L2 Empuraan box office collection day 1: Mohanlal, Prithviraj film shatters Malayalam opening records, mints ₹21 crore

L2 Empuraan box office collection day 1: Mohanlal has shattered every conceivable record in Malayalam cinema with the box office collection of his new film, L2: Empuraan, on day 1 itself. The Prithviraj Sukumaran film has taken the strongest possible start, minting a record ₹21 crore on day 1 in India itself. This is over twice the previous record for any Malayalam film. (Also read: L2 Empuraan review: Mohanlal channels Rajinikanth, Prithviraj goes mass; Kollywood loses its identity in a garbled mess)

L2 Empuraan box office collection day 1

Trade tracker Sacnilk reported that L2: Empuraan collected ₹21 crore net in India on day 1, obliterating the previous records. It was a Prithviraj film that had held the record before this. His 2024 release, The Goat Life, had opened to ₹8.95 crore net in India. Prior to that, it was Lucifer with a ₹6.10 crore opening in 2019. Sacnilk reported that Empuraan registered a rather strong 60% occupancy in all Malayalam shows, with regions like Kochi and Kozhikode – Mohanlal strongholds – going past 90% with almost all shows sold out.

L2: Empuraan will surely set new benchmarks in box office collections for Malayalam cinema, a film industry that has been known for its content but not as much for its box office collections. Up till 2019, no Malayalam film had even grossed ₹100 crore worldwide. Lucifer changed that. As of today, only one film – Manjummel Boys – has crossed ₹200 crore. Empuraan looks all set to change that. The extended weekend will give it the best shot at doing that.

Given that it is a mass actioner, the day 2 collections can see a dramatic fall in earnings, but if the word of mouth sustains, the Mohanlal-starrer is set to break records in the days and weeks to come.

All about L2: Empuraan

L2: Empuraan is the second instalment in a planned trilogy and follows the success of Lucifer (2019). The second part of the film delves into a socio-political drama, with Mohanlal’s character at the centre. Apart from Mohanlal, the film also stars Prithviraj, Tovino Thomas, Abhimanyu Singh, Indrajith Sukumaran, and Manju Warrier, among others. Apart from Malayalam, the film has also been released in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu.