The Kannada industry film Kantara has crossed the 100 crore nett mark in India after the third weekend as it collects 103 crore nett so far. The film is already the third highest grossing film for the Kannada film industry and after KGF and KGF 2 and could eventually challenge the numbers of KGF 1.

The film has grossed a huge 85 crore nett in Karnataka in all its formats while another 18 crore nett has come from other places in India in all formats. The film is phenomenal in Karnataka and very good in Andhra Pradesh while business is decent in Maharashtra, Odisha and other parts of South. It will be the third 100 crore film for the Kannada film industry as it crosses that much its original Kannada format.

The film is probably is working in a big way in Karnataka as it probably has some local culture and local regional flavour and this would also have some takes in neighbouring states like Andhra and Maharashtra but the further you go from Karnataka then that culture does not work. The KGF brand was a different monster as it worked because of the mass elements and not culture which gives a wider reach.

The film has also done well overseas with business almost reaching $1.5 million and it a Kannada only release there and these are big numbers for a film in Kannada. The worldwide GROSS collections of the film are 132 crore after its third weekend.