KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1 (Hindi) has scored a good extended weekend of almost 70 crore nett and the trend is also good with Saturday and Sunday being ahead of the first day. The business is a little lopsided with Maharashtra and other pockets where south dubbed films being excellent while others range from good to average.

The film is has collected over 31 crore nett in Mumbai circuit over the four days but business in Delhi/UP is just average at 11 crore nett. It is no surprise that NCR is less but UP side has also not given the performance it should since KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1 is a mass film. The film had some hype mainly within the industry and trade as KANTARA (2022) was a much appreciated film but this did not really materialize with the public outside Maharashtra.

The comparisons were films like BAAHUBALI, KGF and PUSHPA but those films really broke out across the country be at the box office or on satellite post release which led to the second parts breaking records. This has not been the case for KANTARA and its reflected in the box office results. The film has done much better in Maharashtra and South (regional versions) which sort of tells about its appeal. The figures from South will be updated later though collections look set to be in around 215 crore nett on all versions.

Now its about the Monday and after and KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1 should do well enough especially in Maharashtra, CP Berar and Odisha for the film to be a HIT but collections can be lacking in many circuits.

The collections of KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1 in Hindi till date are as follows.

Thursday - 17,75,00,000 apprx

Friday - 11,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 19,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 21,50,00,000 apprx

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KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1 collected 214 crore nett plus across the country in all versions with South India and Maharashtra doing fantastic business. North India was on the weaker side while East and Central were good. These numbers are crazy for a Kannada film and only second to KGF - CHAPTER 2 for that film industry.

KGF - CHAPTER 2 had a 190 crore nett apprx in Hindi alone in four days. So, that film is at a different level and this the main difference. KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1 has worked at the box office but its probably not worked at a level that was expected outside Maharashtra and South India. The craze of the other big South films was not there in the core Hindi circuits and that is reflected in the collections.

The film picked up $6.25 million overseas which is also excellent but various distributors picked up the film at very high prices despite Kannada films not having much of a market in Overseas. Again, here the film would have been dependent on Hindi to go on a run to if the distributors were to reach the levels needed but Hindi has not performed at all in Overseas. Telugu and Kannada have scored but these don't run long and fizzle out quick barring some rare exceptions. KGF - CHAPTER 2 scored very well in Hindi in Overseas with $9 million. KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1 is unlikely to even reach $2 million in Hindi going by the initial numbers.

The worldwide figures for four days in all versions are around 312 crore with a 55 crore GROSS contribution from overseas and 257 crore GROSS from India.

The numbers across India are as follows.

Hindi - 70,00,00,000

Regional Versions (Hindi Circuits) - 3,00,00,00

Nizam/Andhra - 43,00,00,000

Karnataka/Mysore - 60,00,00,000

Tamil Nadu - 19,50,00,000

Kerala - 19,00,00,000