Manjummel Boys inches closer to Rs 200 cr mark globally, becomes first top non-Tamil movie, without dubbed version, to gross Rs 50 cr in Tamil Nadu
As the film crossed 2018's record in just 21 days, expectations are high that Manjummel Boys will become the first-ever Malayalam film to gross Rs 200 crore globally.
As the film crossed 2018's record in just 21 days, expectations are high that Manjummel Boys will become the first-ever Malayalam film to gross Rs 200 crore globally.
When Jude Anthany Joseph’s 2018 – Everyone is a Hero emerged as the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time, earning Rs 175 crore globally, it ended a seven-year reign held by director Vysakh’s Mohanlal-starrer Pulimurugan, which had earned over Rs 139 crore in 2016. However, 2018’s record was short-lived, as another survival genre film, director Chidambaram’s Manjummel Boys, surpassed it recently to claim the top spot.
As the film zoomed past the Rs 176 crore mark worldwide in just 21 days, expectations are high that Manjummel Boys will become the first-ever Malayalam film to gross Rs 200 crore globally, setting another milestone. According to Cue Studio, Manjummel Boys overtook Pulimurugan’s collection of Rs 139.5 crore in just 17 days and surpassed 2018’s total gross of Rs 175.6 crore on Friday.
Now, reports have emerged that Manjummel Boys’ collection, as of Sunday noon, has touched Rs 180 crore. Industry tracker AB George wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “Manjummel Boys Worldwide Gross Collection till now — 180 Crore+ 🔥🔥🔥 All-time blockbuster 🔥🔥🔥” On the other hand, entertainment industry expert Ramesh Bala recently announced that Manjummel Boys has scripted history by becoming the first non-Tamil Indian movie, without a Tamil dubbed version, to breach the Rs 50 crore gross mark in Tamil Nadu.
According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the film, released on February 22, achieved an India nett collection of Rs 3.85 crore on its 24th day in theatres on Saturday. Despite being three weeks into its run, the film continues to see strong weekend box office performances.
On Saturday, the film saw an overall occupancy of 38.57 per cent in the Malayalam market. While the morning shows had 25.38 per cent occupancy, the figure witnessed an upward trend throughout the day, rising to 34.56 per cent in the afternoon, 44.30 per cent during the evening shows, and peaking at 50.02 per cent during the night shows.
In Kerala, Manjummel Boys earned Rs 1.10 crore on Saturday, as reported by the local industry tracker What The Fuss, with 70,190 admissions across 807 shows, achieving an occupancy rate of 30.16 per cent collectively.
Starring Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, Balu Varghese, Ganapathy and Jean Paul Lal in key roles, Manjummel Boys received overwhelming responses upon release. In its review of the movie and noted, “Chidambaram’s survival thriller is about hope, resilience and perseverance, and the fact that it is based on a true story makes it even more impactful.”
Expectations are high that Manjummel Boys would become the first Malayalam film to ever gross Rs 200 crore worldwide, since the movie broke 2018's record in just 21 days.
After bringing in over Rs 139 crore in 2016, the Mohanlal-starring film Pulimurugan, directed by Vysakh, held the record for seven years. However, Jude Anthany Joseph's 2018 film Everyone is a Hero broke that record by earning Rs 175 crore worldwide.But the record for 2018 was short-lived, as Manjummel Boys, a survival genre movie directed by Chidambaram, just overtook it to take the top spot. Manjummel Boys is expected to become the first Malayalam film to gross Rs 200 crore globally, marking another milestone, after zooming past the Rs 176 crore barrier in just 21 days.
Manjummel Boys reportedly topped 2018's total revenue of Rs 175.6 crore on Friday, surpassing Pulimurugan's collection of Rs 139.5 crore in just 17 days, according to Cue Studio. According to sources, Manjummel Boys' earnings as of Sunday midday had reportedly surpassed Rs 180 crore. "Manjummel Boys Worldwide Gross Collection till now — 180 Crore+ 🔥🎥🔥 All-time blockbuster 🔥🎥🔥," industry tracker AB George posted on X (previously Twitter). However, industry insider Ramesh Bala recently declared that Manjummel Boys had made history as the first non-Tamil Indian film to break the Rs 50 crore gross mark in Tamil Nadu without having a Tamil dubbed version.
About the Creator
OfficialNews
Always New
Keep reading
More stories from OfficialNews and writers in Writers and other communities.
'The Family Man' Season 3 Release Date & Latest Updates
Remember Srikant Tiwari? The undercover agent who took the internet by storm in The Family Man, in the Amazon Prime Video series? This Indian spy thriller, created by the awesome duo Krishna D.K. and Raj Nidimoru, had everyone glued to their screens.
By OfficialNews2 months ago in Writers
3 Mistakes You Are Making In Your Novel That Are Boring Your Reader
The last thing you want a reader to be when experiencing the world of your novel is to be bored to tears. This leads to them either returning your book for their money back, placing it on the shelf never being touched again, or it being donated so that maybe someone else will find enjoyment in it.
By Elise L. Blake5 days ago in Writers
After two years of war, how much fire power has Russia left?
It's been two years since the conflict in Ukraine erupted, transforming once-thriving landscapes into battlegrounds, and reshaping the geopolitical landscape of Eastern Europe. What initially seemed like a swift, overpowering advance by Russian forces has since evolved into a protracted, grueling struggle, particularly in the eastern region of Donbas.
By Bush house comedy3 days ago in Writers
Six Feet Under
Buried alive. What a horrible way to go. Yazz lay there, in her own thoughts. What else could she do? She was hungry, thirsty, tired, mentally, and physically exhausted, and more than anything, she was bored. She hoped she would die of boredom before anything else, anything else would've been more painful. Like many people had, she and her friends had talked about what they reckon the worst ways to die were, it was a morbid subject, but it came up every now and again. Yazz had always been one to argue her point on drowning, others had mentioned burning alive, slowly and painfully bleeding to death, hung drawn and quartered, and being starved to death. It was strange that none of them had considered being buried alive, it had never come up. But now, she was thinking back to those conversations her and her friends had had, how could they have not thought about it? It took a lot longer than the others, you were completely confined, you couldn't move or do anything, you just had to wait, until your body was physically unable to support a life system anymore, which could take up to four days. Four! By far the longest out of all of them. She recounted some of these conversations just to try and pass the time, anything to pass the time. It was difficult to know how much time had passed since she had been underground, it was difficult to know anything. There were many things that Yazz didn't know, she didn't know where she was, she didn't know how she'd got into the coffin, she'd just woken up there. Yazz also didn't know what time it was, or even what day it was, she guessed at Tuesday, it was Sunday evening when she'd been buried alive, intentionally, and although it had felt like weeks had passed, she was still alive, which means she hadn't died from dehydration, and therefore it couldn't have been more than four days.
By Liam Storm3 days ago in Fiction
Comments
There are no comments for this story
Be the first to respond and start the conversation.