Movie with only Rs 22,000 theatre revenue; Malayalam film industry loses Rs 168.53 crore in March; collection records out

Malayalam cinema lost Rs 168.53 crore in March. Empuraan is leading in terms of theatre revenue. The Mohanlal starrer earned Rs 24.65 crore in the first five days. Even after Empuraan's OTT release last week, it is still being screened in some theatres. The film Abhilasham, which was released alongside Empuran, earned just Rs. 15 lakh.

15 films were released. Rs 194,42,06,985 was spent on 13 films and Rs 25,88,31,000 was earned back. This is a figure prepared by the Kerala Film Producers Association based on theatre revenue only. The films released in March are still continuing to be screened. There is also a film that received only Rs 22,000 as theatre revenue.

Movie - Expenditure - Income

Maruvasham............................................ 78,00,000............. 60,000
Ouseppinte Osiyathu ........................... 4,04,46,985 ...... 45,00,000
Pariwar.................................................. 2,60,00,000 ...... 26,00,000
Pralayashesham Oru Jalakanyaka ......... 15,00,000 ...... 64,000
Vadakkan ............................................. 3,65,60,000 ...... 20,00,000
Aranyam .................................................. 85,00,000 ...... 22,000
Dasettante Cycle ..................................... 70,00,000 ...... 8,00,000
Kaadakam................................................ 30,00,000 ...... 80,000
Leech ................................................... 1,00,00,000 ...... 45,000
Rakshasi: Lady Killer .............................. 60,00,000 ...... 4,00,000
Uttavar .............................................. Not calculated ...... 1,00,000
Waiting list ......................................... Not calculated ...... 35,000
Thiruth ...................................................... 8,00,000 ...... 1,25,000
Empuran .......................................... 175,66,00,000 ...... 24,65,00,000 (5 days)
Abhilasham .......................................... 4,00,00,000 ...... 15,00,000 (3 days)