became the fourth-highest grossing Hindi-dubbed film after the Baahubali franchise and 2.0 of the that time. The film earned more than at the domestic box office. Other territories Premiering at more than 100 theatres in 50 locations, K.G.F became the fastest Kannada film to cross $200k and $300k in the United States box office. As of 25 December, the film earned $413,214, becoming the first Kannada film to earn $400k at the box office. Within the end of the first week, K.G.F collected more than $522,848 at the box office, becoming the first Sandalwood film to cross a half million ($500k) dollars in United States. During the second weekend, the film grossed $146,207, to take its total tally to $669,055, and it crossed the $700k mark within the second week. Thereafter, the tally saw a normal dip and the film ended its lifetime total at $805,637 in the country. Apart from the US, the film collected £22,656 in United Kingdom, $9,539 in New Zealand, and RM 11,406 in Malaysia, to collect a cumulative $1.5 million in overseas profits. Critical response K.G.F: Chapter 1 mainly received positive reviews from critics. While its cinematography, art direction, narration, stunt sequences, music direction, story plot, dialogues and performances of the ensemble cast received acclaim, critics had mixed comments about the screenplay and editing.Eventually, the film's dialogues became famous, especially Yash and Anant Nag's dialogues. Reviewing for Deccan Herald, Vivek M. V. felt that the "grandeur" lay in the film's "fantastically gripping story". He praised the film's narration, its "brilliant" editing, and "riveting sequences". Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India gave the film rating of stars out of five, writing that it had a "fast-paced first half ... but the second half and the climax sets up the right premise for the second part of the film." She called the screenplay's "non-linear" fashion the "most interesting part of the film". She commended Yash's performance, in that he "lives his character to the fullest". Troy Ribeiro of News18 echoed her sentiment, writing, "Yash's endurance, strife and sincerity ... get projected as perfunctory" in the context of "tight close-ups and mid-shots the camera stops us from getting emotionally connected to" every actor in the film. He further wrote, "With intense atmospheric lighting, every frame in the film looks aesthetic and natural. Brilliant cinematography and equally challenging action sequences are put together with razor-sharp edits. They give