Rishab Shetty’s period folk drama Kantara Chapter 1, a prequel to the 2022 film ‘Kantara’ has officially become the highest-grossing film globally in the week. The film outperformed major Hollywood releases, including Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl ($50 million), Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another ($40 million), and the re-released Avatar: The Way of Water($10 million) in its opening week.

Ever since the Kantara Chapter 1 release, the film has been receiving an amazing response from the audience and has become a big hit. In just seven days, the Kannada blockbuster has grossed an estimated Rs 379 crore ($42 million) in India and another Rs 67 crore ($8 million) from overseas markets, taking its total worldwide collection to Rs 446 crore ($53 million),

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