The Malayalam movie business began off nicely this yr with some notable hits. There have been releases each week from January, which made it troublesome for all to allot screens. There was no correct planning from the makers in choosing the slots. So let’s bounce into the Mollywood business for now.
First hit of the yr
There have been many releases in January: the primary week there was Tovino Thomas’s starrer Id, the subsequent week Rekha Chithram, then Mammootty’s Dominic, and the Girls purse, and so forth. Asid Ali’s Rekhachithram was the primary hit of 2025. Directed by Jofin. T. Chacko, it was an enormous success to start out with. The movie began off nicely with 1.92 crore gross on Day 1 from the Kerala field workplace. The development was very constructive for the movie, and it collected about 16 crore from the primary week. Even with new releases every week, the movie did nicely to maintain its maintain on the field workplace and earned above 26 crore from KBO.
Within the abroad market, the Center East was the best-performing space for the movie, amassing $2.04 million, adopted by the UK-Eire with $326K and North America with $320K.
Rekhachithram International Remaining Assortment Replace,
| Territory | Assortment |
| Kerala | 26.85 Cr |
| Karnataka | ₹2.7 Cr |
| Tamil Nadu | ₹1.1 Cr |
| Remainder of India | ₹1.2 Cr |
| Abroad | ₹25.45 Cr ($2.96M) |
| Whole | ₹57.30 Cr |
Subsequent hit in February
The subsequent hit movie from Mollywood was Officer On Obligation starring Kunchacko Boban. One other intense thriller from the Malayalam movie business that struck a chord amongst all sections of the viewers. The movie began off in Kerala by grossing above 1.36 crore and went on to gather greater than 22 crore in 13 days. The movie is tremendous robust within the abroad market too, amassing a $2 million benchmark from there. In 13 days, the worldwide cume is round 43 crore, and the movie is on track to breach the 50 crore mark in a number of days. There is no such thing as a main competitors for the movie for 2-3 weeks until the discharge of the mega biggie Empuraan starring Mohanlal.
Officer On Obligation 13 days field workplace estimates,
- Kerala ~ 23 Cr
- Worldwide ~ 43 Cr
An attention-grabbing factor would be the Officer On Obligation’s field workplace run to any extent further. Will it have the ability to meet up with Rekhachithram’s remaining gross? Let’s wait and watch.