Lokah Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 7: Kalyani film soars past ₹100 crore; beats Mahanati, Neru lifetime

Lokah Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection has crossed ₹100 crore on the back of splendid showings overseas.

Published on: Sep 4, 2025, 09:18:49 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Lokah Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection: Kalyani Priyadarshan's superhero film, Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra, is going from strength to strength at the global box office. After a promising start, the Malayalam actioner has performed really well over the weekdays, hardly registering any drop. This has taken its worldwide collection past ₹100 crore in under a week.

Lokah Chapter 1 worldwide box office collection day 7: The film stars Kalyani Priyadarshan and Naslen.

Lokah Chapter 1 worldwide box office update

At the end of its seventh day in theatres, Lokah Chapter 1 has earned ₹46 crore net ( ₹53.50 crore gross) in the domestic market. The film saw a negligible drop of 28% on its first Monday before a surprise 6% rise in collections on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the film avoided a big course correction with just a 12% drop.

Overseas, the film has done exceedingly well, starting strong and continuing to grow, courtesy of strong showings in the Middle East and the US. As per trade estimates, Lokah Chapter 1 has earned $6 million ( ₹52 crore gross) overseas, which takes its worldwide haul to ₹105.50 crore after seven days.

Lokah Chapter 1 beats south heavyweights

As it has crossed ₹100 crore at the worldwide box office, Lokah Chapter 1 has beaten the lifetime collections of several Malayalam hits like Neru ( ₹86 crore), Bheeshma Parvam ( ₹89 crore), and Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil ( ₹90 crore). The film, led by Kalyani Priyadarshan, is also the highest-grossing female-led South Indian film now, having overtaken the box office collections of Keerthy Suresh's Mahanati ( ₹85 crore) and Anushka Shetty's Arundhati ( ₹69 crore).

About Lokah Chapter 1

Directed by Dominic Arun and produced by Dulquer Salmaan, Lokah Chapter 1 is the first instalment of Dulquer's Wayfarer Cinematic Universe. The film also stars Naslen, Sandy, Arun Kurian, Chandu Salimkumar, Nishanth Sagar, Raghunath Paleri, Vijayaraghavan, Nithya Shri and Sarath Sabha. It has received almost universal critical acclaim.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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