{"id":106876,"date":"2025-10-29T10:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/106876\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:22:08","slug":"with-staggering-3-20-crore-footfalls-beats-chhaava-to-become-the-most-watched-indian-film-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/106876\/","title":{"rendered":"With Staggering 3.20 Crore Footfalls, Beats Chhaava To Become The Most Watched Indian Film Of 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1234299 koimoi-featured-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kantara-chapter-1-box-office-beats-chhaava-in-footfalls-01.jpg\" alt=\"Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office: Beats Chhaava In Footfalls!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\"  \/>Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Footfalls!(Photo Credit \u2013Facebook)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kantara Chapter 1 is now the 8th highest-grossing Indian film of all time. It is chasing the lifetime collection of Chhaava to steal the 7th spot. Even before it hit the milestone, Rishab Shetty\u2019s directorial has surpassed the footfalls of Vicky Kaushal\u2019s blockbuster. The Kannada mythological action drama is now the most-watched movie of 2025. Scroll below for a detailed box office analysis!<\/p>\n<p>Kantara Chapter 1 Footfalls<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Sacnilk, Kantara Chapter 1 registered impressive footfalls of 3.20 crores in only 26 days of its theatrical run in India. This includes 1 crore+ footfalls from the Hindi-dubbed version alone. Around 80 lakh admissions are from the home ground Kannada, while the remaining ticket sales are from the Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam versions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The streak of success does not end there! The Kantara prequel is the second film in the history of Kannada cinema to cross 3 crore footfalls. As most would have guessed, Yash\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/kantara-chapter-1-box-office-collection-day-25-3-years-after-kgf-chapter-2-rishab-shetty-starrer-to-revive-sandalwoods-glory\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KGF Chapter 2<\/a> leads the race with its record-breaking admissions of 5 crore+ in its lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Kantara Chapter 1 is now the most-watched Indian film of 2025<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rishab Shetty starrer has surpassed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/bollywood\/vicky-kaushals-5-best-performances-that-prove-his-versatility-from-raazi-to-chhaava\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vicky Kaushal<\/a>\u2018s Chhaava, which remained the most-watched film of 2025 since February, with its lifetime ticket sales of 3.10 crore+. In only 26 days, Kantara Chapter 1 has surpassed that feat with a considerable margin. It would be interesting to see the final admissions of the Kannada epic mythological action drama.<\/p>\n<p>More about Kantara Chapter 1<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kantara: A Legend \u2013 Chapter 1 is the second highest-grossing Indian film of 2025, only behind Chhaava. It is also the second-highest Sandalwood grosser of all time. Directed and led by Rishab Shetty, the ensemble cast also features Jayaram, Rukmini Vasanth, and Gulshan Devaiah. It is produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/television\/mahavatar-narsimha-ott-verdict-week-2-hombale-films-nails-a-huge-milestone-on-ott-in-just-10-days\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hombale Films<\/a> and was released in theatres worldwide on October 2, 2025, coniciding with Gandhi Jayanti and Dussehra holiday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stay tuned to Koimoi for more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/category\/box-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">box office updates<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Must Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/kantara-chapter-1-box-office-collection-day-26-knocks-down-chhaava-to-emerge-as-8th-most-profitable-indian-film-of-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 26: Knocks Down Chhaava To Emerge As 8th Most Profitable Indian Film Of 2025!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow Us: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/koimoidotcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/koimoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Koimoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Koimoi4Bollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/s\/CBIwo7yAqUE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Google News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Footfalls!(Photo Credit \u2013Facebook) Kantara Chapter 1 is now the 8th highest-grossing Indian film&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-106876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}