India, March 27 -- L2 Empuraan box office collection day 1: Mohanlal has shattered every conceivable record in Malayalam cinema with the box office collection of his new film, L2: Empuraan, on day 1 itself. The Prithviraj Sukumaran film has taken the strongest possible start, minting a record Rs.21 crore on day 1 in India itself. This is over twice the previous record for any Malayalam film. (Also read: L2 Empuraan review: Mohanlal channels Rajinikanth, Prithviraj goes mass; Kollywood loses its identity in a garbled mess)

Trade tracker Sacnilk reported that L2: Empuraan collected Rs.21 crore net in India on day 1, obliterating the previous records. It was a Prithviraj film that had held the record before this. His 2024 release, The Goat ...