India, Oct. 18 -- On its third Friday at the box office, Kantara Chapter 1 registered its second consecutive sub Rs 10 cr net total across India. Day 16's final figure was marginally better at Rs 9.12 cr over Day 15's Rs 8.85 cr, but the big question now is if Kantara Chapter 1 will see a major upswing in collections what with the Deepavali festive holidays kicking in. In the south, there were multiple releases, Telusu Kada and KRamp in Telugu, Bison, Dude and Diesel in Tamil and Pet Detective and Theatre in Malayalam, most of which received decent audience feedback, but not really in the range to create a massive dent on Kantara Chapter 1's performance in those markets.

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