Empuraan Box Office Day 4 Evening Occupancy (Malayalam): Mohanlal's Film Sees 33% Jump In Footfall On Sunday

Empuraan Box Office Day 4 Evening Occupancy: Empuraan is the most anticipated Malayalm movie of the year. The movie, which is the continuation of Mohanlal's earlier film, Lucifer, continues the story from where it was left. The movie marks Mohanlal's return to the screen after his directorial Barroz, where he also played the titular role. Unfortunately, the dream project of the actor-director didn't work well at the box office. However, with L2 it looks like the curse is broken as the movie has already surpassed the lifetime collection of Barroz on the opening day itself.

Apart from Mohanlal, the movie also stars Manju Warrier, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Caroline Koziol, Jerome Flynn, Tovino Thomas, among others. Helmed by Prithviraj Sukumaran, the movie is bankrolled by Anthony Perumbavoor, A Subaskaran under the production banners of Lyca Production, Aashirvad Cinemas, Sree Gokulam Movies.

Empuraan Box Office Day 4 Evening Occupancy

On day 4, Empuraan sees a big jump in occupancy in the evening. While in the morning, the movie has 68.99% occupancy, in afternoon, the movie sees 84.39% occupancy, in the evening it sees a dip compared to afternoon occupancy but sees a hike in footfall compared to yesterday. In evening the footfall in Malayalam version was 77.67% seeing 32.52% hike in footfall compared to yesterday's evening when the footfall was 58.61%.

According to the early updates of Sacnilk, Empuraan's Malayalm version has had total 77.02% footfall in the evening on 1st Sunday. Other than that, the Telugu version has had total 16.18% occupancy, Tamil version has had total 23.28% occcupancy. Lastly, the Hindi version has had overall 8.62% occupancy on Sunday.

Recently, Empuraan fell under negative limelight after the film showed Hindus in a bad way, to which Mohanlal expressed himself saying, "I have come to know that some political and social themes that were included in the unveiling of Empuran, the second part of the Lucifer franchise, have caused considerable distress among many of my loved ones," the actor wrote in a Facebook post.

"As an artist, it is my duty to ensure that none of my films promote hatred towards any political movement, ideology, or religious group. Therefore, both I and the Empuran team express our sincere regret for the distress caused to my dear ones, and we all take responsibility for it, with the realization that such issues must be removed from the film," he wrote in Malayalam.

Further concluding the post, "For the past four decades, it is you, the audience, who have been a part of my cinematic journey. Your love and trust are my strength. I believe there is no Mohanlal beyond that."

Prithviraj Sukumaran On Working With Mohanlal

Recently, Prithviraj Sukumaran opened up on working with Mohanlal, "Directing him is the easiest thing to do. He's the easiest to direct. He is very gifted, very obviously but I don't just mean that but the way he is a professional really puts you at ease as a filmmaker."

"This is the third film I am directing and all three of them have Mr. Mohanlal as a lead in it and it has been an absolute privilege because you know I am an actor primarily," he added.

Further adding why he loves working with Mohanlal, he said, "Directing Mohanlal sir is a constant reminder to me how I need to conduct myself as an actor because the way he surrenders to the material, to the director's vision is just a joy. He is one of those actors who has immense talent and yet completely surrenders to you and asks the director what needs to be done. What could be a bigger joy for any filmmaker? I think I am the most comfortable, cool, and not worried at all when I am directing him," he concluded.