Loca Chapter Forest- Chandra, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Nahlan have turned the OMAM into a new sensation, acting in the lead. The Malayalam superhero film starring Dominic Arun is performing well at the box office. With great box office trends over the weekend, Loca made it the top 5 largest first weekends of all time for a Malayalam film at the box office worldwide.
Released on Thursday (August 27), Loca Chapter One-Chandra wreaked havoc at the box office in his expanded initial weekend. The film crossed the half -century mark over its first weekend, which became the first woman -centric Malayalam film to do so.
Loca Chapter One- 65 crores in Chandra Storms Opening Weekend, only behind L2: Emperan and Thudram
Debut with Rs 6.65 crore on the inauguration day, Loca Chapter One-Chandra made a huge jump of 80 percent on the second day and gave Rs 12 crore. The film went to Boners on the third day, in which the previous and a crazy 83 percent spike was recorded from Rs 22 crore. In addition, the film turned into a collective feast on Sunday, as it recorded its largest commercial day, with Rs 24.35 crore.
Total Cum of Loca Chapter One- Chandra reached a mark of Rs 65 crore in a long early weekend of 4-day. With such a blockbuster run, the superhero film emerged as the third largest Moollywood Grosser worldwide, leaving Lucifer and Adujivitha behind.
Dalkar was Bankarol by Dalkar Salman’s Vafarr Films, Loca only lashed behind Mohanlal’s Megablockbuster-L2: Imapuran and Thudram. For records, L2: Empuran set an unprecedented record with a gain of over Rs 175 crore in its initial weekend.
The top 5 biggest early weekends of all time for a Malayalam film:
| Rank | Movies | Year | Box office | 1 weekend day |
| 1 | L2 Empuran | 2025 | 175 crores rupees | 4 days |
| 2 | Thudram | 2025 | 69.25 crores | 3 days |
| 3 | Loca Chapter One- Chandra | 2025 | 65 crore rupees (Est.) | 4 days |
| 4 | Aadujeevitham: goat life | 2024 | 64.10 crores | 4 days |
| 5 | Lucifer | 2019 | 55.40 crores | 4 days |
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Disclaimer: Box office figures are compiled by various sources and our research. The figures may be estimated, and no one claims about the authenticity of Pinkvilla data. However, they are sufficiently indications of box-office performance of films under consideration.
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