
Bethlehem Kudumba Unit Overtakes Lokah As Malayalam Cinema's Biggest Grosser
Girish AD's rom-com has crossed the 300-crore mark worldwide on day 24, though Koimoi and DNA differ by nearly 2 crore on the exact tally.
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Opening weekends, footfalls, budget maths and the numbers behind the noise.

Girish AD's rom-com has crossed the 300-crore mark worldwide on day 24, though Koimoi and DNA differ by nearly 2 crore on the exact tally.

Haiwaan, reuniting Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan after Tashan, has closed its opening weekend below Rs 8 crore net in India, with trade trackers reporting slightly different day-wise figures for the Priyadarshan thriller.

Sardar 2 has crawled to a four-day gross of Rs 13 crore, per Pinkvilla's tracking, as Soori-Suhas starrer Mandaadi eats into its footfalls and word of mouth stays lukewarm across states.

Practical Magic 2 debuted at $30 million domestically, short of Warner Bros.' projected range, though it still tripled the 1998 original's opening weekend and topped the North American chart on release.

Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar's Haiwaan collected only ₹1.85 crore net on Day 3, a 26% drop from Day 2, per Sacnilk, as the Oppam remake struggles against its steep budget.

Hanuman Ansh has crossed Rs 200 crore net in India by day 38, powered by a Rs 14.46 crore Sunday jump, months after opening to muted numbers and near-invisible word of mouth.

Four days in, Mandaadi's box office run over Sardar 2 has turned into a rout, with Soori's film pulling in more on a single Saturday than Karthi's sequel has made in its entire run.

Soori and Suhas's Mandaadi has crossed ₹30 crore worldwide in three days, per trade estimates, with Sunday advance sales and rising Telugu screen counts pushing it past Sardar 2 at the box office.

Practical Magic 2 debuted at $30 million domestically, missing Warner Bros.' $40-50 million forecast despite a 92% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, while overseas it added $16 million more.

Priyadarshan's crime thriller Haiwaan, reuniting Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan after Tashan, has slipped further on day two, collecting just Rs 2.5 crore net and landing below the actor's other recent box office disappointments.

Bethlehem Kudumba Unit has crossed 300 crore worldwide in 23 days, becoming only the second Malayalam film to hit the milestone after last year's Lokah - Chapter 1: Chandra.

Avengers: Endgame is coming back to Indian theatres on September 25 with new footage and a Doomsday teaser, and early booking numbers suggest it could become only the second Hollywood film to cross ₹400 crore net in India.

Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson's action comedy Runner opened soft with $2.5 million on Friday, but a strong A- CinemaScore and 70% on Rotten Tomatoes suggest the weekend could climb well past early estimates.

Hanuman Ansh's overseas opening lifted its worldwide total past Dhamaal 4 to 237.43 crore, while Mirzapur The Movie is set to overtake the same film domestically on day 10, per Koimoi's tracking.

Mirzapur The Movie has crossed Rs 171 crore net in India and Rs 246 crore worldwide, overtaking Dhamaal 4's lifetime total to become 2026's fourth highest-grossing Bollywood release.

Girish A.D.'s Bethlehem Kudumba Unit has overtaken Lokah as Malayalam cinema's highest-grossing film, per Track Tollywood, on the back of a 23-day run that started during Onam.

Hanuman Ansh posted ₹19.5 crore on day 37, its second-best single day yet, pushing the mythological drama past Dhamaal 4 into fourth place among 2026's biggest Hindi grossers.

Mirzapur: The Movie posted a 42.1% jump on Day 9, collecting ₹13.50 crore net as second-Saturday crowds turned up. The film's India total now stands at ₹171.45 crore net, with a ₹246.39 crore worldwide gross.

Mirzapur The Movie has grossed over Rs 230 crore worldwide in eight days, pushing past Awarapan 2 to rank fifth among 2026's Bollywood earners, even as Haiwaan eats into its show count.

Haiwaan opened soft on Friday and trade estimates for Saturday point downward, not up. With a reported nine-figure budget and tepid reviews, Priyadarshan's Oppam remake needs a turnaround fast.

Haiwaan, starring Akshay Kumar as a psychopath killer and Saif Ali Khan as a blind man framed for murder, opened on September 11 with a Day 1 gross of Rs 3.6 crore in India, facing stiff competition.

Hanuman Ansh, Vishal Chaturvedi's film on Neem Karoli Baba's life, has crossed Rs 205 crore gross at the domestic box office, per Sacnilk, after a slow August start turned into a word-of-mouth surge.

Bethlehem Kudumba Unit has crossed 130 crore gross in Kerala, dethroning Vaazha 2 to become the highest-grossing Malayalam film in the state's history, with a shot at the worldwide 300 crore club still open.

Sardar 2 has collected around Rs 10.65 crore worldwide in two days against a reported Rs 100-120 crore budget, after a 45.6% single-day drop left the film's recovery math looking grim.

Sardar 2 earned 4.5 crore net on its opening day but crashed to 2.5 crore on day two, a 45% drop that has already pushed the sequel behind the original Sardar's overall total.

Mirzapur The Movie has crossed Rs 159 crore net in India on day nine, overtaking Awarapan 2's lifetime total and pushing its worldwide gross past Rs 225 crore, per trade tracker Sacnilk.

Bethlehem Kudumba Unit has crossed 130 crore gross in Kerala alone, overtaking Vaazha 2 to become the highest-grossing Malayalam film in the state's history, per trade estimates reported by Koimoi.

Soori's boat-race drama Mandaadi posted a strong Friday jump after a solid opening day, with trackers reporting anywhere between ₹11 crore and ₹13 crore over two days across five languages.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has crossed $926 million domestically, over $360 million past its break-even point, even after dropping to third place behind The Odyssey and Hope on its sixth Wednesday.

Advance bookings for Avengers Endgame: Encore are live across India ahead of its September 25 re-release, which adds fresh footage bridging directly into Avengers: Doomsday, arriving in cinemas December 18.