Manjummel Boys Becomes 1st Malayalam Film To Cross Rs 200 Crore

Manjummel Boys, the survival thriller based on a real-life story, continues to garner rave reviews and monstrous responses from the audience. It is evident from the film’s collection within weeks of its release. According to the Film Exhibitors’ United Organisation of Kerala (FEUOK), Manjummel Boys has now added another feather to its cap. It has become the first Malayalam film to collect Rs 200 crore at the box office across the world. With this achievement, the Chidambaram-directorial broke the record of the highest-grossing film in Malayalam cinema, held by Jude Anthany Joseph’s film, 2018.

On Tuesday, Chidambaram confirmed the news that Manjummel Boys had entered the Rs 200 crore club within 26 days of its release. He dropped a post on his Instagram handle, featuring a poster of the film with a caption that read, “Highest worldwide grosser. Thank you all.”

Released on February 22, Manjummel Boys stars Soubin Shahir, Lal Jr, Sreenath Bhasi, Balu Varghese, and Ganapathy in pivotal roles. It was welcomed with packed cinema halls and soaring ticket sales. With its momentum showing no signs of slowing down, the film was anticipated to achieve new milestones for the Malayalam film industry. As per the report published in Cue Studio, Manjummel Boys surpassed the film Pulimurugan’s collection of Rs 139.5 crore within 17 days. If this was not enough, the film also left behind 2018’s total gross of Rs 175.6 crore on March 15.

A significant part of the film’s overall collection can be attributed to its unprecedented run in Tamil Nadu, where the film has performed extremely well and earned a total of Rs 50 crore. In Kerala, the film managed to gross over Rs 70 crore and shattered many existing collection records with its performance at the box office worldwide.

According to K Vijayakumar, president of FEUOK, “Although films such as Manjummel Boys or Premalu had elements appealing to people from the other States, there is no specific formula for the unprecedented success that these films have had. But, if we can make films with subjects that will strike a chord outside Kerala too, maybe we can create an impact in these markets.”