List of highest-grossing Malayalam films

Malayalam cinema is a part of Indian cinema, based in Kerala and dedicated to the production of films in the Malayalam-language. This ranking lists the highest-grossing Malayalam films based on conservative global box office estimates as reported by various sources.^[a] The figures are not adjusted for inflation.

Highest-grossing films worldwide

The top 25 highest-grossing Malayalam films worldwide are listed here

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Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref.
1	L2: Empuraan	₹268.05 crore	2025	[b]
2	Manjummel Boys	₹242.25 crore	2024	[3]
3	Thudarum *	₹200 crore	2025	[4]
4	2018	₹177 crore	2023	[c]
5	The Goat Life	₹158.50 crore	2024	[7]
6	Aavesham	₹156 crore	2024	[d]
7	Pulimurugan	₹137.50−152 crore	2016	[e]
8	Premalu	₹136.25 crore	2024	[11]
9	Lucifer	₹129 crore	2019	[11]
10	Marco	₹110 crore	2024	[12]
11	ARM	₹106.75 crore	2024	[7]
12	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	₹90.25 crore	2024	[7]
13	Bheeshma Parvam	₹87.69 crore	2022	[13]
14	Neru	₹86 crore	2023	[f]
15	RDX: Robert Dony Xavier	₹84.55 crore	2023	[g]
16	Varshangalkku Shesham	₹82.75 crore	2024	[19]
17	Kannur Squad	₹82 crore	2023	[6]
18	Kurup	₹81.24 crore	2021	[20]
19	Kishkindha Kaandam	₹77 crore	2024	[7]
20	Premam	₹73 crore	2015	[21]
21	Turbo	₹72.50 crore	2024	[7]
22	Romancham	₹69.76 crore	2023	[22]
23	Kayamkulam Kochunni	₹68.35 crore	2018
24	Alappuzha Gymkhana	₹68 crore	2025	[23]
25	Drishyam	₹62 crore	2013	[24]

Highest-grossing films by market

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India

Rank	Title	Domestic gross	Year	Ref.
1	Manjummel Boys	₹167.65 crore	2024	[25]
2	L2: Empuraan	₹120.50 crore	2025	[25]
3	2018	₹107.05 crore	2023	[25]
4	Thudarum *	₹101.20 crore	2025	[25]
5	Aavesham	₹101.15 crore	2024	[25]
6	Aadujeevitham	₹99 crore	2024	[26]
7	Pulimurugan	₹105.90 crore	2016	[25]
8	Premalu	₹94.50 crore	2024	[27]
9	Lucifer	₹75 crore	2019	[27]
10	ARM	₹74.25 crore	2024	[26]

Kerala

Rank	Title	Kerala gross	Year	Ref.
1	Thudarum *	₹100 crore	2025	[28]
2	2018	₹89.50 crore	2023	[29]
3	L2: Empuraan	₹86.3 crore	2025	[30]
4	Pulimurugan	₹85.10 crore	2016	[h]
5	Aadujeevitham	₹79.30 crore	2024	[34]
6	Aavesham	₹76.15 crore	2024	[34]
7	Manjummel Boys	₹72.10 crore	2024	[34]
8	ARM	₹68.75 crore	2024	[35]
9	Lucifer	₹63 crore	2019	[29]
10	Premalu	₹62.75 crore	2024	[35]

Highest-grossing films by opening day

Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref.
1	L2: Empuraan	₹66.5 crore	2025	[36]
2	Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea	₹19.92 crore	2021	[37]
3	Kurup	₹19 crore	2021	[37]
4	Odiyan	₹17.5 crore	2018	[37]
5	Turbo	₹17.3 crore	2024	[38]
6	The Goat Life	₹16.7 crore	2024	[37]
7	Thudarum	₹16.65 crore	2025	[39]
8	Lucifer	₹15.5 crore	2019	[40]
9	King of Kotha	₹15.5 crore	2023	[41]
10	Bheeshma Parvam	₹14 crore	2022

Highest-grossing films by opening weekend

The first four (weekend) days are counted from either Thursday to Sunday or Friday to Monday.

Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref.
1	L2: Empuraan	₹174 crore	2025	[42]
2	Thudarum	₹70 crore	2025	[43]
3	The Goat Life	₹65 crore	2024	[44]
4	Lucifer	₹52.3 crore	2019	[45]
5	Turbo	₹50 crore	2024	[46]
6	Bheeshma Parvam	₹46 crore	2022	[45]
7	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	₹42 crore	2024	[47]
8	Aavesham	₹42 crore	2024	[48]
9	Kurup	₹41 crore	2021	[45]
10	Marco	₹40 crore	2024	[49]

Highest-grossing films by year

Year	Title	Worldwide gross	Ref.
2000	Narasimham	₹22 crore	[50]
2001	Raavanaprabhu	₹17 crore	[i]
2002	Meesa Madhavan	₹15 crore	[50]
2003	Balettan	₹14 crore	[j]
2004	Sethurama Iyer CBI	₹16 crore	[53]
2005	Rajamanikyam	₹25 crore	[54]
2006	Classmates	₹24 crore	[k]
2007	Mayavi	₹15 crore	[57]
2008	Twenty:20	₹32 crore
2009	Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja	₹21 crore	[58]
2010	Pokkiri Raja	₹16.5 crore	[l]
2011	Christian Brothers	₹28 crore
2012	Mayamohini	₹22 crore
2013	Drishyam	₹75 crore	[61]
2014	Bangalore Days	₹45 crore
2015	Premam	₹73 crore	[61]
2016	Pulimurugan	₹152 crore	[62]
2017	Ramaleela	₹55 crore	[63]
2018	Kayamkulam Kochunni	₹70 crore	[64]
2019	Lucifer	₹125.50–127 crore	[m]
2020	Anjaam Pathiraa	₹47.65 crore	[65]
2021	Kurup	₹81 crore	[66]
2022	Bheeshma Parvam	₹85 crore	[66]
2023	2018	₹176 crore	[67]
2024	Manjummel Boys	₹242.3 crore	[8]
2025	L2: Empuraan	₹265 crore	[1]

Highest-grossing franchises

Highest-grossing franchises

Rank Franchise Worldwide gross (crore)[n] No. of films Average gross (crore) Highest grosser

1 Lucifer ₹397.75 2 ₹199 L2: Empuraan (₹268.75 crore) 1 Lucifer (2019) ₹129 2 L2: Empuraan (2025) ₹268.75

2 Mikhael Extended Universe ₹124.48 2 ₹62 Marco (₹115 crore) 1 Mikhael (2019) ₹9.48 2 Marco (2024) ₹115

3 CBI ₹66.4 5 ₹13 CBI 5: The Brain (₹37 crore) 1 Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988) ₹2 2 Jagratha (1989) ₹3.4 3 Sethurama Iyer CBI (2004) ₹16 4 Nerariyan CBI (2005) ₹8 5 CBI 5: The Brain (2022) ₹37

4 Drishyam ₹64 2 ₹32 Drishyam (₹64 crore) 1 Drishyam (2013) ₹64 2 Drishyam 2 (2021) [o]

5 Raja ₹62.89 2 ₹31 Madhura Raja (₹46.64 crore) 1 Pokkiri Raja (2009) ₹16.25 2 Madhura Raja (2019) ₹46.64

6 Aadu ₹42.15 2 ₹21 Aadu 2 (₹35.65 crore) 1 Aadu (2015) ₹6.50 2 Aadu 2 (2017) ₹35.65

7 Major Mahadevan ₹41.21 4 ₹10 Keerthi Chakra (₹17.27 crore) 1 Keerthi Chakra (2006) ₹17.27 2 Kurukshetra (2008) ₹8.27 3 Kandahar (2010) ₹5.50 4 1971: Beyond Borders (2017) ₹10.17

8 The King & The Commissioner ₹35.2 4 ₹9 The King (₹12.15 crore) 1 Commissioner (1994) ₹7.5 2 The King (1995) ₹12.15 3 Bharathchandran IPS (2005) ₹8.05 4 The King & The Commissioner (2012) ₹7.5

9 Nna Thaan Case kodu ₹35.25 2 ₹18 Nna Thaan Case kodu (₹34.15 crore) 1 Nna Thaan Case Kodu (2022) ₹34.15 2 Sureshanteyum Sumalathayudeyum Hridayahariyaya Pranayakatha (2024) ₹1.10

10 Pretham ₹24.45 2 ₹12 Pretham (₹12.45 crore) 1 Pretham (2016) ₹12.45 2 Pretham 2 (2018) ₹12

See also

• List of highest-grossing Indian films
  • List of highest-grossing Kannada films
  • List of highest-grossing Tamil films
  • List of highest-grossing Telugu films
  • List of highest-grossing Hindi films
• List of highest-grossing films in India
• 100 Crore Club
• 1000 Crore Club

Notes

1. See WP:RSP, WP:ICTFSOURCES
2. The figure published by the makers of the film (325 crores) is the total business done by the film, and not the total box office collection. The total box office collection is 268.05 crores^[1][2] as per reliable sources listed at WP:ICTFSOURCES.
3. ^[5][6]
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5. Pulimurugan's reported worldwide gross vary between ₹137.50 crore (Pinkvilla^[9]) – ₹152 crore (The New Indian Express^[10])
6. ^[14][15]
7. ^[16][17][18]
8. ^[31][32][33]
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13. Lucifer's reported worldwide gross vary between ₹125.50 crore (Pinkvilla^[9]) – ₹127 crore (The New Indian Express^[10])
14. The franchise gross is calculated using the lowest reported gross for each film in the franchise.
15. OTT Release