, which was made for only Rs 16 crore."Kantara Chapter 1" features extremely high-quality VFX and stunning visuals. International experts were also involved in the project. The makers also revealed that over 3,000 participants, including 500 trained fighters, staged the massive climax battle scene shot in rugged terrain. According to a Hindustan Times report, the film's producer Chaluve Gowda stated that 80 percent of the film was shot in real forests of coastal Karnataka.