Kantara Chapter 1 Joins 800 Crore Club: Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1 by Rishabh Shetty has registered its name in history by making it to the ₹800 crore club at the global box office. The movie serves as a prequel to the paying 2022 edition Kantara and has now conquered the Indian market to establish its presence beyond. With the splendid visuals, indigenous storytelling, and yet another performance by Rishab Shetty, the film became one of the highest-gorrowing Indian movies in 2025.
Released in many languages, Chapter 1 thundered through even the meagerest place-from Karnataka to Kerala, and even the over-UAE and North America. Within weeks, the film quickly crossed ₹800 crore and firmly established itself as one of the best and most successful earners in Indian cinema. The film then sealed its fate with its audience by twisting age-old mythology, devotion, and action, exactly like the first one, thus reiterating itself as a cultural and box-office phenomenon.
Here are some of the other Indian films to have tasted box-office glory:
1. Dangal (2016) – ₹2,000 cr worldwide
2. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) – ₹1,700 cr worldwide
3. Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024) – ₹1,000 crore+ worldwide
4. RRR (2022) – ₹1,200 cr worldwide
5. KGF: Chapter 2 (2022) – ₹1,200 cr worldwide
6. Jawan (2023) – ₹1,100 cr worldwide
7. Pathaan (2023) – ₹1,000 crore+ worldwide
8. Kalki 2898 AD (2024) – ₹1,000 crore+ worldwide
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9. Animal (2023) – ₹900 cr worldwide
10. Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) – ₹900 cr worldwide
11. Stree 2: Sarkate Ka Aatank (2024) – ₹800 cr worldwide
12. Chhaava (2025) – ₹800 cr worldwide
13. Kantara: A Legend-Chapter1(2025)-₹818 crore worldwide Right now.
Once again, with this film, Kannada cinema proves that it has really made its mark at the global level. This time not just a box-office hit but actually carried local storytelling to an international level. Rest assured, it has not finished roaring in Indian cinema history.
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