Rishab Shetty's 'Kantara: Chapter 1' earned ₹55.25 crore on Day 3 of its release, taking its total domestic collection to ₹163.1 crore. The period action drama is expected to cross ₹250-crore mark globally on Sunday. The film is a prequel to the 2022 film 'Kantara', which had earned over ₹400 crore worldwide on a ₹15 crore budget.