Box Office: 'Empuraan' Storms Past 100 Crore Worldwide In 2 Days

Kochi, March 28 - There were 9 Malayalam movies to earn 100+ crores gross at the worldwide box office, and superstar Mohanlal's record-breaking action thriller L2: Empuraan has become the 10th to achieve this milestone faster than all other films. ## Directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran, the mega-budgeted sequel to Lucifer had a gigantic opening of around 67.50 crores, and it remained excellent on the second day to cross 100 crores globally. With this, it has become the fastest to hit the milestone, beating Aadujeevitham, which took 9 days. ## Empuraan has grossed around 40 crores at the domestic box office, while overseas collection is 60+ crores gross through Friday (2 days). It is the first Malayalam movie of the year to score at the box office century worldwide. For Mohanlal, it is his third 100 crore grosser after Pulimurugan and Lucifer. Sukumaran, as director, delivered his second century after Lucifer.## By Saturday, the film is likely to become the 5th biggest Malayalam grosser of all time and will look to become number 2 by Sunday. The Eid holiday falls on Monday, which gives the movie a chance to emerge as the biggest Mollywood grosser of all time within the first week, beating Manjummel Boys' lifetime worldwide total of 241 crores gross. ## Stay tuned...