Kalamkaval
Vs
Kurup
Box
Office
Collection
Day
5:
The
neo-noir
crime
thriller,
which
stars
Mammootty
in
an
out-and-out
negative
role,
has
emerged
as
a
major
critical
and
commercial
success.
Vinayakan
appears
as
the
protagonist
in
Kalamkaval,
which
marked
the
directorial
debut
of
Kurup
fame
writer,
Jithin
K
Jose.
Now,
as
the
Mammootty
starrer
completed
5
days
of
its
release,
it
has
surpassed
the
record
set
by
the
Dulquer
Salmaan
film.
Kalamkaval
Vs
Kurup
Box
Office
Collection
Day
5
As
reported
earlier,
the
neo-noir
crime
thriller
crossed
the
₹50
crore
mark
at
the
worldwide
box
office,
by
the
beginning
of
its
Day
5
at
the
theatres.
According
to
the
recent
updates
by
the
popular
industry
tracker
AB
George,
the
Mammootty
starrer
has
collected
over
₹55
crore
globally,
when
it
completed
its
fifth
day
of
its
release.
Thus,
Kalamkaval
has
also
emerged
as
sixth
fastest
Malayalam
film
to
enter
the
₹50
crore
club
worldwide,
beating
Dulquer
Salmaan’s
Kurup.
FASTEST 10 Malayalam Movies to ₹50cr Worldwide.
1. Empuraan – Pre sales
2. Thudarum – 3 Days
3. Lokah – 4 Days
4. Aadujeevitham – 4 Days
5. Lucifer – 4 Days
6. #Kalamkaval – 5 Days
7. Kurup – 5 Days
8. Turbo – 6 Days
9. GuruvayoorAmbalaNadayil – 6 Days
10. Aavesham – 6 Days pic.twitter.com/IyuTLXMAC4
— AB George (@AbGeorge_) December 9, 2025 “>
The
Sreenath
Rajendran
directorial,
which
hit
the
big
screens
in
November
2021,
had
collected
₹50
crore
within
the
first
5
days
of
its
release,
from
the
worldwide
box
office.
Despite
receiving
mixed
reviews
from
the
critics,
the
movie,
which
featured
Dulquer
Salmaan
in
a
role
inspired
by
the
real-life
fugitive
Sukumara
Kurup,
earned
around
₹81
crore
within
its
lifetime
run
at
the
box
office.
Kalamkaval
Plot,
Cast
And
Crew
The
Jithin
K
Jose
directorial
narrates
the
story
of
a
psychopathic
killer,
who
seduces
and
kills
single
women,
and
the
intense
manhunt
that
unfolds
as
a
police
officer
and
his
team
start
the
mission
to
put
an
end
to
his
atrocities.
Mammootty
appeared
in
the
role
of
Stanley
Das,
a
character
inspired
by
the
notorious
real-life
serial
killer
Cyanide
Mohan
in
Kalamkaval,
which
features
Vinayakan
in
the
role
of
Jayakrishnan,
a
driven
police
officer.
Rajisha
Vijayan,
Gibin
Gopinath,
Shruti
Ramachandran,
Gayathri
Arun,
Dhanya
Ananya,
Vaishnavi
Sai
Kumar,
Malavika,
and
others
appear
in
supporting
roles,
in
the
film.
Mujeeb
Majeed
composed
the
songs
and
the
original
score.
Faisal
Ali
is
the
director
of
photography.
Praveen
Prabhakar
handles
the
editing.
The
crime
thriller
is
produced
by
the
megastar’s
home
banner
Mammootty
Kampany,
and
distributed
by
Wayfarer
Films.