Mohanlal Directorial debut faces BIG Threat / Next with Blessy /

 Mohanlal first Directorial venture Barroz which is a fantasy animation film in 3D faces stiff opposition from heavy duty action films Marcos of Unni Mukundan and Ashiq Abu's Rifle Club. In fact Marcos is the biggest threat as it was released yesterday and box office numbers are jumping every day and that too in crores. Marcos is the fourth-best opening of the year 2024 after Aadujeevitham, Turbo, and Malaikottai Vaaliban. It has surpassed Prithviraj Sukumaran’s Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil and Fahadh Faasil‘s Aavesham at the box office. Barroz releases on December 25th and by then Marcos fever would have gripped the Kerala box office. As Lal ettan is not playing any character that is star material, except for his fans, the opening would be average. Lal said that when he teamed with Santosh Sivan - Iruvar, Kalapani and Vanaparasatham, Sivan got awards. He failed to mention that all these films were flops. Read what Santosh Sian has to say about Barroz - https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-minus-of-barroz-is-hawa-hawai-song.html. The Hindi dubbed is releasing on December 27th.

We hear that Lal has signed a film with Director Blessy, It will start in 2026 only. Based on writer Iran Muhamed the film has screenplay by Shankar Ramakrishnan. Previous outings from the combo were Thanmatra , Brahmaram, Pranayam. Ashirwaad and Fragrant Nature Films are producers.

While we are on the Malayalam films , The highest-grossing Malayalam film of 2024 was Manjummel Boys, with a collection of 241.56 crore worldwide. The survival drama earned a total of 142 crore in India.

Malayalam Film Industry in 2024, a blockbuster with Manjummel Boys and three superhits with Premalu, Vaazha: Biopic of a Billion Boys, and Kishkindha Kaandam. There were four hits with Abraham Ozler, Thalavan, Ajayante Randam Moshanam, and Sookshmadarshini. A lot of films recovered their budgets and were successful. These included Anweshippin Kandethum, Bramayugam, Aadujeevitham, Varshangallku Shesham, Aavesham, Guruavayoor Ambalanadayil, and Pani.

Here are the most profitable Malayalam Films Of 2024. 

1. Premalu: 745.5%
2. Manjummel Boys: 610%
3. Kishkindha Kaandam: 493.5%
4. Vaazha: 369.2%
5. Sookshmadarshini: 179.2%
6. Thalavan: 135%
7. ARM: 113.33%
8. Abraham Ozler: 110%