Sanjay Dutt KD The Devil Unknown Facts: Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt has currently emerged as the favorite actor of South films. Not only is he getting good roles in Bollywood, he is also getting many roles in South films and he seems to be living up to the expectations of the fans through those roles. The character of Chaudhary Aslam played by him in the Dhurandhar film series was appreciated all over the world. During this time, he appeared in the role of lead villain in the Kannada film KD The Devil and became famous. Even though the film did not earn very well, yet the film has definitely made a record in its name. It remains the highest grossing film of the year 2026 of Kannada film industry with a collection of Rs 19.41 crore.
The performance of this film has been very poor compared to the budget. If reports are to be believed, the film was made with a budget of Rs 100 crore. kd the devil It has not been able to earn even Rs 20 crore in its theatrical run and is now ready to knock on OTT platforms. Fans had high expectations from the film but the film did not perform as per expectations. This film was already in controversies because of one of its songs. After this, when it was released, it did not get the same audience as expected from the beginning.
This is the reason why this film could not earn even half of its budget and proved to be a flop at the box office. But even after its flop, Sanjay Dutt made a record in his name through this film which no film has been able to do till now in 2026. Despite being a flop, this film remains on the top in the list of highest grossing Kannada films of 2026. Let us know which are the top 10 highest grossing films of Kannada cinema in the year 2026.
Top 10 Kannada Movies of 2026
Talking about Kannada cinema, the highest grossing film of this industry has been KD The Devil which has collected Rs 19.41 crore. At the second place is the film Love Mocktail 3 whose collection has been Rs 14.6 crore. The film Landlord is at third place with a collection of Rs 13.39 crore. The fourth position was of the film Second Case Sitaram, whose earning was Rs 10.45 crore. At number five is the film Rakta Kashmira with a collection of Rs 8.35 crore. But the surprising thing is that out of the top 5 Malayalam films, only Love Mocktail 3 has been a hit.
In terms of earnings, the sixth film of Malayalam cinema is Hayagriva whose collection was Rs 7.22 crore. Theertharup Thandiyavarige film has been at number 7 with a collection of Rs 5.32 crore. The cult film was at number 8 with a collection of Rs 4.3 crore and Amritanjay film was at number 9 with a collection of Rs 2.48 crore. Talking about the 10th number film, the name of Rakkaspuradhol is included whose collection was Rs 2.24 crore.
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2025 was a boon for Kannada cinema
Although till now in the year 2026, Kannada cinema films have not been able to do anything special, on the other hand, in 2025, the situation was completely opposite. This year his film Kantara Chapter 1 was released in theatres. This film had collected more than Rs 800 crore and had a great time in theatres. But the year 2026 is not going to hold anything special for Kannada cinema. So far this year, 10 big films have been released in theaters but only 2 of them have been hits. At present only half the year has passed. It remains to be seen what wonders of Kannada film industry will be seen in theaters in the future.
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