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Kantara: Chapter 1 Advance Sales Surge With Karnataka Sellouts, BMS Nears 100K

Strong pre-sales follow a trailer viewed over 100 million times in 24 hours.

Overview

  • Karnataka shows turned housefull soon after bookings opened, signaling especially strong regional demand.
  • BookMyShow logged 77.2K tickets on day one and a further 17.9K by early day two, putting platform pre-sales near 100K and marking 2025’s biggest Kannada pre-sales so far.
  • Per Sacnilk, day-one advance booking totaled 47,210 tickets and Rs 4.11 crore across languages, including Rs 3.92 crore in Karnataka with Bengaluru at Rs 3.13 crore in blocked seats.
  • The trailer drew exceptional engagement, crossing 107 million views and 3.4 million likes in 24 hours and described as the most shared trailer in a single day, with views now above 160 million.
  • The film is slated for an October 2 worldwide theatrical release in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali and English.