After a promising opening, the Mohanlal-starrer L2: Empuraan landed in scorching water resulting from perceived controversial scenes. Regardless of the uproar, the movie managed to keep up a gentle tempo on the field workplace and went on to change into the highest-grossing Malayalam movie of all time. On the thirteenth day of its launch, Empuraan set one other document because it crossed the Rs 100 crore mark in India.
Based on business tracker Sacnilk, the movie raked in Rs 1.25 crore on Tuesday. The home assortment of the movie has reached Rs 101.15 crore, whereas the movie’s worldwide assortment has crossed the Rs 260 crore mark. Empuraan had an general 15.32 p.c Malayalam occupancy and 12.15 p.c Tamil occupancy on Tuesday.
The movie’s most assortment has come from the Malayalam viewers. It has grossed over Rs 80 crore in Kerala alone. “One of many elite few to cross 80 Cr+ in Kerala. Historical past has a brand new chapter,” wrote the movie’s producers concerning the milestone.
The movie collected Rs 88.25 crore throughout its first week. It noticed a 15 p.c improve in assortment over the weekend, minting Rs 3.35 crore and Rs 3.85 crore on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The movie witnessed the same old weekday drop in collections on Monday, falling by 59 p.c to Rs 1.55 crore, adopted by an extra decline on Tuesday. It’s anticipated to see an extra drop in coming days.
Following the controversies surrounding its scenes on the Gujarat riots – which led to the makers implementing cuts within the movie -Empuraan has now landed in contemporary bother. The movie’s group confronted Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids in several circumstances. The IT Division issued a discover to Empuraan producer Antony Perumbavoor, in search of clarification on alleged monetary transactions associated to his beforehand bankrolled movies Lucifer and Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea. Empuraan’s different producer, Gokulam Gopalan, was additionally summoned by the Enforcement Directorate after Rs 1.5 crore money was recovered from his home.
