List of highest-grossing Malayalam films

References

1. See WP:RSP, WP:ICTFSOURCES
2. Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra's reported worldwide gross is from ₹300.08 crore (India Today) to ₹301.98 crore (The Telegraph)
3. Mint reported ₹265 crore, DNA India and The Financial Express reported ₹268 crore, Firstpost reported ₹268.08 crore
4. Thudarum's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹234 crore (The Hindustan Times) – ₹235 crore (The Financial Express
5. Kayamkulam Kochunni's reported worldwide gross varies between ₹67 crore (Pinkvilla) – ₹70 crore (Asianet News)
6. Lucifer's reported worldwide gross varies between ₹125.50 crore (Pinkvilla) – ₹127 crore (The New Indian Express)
7. The franchise gross is calculated using the lowest reported gross for each film in the franchise.
8. OTT Release
9. India Today
   https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/lokah-chapter-1-chandra-crosses-300-crore-highest-grossing-malayalam-film-2799888-2025-10-08
10. "'Lokah: Chapter 1' becomes first Malayalam film to earn Rs 300 crore worldwide"
    https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/lokah-chapter-1-becomes-first-malayalam-film-to-cross-rs-300-crore-mark-worldwide/cid/2127704
11. ThePrint
    https://theprint.in/feature/kantara-dashavatar-lokah-tribal-representation-films-changing/2768449/
12. The Week
    https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2025/11/04/lokah-chapter-1-chandra-final-box-office-collection-all-time-no-1-mollywood-grosser-in-kerala-india-and-worldwide.html
13. Mint
    https://www.livemint.com/entertainment/thudarum-ott-release-date-when-and-where-to-watch-malayalam-blockbuster-movie-starring-mohanlal-online-11748307396455.html
14. DNA India
    https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-thudarum-ott-release-date-when-where-to-watch-mohanlal-blockbuster-malayalam-film-jio-hotstar-3154617
15. "Saiyaara becomes 2nd biggest movie of 2025; THESE are top 10 highest-grossing films of the year"
    https://www.financialexpress.com/life/entertainment/saiyaara-becomes-2nd-biggest-movie-of-2025-these-are-top-10-highest-grossing-films-of-the-year/3927364/
16. Firstpost
    https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/saiyaara-worldwide-box-office-ahaan-panday-aneet-padda-starrer-enters-rs-300-crore-club-beats-l2-empuraan-sitaare-zameen-par-to-become-2nd-highest-indian-grosser-of-2025-13913726.html
17. Asianet News
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/malayalam-movie-manjummel-boys-ott-release-tomorrow-5-5-2024-in-disney-plus-hot-star-final-box-office-collection-scy3mb
18. Hindustan Times
    https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/others/kalyani-priyadarshan-lokah-chapter-1-box-office-2nd-highest-grossing-malayalam-beat-fahadh-faasil-l2-empuraan-thudarum-101757993809015.html
19. English.Mathrubhumi
    https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/malayalam-movies-that-struck-gold-at-box-office-in-2023-1.9194277
20. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/year-ender-2024-top-10-highest-grossing-mollywood-movies-at-worldwide-box-office-1362638
21. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/top-10-highest-grossing-indian-films-of-1st-half-of-2024-worldwide-box-office-collections-kalki-2898-ad-leads-by-a-huge-margin-fighter-hanuman-follow-1333826
22. The New Indian Express
    https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/May/15/survival-thriller-2018-surging-towards-rs-100-crore-mark-2575463.html
23. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/top-10-highest-grossing-malayalam-movies-worldwide-l2-empuraan-leads-1381039
24. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/year-ender-2024-top-10-highest-grossing-mollywood-movies-at-worldwide-box-office-1362638
25. Asianet News
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/actor-mammootty-movie-turbo-release-in-june-13th-last-10-movies-collection-sc8lpj
26. Asianet News
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/mammootty-mohanlal-hits-out-from-5-highest-grossing-malayalam-films-list-after-entry-of-manjummel-boys-and-premalu-vvk-sabyh3
27. OTTPlay
    https://www.ottplay.com/news/premalu-box-office-naslen-and-mamithas-film-crosses-rs-85-crore-mark-to-surpass-neru-bheeshma-parvam-soon/f0320a291229
28. Bramayugam
    https://web.archive.org/web/20240312024820/https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bramayugam-ott-release-date-know-all-about-cast-plot-platform
29. OnManorama
    https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2024/04/07/malayalam-movies-success-box-office-record-550-crores.html
30. The Times of India
    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/box-office/rdx-box-office-collection-day-24-shane-nigams-film-roars-past-rs-84-crores/articleshow/103751455.cms?from=mdr
31. Dies Irae Worldwide Box Office Collection Day 18: Pranav Mohanlal-Rahul Sadasivan Film Crosses ₹80 Crore
    https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2025/dies-irae-worldwide-box-office-collection-day-18-pranav-mohanlal-rahul-sadasivan-film-cross-80-crore-489189.html
32. OTTPlay
    https://www.ottplay.com/news/varshangalkku-shesham-box-office-final-collection-vineeth-sreenivasans-film-fails-to-beat-aavesham/19ce35c291474
33. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/top-grossing-malayalam-films-of-all-time-tovino-thomas-set-to-top-mohanlal-2018-pulimurugan-lucifer-1221353
34. Asianet News
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/mohanlal-starrer-hridayapoorvam-final-collection-report-articleshow-yy7hisa
35. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/top-highest-grossing-mollywood-films-worldwide-2018-tops-with-143-crores-in-20-days-1222765
36. koimoi
    https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/manjummel-boys-at-the-worldwide-box-office-closing-collection-its-an-end-to-the-glorious-journey-of-the-highest-grossing-malayalam-film-ever/
37. Koimoi
    https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/thudarum-worldwide-box-office-closing-collection-mohanlal-starrer-ends-its-historic-run-with-a-staggering-230-crore-sum/
38. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/thudarum-india-box-office-mohanlals-family-entertainer-enters-rs-100-crore-club-emerges-as-all-time-blockbuster-1386895
39. PINKVILLA
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/year-end-2024-top-10-highest-grossing-mollywood-movies-at-indian-box-office-1362641
40. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/highest-grossing-malayalam-films-in-india-aavesham-second-four-films-from-2024-in-top-six-1303098
41. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/thudarum-kerala-box-office-day-35-mohanlals-biggest-blockbuster-nears-theatrical-end-wraps-5th-week-slightly-under-rs-118-crore-1389981
42. Pinkvilla
    https://web.archive.org/web/20240309053718/https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/highest-grossing-films-at-kerala-box-office-premalu-ninth-to-gross-50-crore-in-the-state-1284939
43. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/kerala-box-office-mohanlals-l2-empuraan-plummets-with-ott-premiere-likely-to-end-theatrical-run-behind-tovino-thomas-starrer-2018-1384193#:~:text=The%20movie%20will%20wrap%20its,highest%2Dgrossing%20Malayalam%20movie%20globally.
44. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/thudarum-kerala-box-office-mohanlal-starrer-crosses-rs-80-crore-mark-in-13-days-becoming-3rd-lalettan-movie-to-do-so-1386492
45. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/2024-top-20-kerala-grossers-aadujeevitham-aavesham-guruvayoorambala-nadayil-turbo-seia6a
46. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/year-ender-2024-top-10-highest-grossing-mollywood-movies-at-kerala-box-office-1362644
47. "L2 Empuraan Worldwide Box Office: Mohanlal's action drama races towards No. 1 spot; grosses Rs 231 crore in 7 days"
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/l2-empuraan-worldwide-box-office-mohanlals-action-drama-races-towards-the-no-1-spot-grosses-rs-231-crore-in-7-days-1380390
48. asianetnews.com
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/prithvirajs-aadujeevitham-earns-30-crore-at-global-box-office-collection-report-out-hrk-sb5ozm
49. Kairali News | Kairali News Live
    https://www.kairalinewsonline.com/turbo-first-day-collection-reports-out
50. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/thudarum-box-office-worldwide-day-1-mohanlals-crime-thriller-off-to-a-fantastic-start-mints-around-rs-16-65-crores-1384608
51. Asianet News Malayalam
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/thudarum-movie-worldwide-opening-box-office-collection-surpassed-turbo-king-of-kotha-and-aadujeevitham-mohanlal-mammootty-svbxhw
52. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/mohanlal-on-top-in-collection-records-still-marakkar-is-highest-global-grossing-malayalam-film-in-first-day-hrk-sa9m7u
53. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/mohanlal-on-top-in-collection-records-still-marakkar-is-highest-global-grossing-malayalam-film-in-first-day-hrk-sa9m7u
54. asianetnews.com
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/mollywood-top-5-worldwide-opening-day-gross-collection-may-enter-aadujeevitham-nrn-sb1g3d
55. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/l2-empuraan-day-4-box-office-mohanlal-film-cements-its-top-grosser-spot-with-rs-45-crore-worldwide-gross-1379896
56. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/thudarum-worldwide-box-office-1st-weekend-mohanlal-shobhanas-return-gets-thunderous-start-grosses-around-rs-70-crore-in-3-days-1384709
57. ReporterNews
    https://www.reporterlive.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2025/09/01/lokah-breaks-record-collection-in-weekend
58. OTTPlay
    https://www.ottplay.com/news/aadujeevitham-box-office-first-weekend-day-4-prithviraj-sukumarans-film-mints-rs-65-crore-worldwide/2a6ecbf5c9854
59. asianetnews.com
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/mollywood-top-opening-weekend-worldwide-aadujeevitham-lucifer-bheeshma-parvam-mammootty-mohanlal-sbax2m
60. English.Mathrubhumi
    https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/mammoottys-turbo-enters-fifty-crore-club-1.9592317
61. OTTPlay
    https://www.ottplay.com/news/guruvayoorambala-nadayil-box-office-collection-day-4-collects-rs-42-crore-worldwide/17fd60eec5385
62. OTTPlay
    https://www.ottplay.com/news/aavesham-box-office-collection-first-weekend-day-4-fahadh-faasils-film-emerges-as-the-vishu-winner-crosses-rs-42-crore-mark-worldwide/b98acfab1a77
63. Film Companion
    https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/malayalam-movies-what-was-the-biggest-malayalam-hit-in-the-year-you-were-born-mohanlal-mammootty-prithviraj-fazil
64. The Times of India
    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/20-years-of-ravanaprabhu-interesting-facts-about-the-mohanlal-starrer/photostory/85800538.cms?picid=85800581
65. Sify
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180318182754/http://www.sify.com/movies/Mammootty-Man-Of-The-Year-imagegallery-6-Movies-jdwmGdfhdgi.html
66. The Hindu
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161206164931/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/30/stories/2005123001380100.htm
67. On Manorama
    https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2017/04/06/defogger-breaking-down-mollywood-box-office-jingoism.html
68. The Hindu
    https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/the-year-that-was/article2285164.ece
69. "What Was the Biggest Malayalam Hit in the Year You Were Born?"
    https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/malayalam-movies-what-was-the-biggest-malayalam-hit-in-the-year-you-were-born-mohanlal-mammootty-prithviraj-fazil
70. The Indian Express
    http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/pokkiri-raja-rules-boxoffice/637040/
71. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/top-highest-grossing-mollywood-films-worldwide-2018-tops-with-143-crores-in-20-days-1222765
72. "Survival thriller '2018' Surging towards Rs 100-crore mark- The New Indian Express"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20230609043830/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/may/16/survival-thriller-2018-surging-towards-rs-100-crore-mark-2575463.html
73. CatchNews.com
    http://www.catchnews.com/regional-cinema/ramaleela-dileep-s-political-thriller-is-the-biggest-malayalam-grosser-of-2017-emerges-all-time-fifth-blockbuster-88704.html
74. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/top-highest-grossing-mollywood-films-worldwide-2018-tops-with-143-crores-in-20-days-1222765
75. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd
    https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/which-is-highest-grossing-film-in-malayalam-mohanals-pulimurugan-tovino-2018-mammootty-bheeshma-parvam-hrk-s96t5l
76. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/box-office-officer-on-duty-on-track-to-cross-anjaam-pathiraa-as-kunchacko-bobans-highest-worldwide-grosser-1375357
77. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/highest-grossing-malayalam-films-worldwide-manjummel-boys-tops-premalu-fifth-1286675
78. Pinkvilla
    https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/2018-worldwide-closing-box-office-collections-biggest-malayalam-film-of-all-time-1226013