Gulshan Devaiah on working with Rishab Shetty in Kantara Chapter 1: ‘If I didn’t do this, I’d be an idiot’
Box Office India Trade Network

KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1 has collected 450 crore nett plus across India on all languages and versions. This makes it the fifth highest grossing film in India from the South after PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE, BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION, KGF - CHAPTER 2, RRR and KALKI 2898 AD. The film should comfortably cross the 500 crore nett mark by the end of its run.

The business in Hindi as not as strong as the films mentioned above but the South India numbers are outstanding especially considering the film is from the Kannada industry which can be considered the weakest down there as far as break outs even into other South markets are concerned. The performance is outstanding in Mysore/Karnataka as the makers managed to push through higher ticket pricing despite the state government setting a level for pricing.

The film has collected a little over $11 million overseas which is an outstanding number for a Kannada film but as the Hindi version did not fire at all. The business is not at the level that was expected in the various markets. KGF - CHAPTER 2 had worked big in Hindi with $9 million but KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1 will hardly do $1 million.

The worldwide figures for fourteen days in all versions are around 643 crore with a 98 crore GROSS contribution from overseas and 545 crore GROSS from India.

The numbers across India are as follows.
Hindi - 1,50,50,00,000
Regional Versions (Hindi Circuits) - 5,00,00,000
TOTAL - 1,55,50,00,000

South (Not Including Hindi)
Nizam/Andhra - 76,50,00,000
Karnataka/Mysore - 1,42,00,00,000
Tamil Nadu - 43,00,00,000
Kerala - 37,75,00,000
TOTAL - 2,99,25,00,000
GRAND TOTAL - 4,54,75,00,000