Nivin Pauly starrer "Premam" has collected $9,000 in the US on Monday and the total collection has therefore reached $106,000, according to the film's US distributor.
#PREMAM Jun 16th Monday USA Gross $9K, Total $106K+ @sri50 @idlebrainjeevi @ynakg @JalapathyG
— Great India Films (@greatindiafilms) June 16, 2015
Reports are that the Alphonse Puthren directorial is giving tough completion to Bollywood and Tamil cinemas at the US box office. Meanwhile, trade analysts have confirmed that the film has broken all records in Kerala and has become the highest grossing Malayalam cinema.
"Premam", according to trade analyst Sreedhar Pillai, has surpassed the collection records of hit films like "Bangalore Days" and "Drishyam" in Kerala.
It's official #Premam is the highest collecting film in the history of Malayalam films. 5 theatre owners in different locations confirmed it — Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) June 15, 2015
.@kaimalnandu of #Priyadarsini complex in Palakkad, 1 of top collection centres in Kerala said : "#Premam has broken all existing records"
— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) June 15, 2015
#Premam at #Priyadarsini complex in Palakkad has net Rs 35.80Lakhs in 17 days, #BangaloreDays in #Priyadarsini 17 days net Rs 29.70Lakhs 1/2 — Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) June 15, 2015
#Priyadarsini Palakkad 17 days Net of #Drishyam Rs 27.50 Lakhs. Ticket rates were the same for all 3 films but audiences were more 4 #Premam
— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) June 15, 2015
"Premam" has a star cast of Anupama Parameshwaran, Sai Pallavi, Madonna Sebastian, Krishnan Shankar, Sabareesh Varma, Renji Panicker, Vinay Forrt, Soubin Sahir, Wilson Joseph, Jude Anthany Joseph and Maniyanpilla Raju.