Box Office: Malayalam film industry faces losses worth Rs 52 crores with 17 releases in February

The Malayalam film industry faced a heavy downfall at the box office with Rs 52 crores in losses with 11 disasters.

By Kush Sawlani

Published on Mar 21, 2025 | 05:56 PM IST | 2.1K

Malayalam industry faces a loss of Rs 52 crores in the month of February. (Credit: Martin Prakkat Films)

The Kerala Film Producers’ Association (KFPA) has been on alert for a long time due to the worsening performance of the film industry. This tension arises majorly due to the heavy losses their films have been incurring at the box office for the past few months.

As the most recent evidence to justify this box office stress, the KFPA officially released a list of Malayalam films released in the month of February along with their respective theatrical share. As the list explains, February saw 17 releases at the box office out of which 11 turned out to be huge disasters with just 1 box office hit.

As per the association, this step comes as a factual answer against several claims from filmmakers showing inflated box office figures for films which failed to do well. Additionally, the association plans to release a similar list for every coming month. As per the records, the only hit of February month was Officer On Duty starring Kunchacko Boban, directed by Jithu Ashraf. Besides, David and Bromance have not suffered any loss due to selling OTT and several other rights which can compensate for the gap in their theatrical shares.

The biggest disaster out of the 17 releases is revealed to be Lovedale. The film was made on a budget of Rs 1.60 crore and saw a theatre share of just Rs 10K at the box office. These stats show an unimaginable 99.9% loss for the film. The 17 movies collectively were made with a budget of Rs 75.23 crore and ended up contributing just Rs 23.55 crore as Kerala’s theatre share.

The next big release of the Malayalam film industry comes in the form of L2: Empuraan, the much awaited sequel to the blockbuster Lucifer. The film is directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran and features an ensemble cast of Mohanlal, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Tovino Thomas, Indrajith Sukumaran, Manju Warrier, Abhimanyu Singh and others leading the film.

Trailer of the film was released very recently on 20 March marking the beginning of its full-fledged advance booking. With the film showing blockbuster signs along with a record Mollywood opening day being evident from the film’s pre-sales, this Mohanlal starrer can possibly bring the Malayalam film industry out of this dry phase.

Malayalam movies released in February, their budget and Kerala theatre share

Movie Name	Budget	Producer Share
Izha	Rs 63 Lakh	Rs 45K
Lovedale	Rs 1.60 crore	Rs 10K
Narayaneente Moonnaanmakkal	Rs 5.48 crore	Rs 33 Lakh
Bromance	Rs 8 crore	Rs 4 crore
Daveed	Rs 9 crore	Rs 3.50 crore
Painkili	Rs 5 crore	Rs 2.50 crore
Officer on Duty	Rs 13 crore	Rs 11 crore
Chattuli	Rs 3.40 crore	Rs 32 Lakh
Get Set Baby	Rs 9 crore	Rs 1.40 crore
Thadavu	NA	NA
Urul	Rs 25 Lakh	Rs 1 Lakh
Machante Maalakha	Rs 5.12 crore	Rs 40 Lakh
Athma Saho	Rs 1.50 crore	Rs 30 Lakh
Arike	Rs 1.50 crore	Rs 55K
Idi Mazha Kaattu	Rs 5.74 crore	Rs 2.10 Lakh
Aapp Kaise Ho	Rs 2.50 crore	Rs 5 Lakh
Randaam Yaamam	Rs 2.50 crore	Rs 80K

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Disclaimer: The box office figures are compiled from various sources and our research. The figures can be approximate, and Pinkvilla does not make any claims about the authenticity of the data. However, they are adequately indicative of the box-office performance of the films in question.