‘L2: Empuraan’ box office collections day 16: Mohanlal’s film crosses Rs 262 crores globally, despite slowdown

‘L2: Empuraan’, the much-anticipated sequel to Lucifer starring Mohanlal, has crossed a significant milestone at the global box office, grossing Rs 262.72 crore in just 16 days. However, the film shows signs of slowing down as competition from new releases and the fading of the initial buzz surrounding the controversy appear to be impacting its daily collections.

As per early data from the Sacnilk website , the film has minted Rs 103.28 crore in India net collections, with the Malayalam version contributing a massive Rs 94.14 crore. After a phenomenal opening week, the film’s daily earnings have dropped sharply — day 16 saw only Rs 35 lakhs from the Malayalam version.
While ‘Empuraan’ was released in multiple languages, the Hindi version has failed to gain traction. Over 16 days, it has earned a modest Rs 2.37 crore in India. Daily earnings have remained stagnant in the Hindi belt, with day 16 contributing just Rs 1 lakhs.

The overseas performance remains a major boost for ‘L2: Empuraan’, with collections hitting Rs 142 crore outside India. Combined with Rs 120.72 crore from the Indian gross, the total worldwide earnings stand at Rs 262.72 crore.
Read our review
We rated the actioner with a solid 3.5 out of 5 stars, and our review reads, “Empuraan starts out as a brave, bold film. Not for its budget and ambition alone, but also for the subject, with the quite upfront political portrayals. The first half goes with the textbook 'thrill every few minutes' formula. After a brief geopolitical voiceover - about an Afro-China God Axis vs an Indo-Arab Lucifer nexus - and an action sequence in Iran, the story moves to the 2002 riots in west India. It tells the backstory of a young Zayed Masood (Prithviraj), the shadowy figure accompanying Stephen Nedumpally aka Khureshi Ab’raam in the first film, Lucifer. It’s a villain origin story- or in this case - anti-hero origin story, with Zayed's parents and family facing the brunt of the riots in communal clashes, under a new, rising political order, under a leader named Bajrangi.”