End of the historic theatrical run for Pulimurugan in Kochi multiplexes
Mohananlal’s historic hit, Pulimurugan has finally ended it’s theatrical run in Kochi multiplexes. The movie was released on October 7, last year during the Pooja holidays. Released amid high expectations, the movie opened to tremendous opening and went on to rewrite several pre existing box office records in Mollywood.
Pulimurugan had a successful run for 119 continuous days in the Kochi multiplexes. The movie registered record collections of over 4 crores in the centres. Hollywood blockbuster Jungle Book is the distant second in the list with collections of around 2. 5 crores.
Pulimurugan stood unshaken even amidst the release of many biggies. It is also the fastest movie to reach the 1 crore, 2 crore and 3 crore marks at the Kochi multiplexes. The movie also had a record number of shows for any movie in the Kochi multiplexes.
The Vysakh directorial was largely benefitted by the cinema strike that blocked the release of many highly anticipated Malayalam movies. In the course of it’s successful run, Pulimurugan scripted history by becoming the first ever Malayalam movie to enter the 100 crore club. Overall business of the movie has crossed the 150 crore mark.
Pulimurugan is written by Udhayakrishna and produced by Tomichan Mulakupadam under his banner Mulakupadam Films. The movie had Mohanlal in the title role of a wild hunter known in the locality for hunting down man eating tigers. The superstar’s terrific performance, Peter Hein’s action choreography and the technical brilliance of the movie was highly appreciated by the audience. Pulimurugan’s dubbed Telugu version, Manyam Puli was also a commercial success.
