Kantara: Chapter 1 started its second week with a superb Rs. 24 crore on Friday. With that, the film crossed Rs. 400 crore in India, with the nine-day total at Rs. 404 crore approx. The film is expected to see a major uptick in collections today, going by the strong presales, and further growth tomorrow. The second weekend is projected to exceed Rs. 100 crore, which will take it closer to Rs. 500 crore by Sunday.

The drop from the first Friday is 53 per cent, which is a strong hold, even more so because there was some holiday impact going on last week. The Hindi belt saw the best hold at just a 40 per cent drop, followed by Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu was down on weekdays but is back up on weekends, as the market typically plays stronger on weekends. The steepest drop came from the Telugu st

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