Mohanlal starrer Empuraan is one of the most anticipated Mollywood releases of the year. The film has stood up to the expectations and registered a historic opening overseas. Empuraan has got off to a great start in each and every territory. As per the early expectations, the figures for the opening day is 65 Cr.
In Australia, the film opens with $490K which is all time record opening ever for Malayalam cinema by a big margin. Amongst South Indian films, it is now all time 5th highest start after Baahubali2, RRR, Pushpa 2 and KGF 2. If we consider single language opening it is the biggest opener ever in south Indian languages.
In Australia, Prithviraj Sukumaran’s Aadu Jeevitham with A$693K is biggest grosser for Mollywood and Empuraan will break this by today and become the 1st million dollar film for Mollywood in Australia.
Coming to New Zealand, the action thriller has registered NZ$120K and has set an all time record start ever for Indian cinema by beating previous biggest Pathaan and Baahubali 2
The film’s overseas opening is set for $5 Million start as per early trends which is one of the biggest start for Indian cinema.