All-Time Malayalam Blockbuster '2018' Hits A Rare Box Office Milestone

Kochi, May 27 - It has been three weeks since the Malayalam movie 2018 was released in theaters, and as things stand today, it is the all-time highest-grossing Malayalam movie at the worldwide box office.

The Jude Anthany Joseph's directorial film, based on the true events of the Kerala floods in 2018, was released at a time when the Mollywood industry wasn't having a great time at the box office with back-to-back failures this year.



The makers hardly had any idea about the film's box office potential, but now, the results are there for everyone to see. Being a small film industry with not much market outside Kerala, the Malayalam industry hasn't delivered many huge box office blockbusters, hence the success of "2018" becomes even more special.

It is only the 3rd Malayalam title of all time to cross the 100 crores mark at the worldwide box office and even went on to top Mohanlal's "Pulimurugan" to become the Malayalam industry hit. While the job is already done, the movie is in no mood to slow down and now has breached the untouchable mark for a Malayalam movie.

On the film's 22nd day, "2018" crossed the rare milestone of 150 crores at the worldwide box office and becomes the only Malayalam movie so far to do so. The previous highest-grossing film "Pulimurugan" finished its run at around 138 crores, but "2018" went one step ahead to open a new box office territory for Malayalam cinema.

Meanwhile, "2018" is still performing very well and is on the verge of creating another history, this time at the Kerala box office. In 22 days, it has grossed approx. 75.10 crores in Kerala and will soon cross "Pulimurugan" (78 crores) to become the all-time highest-grossing film in the state for any language.

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