Pulimurugan First Day Box Office Collections: Breaks Kasaba Record!
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oi-Akhila
By Akhila Menon
Pulimurugan,
the
Mohanlal
starrer
has
made
a
tremendous
opening
at
the
box
office.
As
expected,
Pulimurugan
broke
the
initial
collection
record
of
Mammootty's
Kasaba,
thus
emerging
as
the
Malayalam
movie
to
make
the
biggest
box
office
opening.
According
to
the
trade
analysts,
Pulimurugan
has
made
a
whopping
initial
collection
of
Rs.
4.8
Crores
from
the
Kerala
box
office.
It
is
the
first
Malayalam
movie
to
cross
the
4-Crore
mark
on
its
release
day.
Kasaba,
which
marked
the
directorial
debut
of
Nithin
Renji
Panicker
had
made
a
gross
collection
of
2.48
Crores
on
its
releasing
day,
from
the
Kerala
box
office.
It
is
one
of
the
biggest
blockbusters
of
2016.
The
trade
experts
and
the
Pulimurugan
team
expect
that
the
movie
will
collect
more
than
100
Crores
within
its
lifetime
run
and
surely
surpass
the
record
of
Mohanlal's
Drishyam,
thus
becoming
the
biggest
hit
of
the
actor's
career.
Interestingly,
Pulimurugan
was
released
in
about
214
screens
(including
the
special
shows
and
fan
shows)
in
Kerala,
thus
emerging
as
the
biggest
ever
release
in
the
history
of
Malayalam
movie
industry.
The
movie,
which
stars
Mohanlal
in
the
title
role
Murugan,
is
an
out-and-out
action
thriller
which
will
surely
entertain
the
action
movie
lovers
and
Mohanlal
fans.
Pulimurugan
is
directed
by
Vysakh,
and
produced
by
Tomichan
Mulakupadam
for
Mulakupadam
Films.