Kantara Box Office Day 1 (Early Trends): Almost Massive 52% Budget Recovery On The Opening Day – Rishab Shetty Defies All Predictions!

Rishab Shetty & Rukmini Vasanth's Kantara Chapter 1 recovers almost 52% of its entire reported budget on day 1 - early box office trends.

- October 2, 2025 | 10:52 PM IST

Kantara Box Office Day 1 (Early Trends): Surpasses Every Single Biggest Opening Of 2025 Except One — Kantara Box Office Day 1 (Early Trends): Rishab Shetty Defies All Predictions! ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter 1 has roared at the box office and defied all expectations. The film was expected to open in the range of 40 – 45 crore, but exceeded all expectations; the Kannada film managed to surpass the opening of every Indian film of 2025 except for Pawan Kalyan’s They Call Him OG!

Second Biggest Opener Of 2025

The mythological epic might have managed to bring the 2nd biggest opening of 2025 as per the estimates. It did an impossible task of matching Rajinikanth’s Coolie, which earned 65 crore on the opening day, in all languages.

Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Day 1 Estimates

Kantara Chapter 1 on Thursday, October 2, managed to earn in the range of 62 – 65 crore on the opening day, as per early estimates. This figure includes collections from all languages. On the opening day, the film registered an overall occupancy of almost 86.8% in the theaters, excluding the night shows.

Check out the top 10 Indian openers of 2025 at the box office (India Net Collections).

They Call Him OG: 87.45 crore (including paid previews)
Kantara Chapter 1: 62 – 65 crore (estimates)
Coolie: 65 crore
Game Changer: 54 crore
War 2: 52.5 crore
Hari Hara Veera Mallu: 47.5 crore
Chhaava: 33.10 crore
Sikandar: 30.06 crore
Good Bad Ugly: 29.25 crore
Vidaamuyarchi: 27 crore

Kantara Chapter 1 Budget & Recovery

Kantara Chapter 1 is mounted on a reported budget of 125 crore, and the film has managed to recover 48 – 52% or more on the opening day itself. At this pace, it might recover its entire budget on the second day of its release. However, in order to secure a hit verdict, the film needs to earn a total net collection of 250 crore in India.