{"id":93189,"date":"2025-10-23T12:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/93189\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:06:09","slug":"kantara-chapter-1-dethrones-chhaava-to-become-the-highest-grossing-indian-film-of-2025-crosses-%e2%82%b9800-crore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/93189\/","title":{"rendered":"Kantara Chapter 1 dethrones Chhaava to become the highest-grossing Indian film of 2025, crosses \u20b9800 crore"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u20b9800 crore”> <\/p>\n

Updated on: Oct 23, 2025 04:02 pm IST <\/p>\n

Kantara Chapter 1 has grossed over \u20b9800 crore worldwide, surpassing Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava to become the highest-grossing Indian film of 2025. <\/p>\n

The crown of the highest-grossing Indian film of 2025 has been passed on from Chhaava to Kantara Chapter 1<\/a>. The Rishab Shetty<\/a> film crossed \u20b9800 crore in box office collections worldwide on Wednesday, and also leapt past Chhaava\u2019s lifetime collections of \u20b9807 crore in the process.<\/p>\n

\"Rishab Rishab Shetty directed and plays the lead in Kantara Chapter 1, the prequel to Kantara. Kantara Chapter 1 box office update<\/p>\n

According to Hombale Films, the production house behind Kantara Chapter 1, the period actioner earned \u20b9717 crore worldwide in its first two weeks. The studio made this announcement on Friday in the form of a social media post. In its third week, the film has continued earning at a breakneck pace, adding \u20b938 crore net in India in its third weekend. Since then, the film has added \u20b992 crore gross worldwide in six days, which would take its total to \u20b9809 crore worldwide. This is higher than Chhaava\u2019s final haul of \u20b9807 crore.<\/p>\n

However, other sources claim that Kantara Chapter 1 is still some distance away from Chhaava\u2019s record, with Sacnilk putting its worldwide haul somewhere around \u20b9775 crore after 21 days (as of Wednesday night). Kantara Chapter 1 has earned \u20b9556.75 crore net in India and an estimated $13 million overseas. An English-language version is now set to release later this month.<\/p>\n

The highest-grossing Indian films of 2025<\/p>\n

In the list of the highest-grossing Indian films of 2025, Kantara Chapter 1 and Chhaava are followed by Mohit Suri\u2019s Saiyaara, which collected \u20b9576 crore worldwide. Rajinikanth\u2019s Coolie, with a worldwide haul of over \u20b9500 crore, sits in the number four spot, while Yash Raj Films\u2019 spy thriller War 2 rounds up the top 5 with a final collection of \u20b9365 crore. Three other Indian films \u2013 Mahavatar Narsimha, OG, and Lokah Chapter 1 \u2013 have grossed over \u20b9300 crore this year. Only one other Hindi film makes it into the top 10 \u2013 Aamir Khan\u2019s Sitaare Zameen Par, which is just behind Mohanlal\u2019s L2: Empuraan.<\/p>\n

All about Kantara Chapter 1<\/p>\n

Written and directed by Rishab Shetty, Kantara Chapter 1 is a sequel to the 2022 blockbuster Kantara. It is the second-highest-grossing Kannada film ever, only behind KGF Chapter 2. The film also stars Rukmini Vasanth, Jayaram, and Gulshan Devaiah.<\/p>\n

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