Finally after a series of flops (apart from ‘Romanjam’) in the first quarter of 2023, the Malayalam film industry is back on track with
Jude Anthany Joseph’s survival drama movie ‘
2018’ which has reportedly crossed Rs 50 crores worldwide within 7 days.
Although the makers have not yet officially disclosed the box office collection figures for the
Tovino Thomas
starrer, according to the Twitter forums the movie has crossed a whopping figure of Rs 50 crores worldwide in the first week itself, and looking at the positive reviews flooding in for the movie, it is sure that ‘2018’ will be able to pull off magical numbers in the coming days.
According to the sources, in the first week, ‘2018’ has managed to mint Rs 25 crore from the Kerala box office, and from overseas, the movie has minted Rs 26.30 crore. The return on investment amount for the movie amounts to Rs 2.45 crores. Approximately, ‘2018’s worldwide box office collection figure amounts to Rs 54 crores.
Helmed by the director Jude Anthany Joseph, ‘2018’ is touted to be a survival drama based on the Kerala floods that happened in the year 2018 and the film stars Tovino Thomas,
Asif Ali
, Lal, Narain, Kunchacko Boban, and
Aparna Balamurali
in significant roles.