India, Oct. 14 -- Kantara Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection: There is simply no stopping Kantara Chapter 1. The Kannada period action drama has now scaled another peak, surpassing the lifetime collections of SS Rajamouli's all-time blockbuster, Baahubali: The Beginning. With this, the film has also moved closer to the Rs.700-crore mark worldwide, despite a marked dip in its earnings on its second Monday.

On Monday, its 12th day in theatres, Kantara Chapter 1 finally saw that big drop in collections that it had managed to evade till now. The film earned Rs.13.50 crore net in India, a 64% drop in collections from its Sunday haul of Rs.39.75 crore. However, despite that, a solid second weekend allowed the film to cross Rs.450 crore ...