Mohanlal, Prithviraj Sukumaran films remained stable amid strong political opposition, earning RS…
Empuraan: Lucifer 2 collects Rs 20 billion worldwide and will soon surpass the 2024 survival thriller Manjummel Boys to become the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time.
L2 Empuraan Box Office Collection Day 6
The Mohanlal-starrer and Prithviraj Sukumaran-directed Malayalam movie L2: Empuraan or Empuraan – Lucifer 2 has set the box office on fire since its release on March 27. It is only the second Malayalam film to collect Rs 200 crore gross worldwide and will soon surpass the 2024 survive thriller Manjummel Boys to become the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever.
Five days before the release, L2:Empuraan received Rs 701.5 crore in the network in India. According to early estimates from entertainment tracking Portal Sacnilk, the political action thriller earned a network of Rs 9 crore in India on Tuesday, April 1. Despite the huge political opposition from Hindu organizations, the film remains stable at the box office.
Empuraan made a subtle reference to the 2002 Gujarat riots and how the central government used the National Bureau of Investigation (NIA) to silence critics. However, after a massive outrage, the manufacturer voluntarily made 24 cuts, including removing all these references, removing the visual effects of violence against women, and changing the villain’s name from Bajrangi to Baldev. Starting Wednesday, April 2, a re-edited version of the film will be shown in all theaters.
Prithviraj Sukumaran, director of director Prithviraj Sukumaran, had already broken more box office records in the first week, becoming the fastest Malayalam film in two days and becoming the first Malayalam film to earn Rs 100 million in two days and becoming the first Malayalam film to earn Rs 100 million at the Abasteas box office.
Apart from Mohanlal and Prithviraj Sukumaran, L2: Empuraan features a solid ensemble cast comprising of Manju Warrier, Abhimanyu Singh, Tovino Thomas, Indrajith Sukumaran, Andrea Tivadar, Jerome Flynn, Eriq Ebouaney, Sukant Goel, Nikhat Khan, Karthikeya Dev, Fazil, and Suraj Venjaramoodu, etc.
Empuraan is the second part of the planned Lucifer trilogy and a sequel to the 2019 release of Lucifer, who made Rs 12.5 crore worldwide six years ago. At the end of the sequel, the title of the third film in the series – L3: The beginning, which explores how Mohanlal’s mysterious character Stephen Nedump became Khureshi Ab’raam.
