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Kantara: Chapter 1 Opens Near Rs 60 Crore on Day 1 as Reports Flag Ticket-Price Breaches in Karnataka

Early trade trackers attribute the surge to the holiday release, with figures still provisional.

Overview

  • Early estimates put the film’s first-day India collections around Rs 60 crore across languages, per trade reports.
  • Sacnilk reports 88.13% occupancy in Karnataka, with Telugu at 75.34%, Tamil at 71.42% and lower Hindi occupancy at 29.84%.
  • BookMyShow logged 696,000 tickets sold between 6 am and 6 pm on opening day, while Sacnilk pegged earnings near Rs 43 crore by 6 pm.
  • Times Now cites reports of Karnataka tickets sold above the state’s Rs 200 cap, with Bengaluru single screens around Rs 350 and multiplex rates up to Rs 1,200 including taxes.
  • The Hombale Films release opened in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali and English, as Rishab Shetty noted 5,000-plus housefull shows in a post on X.