Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 6: The Rishab Shetty film, Kantara Chapter 1, has received an exemplary score at the box office. Making huge waves at the domestic box office, the action-thriller has also had a significant impact internationally. With a 20% increase from Day 5, the net box office collection of Kantara Chapter 1 reached nearly Rs 95 crores.

Sustaining audiences on the sixth day, Kantara Chapter 1 crossed the historic Rs 400 crore mark worldwide, as per industry tracker Sacnilk. This feat has made the Rishab Shetty directorial the first Kannada film of 2025 to breach the mark. Apart from impressing its Kannada fans, Kantara Chapter 1 has also become extremely popular in Hindi. As it nears the Rs 100 crore mark in Hindi alone, Rishab Shetty’s film is set to become the first South Indian title of the year to achieve this stature.

Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 6: Domestic numbers

After a mega opening day with Rs 61.85 crores, Kantara Chapter 1 had entered the Rs 100 crore club in just two days of its theatrical release. Having a record-breaking weekend that grossed another Rs 100 crore in India, Rishab Shetty’s action-thriller saw a 50% dip in sales on its first Monday. However, it revived its consistency by collecting Rs 33.5 crores on Tuesday. Till now, the box office collection for Kantara Chapter 1 has reached Rs 290 crore in India.

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The overall occupancy rate for the Kantara prequel in Kannada was nearly 79% on Day 6. Night shows remained the most popular choice among audiences and Mysuru had 93% occupancy across 120 shows in the area. With 944 screenings in Bengaluru, the city had an 82% occupancy for Kantara Chapter 1. The lowest numbers were seen in Hyderabad with a 25% occupancy for the Kannada version.

Kantara Chapter 1 in Hindi, however, had great popularity and a greater collection than Telugu. With an overall occupancy of nearly 33%, it is higher than Bollywood’s Sunny Sanskari ki Tulsi Kumari on Day 6 as it struggles to touch the Rs 40 crore mark. With over 400 shows scheduled in Pune, theatres were half full as Chennai, Jaipur, and Mumbai reported 40% occupancy and above.