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Kannada cinema is a part of Indian cinema based in Gandhi Nagar, Bangalore . The films are made primarily in Kannada -language. The 1965 film Satya Harishchandra ₹ 1 crore.[citation needed The 1995 film Om ₹ 10 crores.[citation needed Mungaru Male ₹ 50 crores.[ 1] Raajakumara [ 2]
KGF: Chapter 1 [ 3] [ 4] KGF: Chapter 2 [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] box office estimates as reported by organisations classified as green by Wikipedia.[ a]
Background shading indicates that a film, or at least one from a series, is currently showing in theatres worldwide.
Highest-grossing films [ edit ] Highest-grossing films by opening week [ edit ] Highest-grossing films by month [ edit ] Highest-grossing milestone films [ edit ] The films with a minimum worldwide gross of ₹10 crore are only considered.
High-grossing films by year [ edit ] Highest-grossing franchises [ edit ]
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^ See WP:RSP , WP:ICTFSOURCES
^ a b Sorted based on the lowest value when figures are presented as a range, and for the same value, the older item is given a higher order.
^ a b c d e KGF: Chapter 2 's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹1,187 crore (Pinkvilla [ 8] Indulge Express [ 9] News18 India [ 10] India Today [ 11] ^ a b Kantara 's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹400 crore (Deccan Herald [ 12] India Today [ 13] Firstpost ,[ 14] DNA [ 15] News 18 [ 16] The Economic Times [ 17] The Indian Express [ 18] Hindustan Times [ 19] Outlook [ 20] The New Indian Express [ 21] ^ a b Vikrant Rona 's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹159 crore (Hindustan Times [ 23] DNA [ 24] India Today [ 25] Zee News [ 26] Telegraph [ 27] ^ Robert's initially reported worldwide gross was ₹102 crore.[ 33] [ 34] [ 35] [unreliable source?
^ The franchise gross is calculated using the lowest reported gross for each film in the franchise.
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