Highest grossing malayalam movies of all time

Every film industry is growing day by day and the cost of production increased. Only few films get good responses from Box office nowadays. Here, topmovierankings.com lists top 10 highest grossing Malayalam films of all-time based on the Box office collections (world wide).

1. Pulimurugan (2016)

Vysakh's big budget movie Pulimurugan has broken almost all the records of Kerala box office. Before the overseas release the movie has grossed 50 crores in just 14 days from India alone. The movie has created history by breaking the prestigious 100 Crore mark at the box office.

Budget : 25.00 Crores

Box Office: 135+ Crores

2. Lucifer (2019)

Mohanlal starrer Lucifer, which also marked the directorial debut of Prithviraj Sukumaran, has got a thunderstorm opening at the box office worldwide and collected more than 100 Crores within 8 days of theatrical run. Hope the movie will break all the records created by Pulimurugan.

Budget: 50 Crore estd

Box Office: 110+ Crore*

3. Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018)

Nivin Pauly – Rosshan Andrrews team’s historical drama Kayamkulam Kochunni got a grand reception at the box office. The presence of Mohanlal in it, obviously, boosted the box office performance of the movie. The movie has crossed gross collection of Drishyam and became the third highest grosser.

Budget: 45 Crores

Box Office: 67.56 Crores

4. Drishyam (2013)

Mohanlal starred Drishyam had broken all Malayalam box office records by collecting a staggering 60 crores from theaters and satellite rights. It was produced with a low cost of 4 crores and successfully completed over 20,000 shows only in kerala. The film went on to run over 100 days in many theaters and earned highest profit margin among all Malayalam films ever produced.

Budget: 4.50 Crores

Box Office: 66.25 Crores

5. Oppam (2016)

Mohanlal - Priyadarshan movie Oppam has crossed 50 crores mark world wide before 40 days of it initial release. It became the fastest to do so by Oct 15, 2016. From the middle east itself the movie has collected 8.13 crores in 10 days. At Kerala BO, the movie crossed  40 crores in 50 days.

Budget : 6.8 Crores

Box Office: 61 Crores

6. Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015)

2015 has been a good year for Malayalam Cinema as the quality of films and number of hits increased. The eternal love story of Kanchanamala and Moideen (Prithviraj) was well recieved by audience and it collected over 35 Crore till now. Film has a budget of 13 Crore and the shooting was continued for 112 days. After 73 days of running it collected over 55 Crores world wide.

Budget : 13.00 Crores

Box Office: 60+ Crores

7. Premam (2015)

Alphonse Puthren directed Premam has taken the Kerala boxoffice by storm. Shows in many centers has been increased due to audience demands. It has broken first week boxoffice collection records of Banglore days by a huge margin.Premam crossed 20 Crore mark in its 14th day. It became the fastest Malayalam film to cross 20 crore mark in fewer days. It is now became the highest grossing ($178K USD) malayalam film in USA by beating Drishyam's Record.

Budget: 4.0 Crores

Box Office: Est around 60 Crores

8. Two Countries (2015)

Another film from 2015 has made into top list of highest grossing Malayalam movie of all time, Two countries. It was directed by Shafi and produced by M Renjith. Though it was released along with Dulquer Salman movie Charlie, the film got huge family audience from first day itself. It collected 10 Crores in the second week itself.  After its final run the film collected over 55 Crores from the Boxoffice.

Budget: Not known

Box Office: 55+ Crores

9. Odiyan (2018)

Odiyan stills holds the record for the highest opening day gross collections, thanks to the enormous pre-release hype. But, it couldn’t hold the grip at the box office for a long time as the movie couldn’t live up to the expectations. Still the movie managed to collect more than 50 Crores from the box office.

Budget : 50 Crores

Box Office: 54.51 Crores

10. Njan Prakashan (2018)

Sathyan Anthikad’s Fahadh Faasil starrer Njan Prakashan is one of the few family dramas that crossed the 50 Crore mark at the box office. The producer earned a very good revenue since the movie was a low-budget one.

Budget : Not Known

Box Office: 51.81 Crore

11. Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol (2017)

Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol is one another Mohanlal starrer that entered the prestigious 50 Crore club. The movie had the largest distribution for a Malayalam film in the country of that time with 337 screens across the country.

Budget : 8 Crores

Box Office: 50 Crores

11. Ramaleela

Dileep starrer Ramaleela, directed by debutant Arun Gopy, too has entered the 50 Crore club. Strong story line and the effective marketing by Mulakuppadam Films are the factors that helped the movie to achieve a fantabulous run at the box office.

Budget : 14 Crores

Box Office: 50 Crores

12. Ezra

Ezra, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead role, is the only horror movie that could enter the 50 Crore club. It was one of the highest grosser of 2017. It grossed ₹15.02 crore in its first week from Kerala and became second highest of that time.

Budget : Not Known

Box Office: 50 Crores

13. The Great Father (2017)

Megastar Mammootty’s stylish thriller directed by debutant Haneef Adeni has created good hype around film buffs and amassed a good amount from theatres worldwide. The movie became one of the biggest blockbusters in megastar Mammootty’s career.

Budget : 6 Crores

Box Office: 46.69 Crores

14. Amar Akbar Anthony (2015)

Amar Akbar Anthony is one of the blockbusters of 2015. This comedy flick was directed by Nadirsha and attracted all kinds of audiences. Budget of the film was 6.70 Crore and was hugely successful even when Ennu Ninte Moideen was running successfully in the box office

Budget : 6.70 Crores

Box Office: 45+ Crores

15. Banglore Days (2014)

Bangalore days was the highest grossing film in 2014 by collecting 50 crores from theaters and other revenue sources. Budget of the film was 9 crores and in the first week itself it collected 8.5 crores.

Budget : 9.00 Crores

Box Office: 45 Crores

16. Charlie (2015)

Martin Prakatt directed 2015 movie Charlie created hype well before its release. It was obvious that the film would reap high rewards for it from the boxoffice. It collected 2.06 crores from its first day. In the second week it crossed the 10 crore mark. After its final run, it collected just over 40 Crores from the boxoffice. The collection dipped low after two weeks because of the comedy filled Dileep's comedy flick Two countires.

Budget : Not known

Box Office: 40+ Crores

 

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