RECORD GROSSERS

1983
ENTE MAAMAATTIKKUTTIYAMMAKKU
A TRUE BIG HIT . This Film attracted family audience like never before. Child artist Baby shalini became a bankable star with her first film.

1986
THALAVATTAM
Superhit songs, great visuals, mohanlal charisma.. everything worked for this sentimental romantic flick

1987
IRUPATHAM NOOTANDU
SAGAR .. ALIAS.. JACKY.. toooodoooo..tudududoo.. .A perfect example for how to make an action thriller.

1988
CHITHRAM
This is not just another Record grosser. The film considered as ULTIMATE HIT in malayalam. celebrated 200days in 4 centres.. (manichithrathazhu and aaramthamburaan comes close with 200days in 2centres) 365days in 2centres. a never before BOX OFFICE MAGIC

1991
KILUKKAM
sholay for bollywood, GWTW for hollywood,.. CHITHRAM for MOLLYWOOD??
yes it was.But from the day kilukkam released the debate started.. !! Kilukkam or Chithram??


1993
MANICHITHRATHAZHU
A classic with tremendous entertainment . Remade in kannada, tamil, and hindi. All were big hits.

1996
HITLER
Hitler created history again. this time in kerala box office..!!

1997
ANIYATHIPRAVU
Fazil matched priyadarshan's record of 3 record grossers during the summer holidays of 1997, with another trend setting blockbuster.

CHANDRALEKHA
priyadarshan's 4th record grosser. kerala audience grandly celebrated the comeback  of mohanlal-priyadarshan team.

AARAMTHAMBURAAN
mohanlal, big hype, good script, great music.. a combination of all good things. 1997 proved to be a golden year for mollywood with 3 back to back record grossers.

2000
NARASIMHAM
Mohanlal's ultimate heroism created hysteria among fans..!! no doubt a huge hit of all time.

2005
RAJAMANIKKAM
mammootty and comedy ?? an impossible combination..!! but it worked very well. The Result was a big blockbuster

2006
RASATHANTHRAM
The come back of sathyan anthikkadu-mohanlal team attracted families. this film did phenomenally well in small towns.

CLASSMATES
A new box office king.. NOSTALGIA..!! classmates has broken  all rasathanthram records by a distance

2008
TWENTY 20
Entire mollywood together rocked boxoffice. it remains highest grosser so far..

TOP ACTORS

1985
1. Mammootty -  Industry has found its major star after demise of jayan in 1980 , sathyan in 1971 and fading of prem nazir's stardom.


2. Mohanlal - Rise of Industry's  first genuine all rounder .


1986 
1. Mohanlal - Mohanlal delivered the biggest year recorded by any star in an year, which include 2 record grossers in Rajavinte makan and thalavattam, huge blockbuster gandhinagar 2nd street and a number of superhits. Mohanlal crowned as kerala's first real superstar.


2.Mammootty-  Most disastrous year recorded by any star in an year, with a series of flops .



1987
1. Mohanlal - Continued his dream run with record grosser irupatham nootandu and blockbusters nadodikkattu and january oru orma  along with superhits like unnikale oru kadha parayam and  sarvakalashala.

2.Mammootty - mammootty made a grand comeback through big blockbuster new delhi.Thaniyavarthanam also did well compared to other mammootty releases.



1988
1.Mohanlal - biggest ever hit CHITHRAM, blockbuster aaryan and superhits vellanakalude nadu, and pattanapravesham easily maintained mohanlal supremacy in kerala boxoffice

2.mammootty - blockbuster oru cbi diarykurippu, hit august1



1989
1.Mohanlal - kireedam, naduvazhikal

2.Mammootty - oru vadakkan veeragadha



1990
1. Mohanlal - mohanlal proved again that he is an incomparable superstar by delivering year's top 3 grossers in His Highness Abdulla , Ey auto and Indrajalam
aprox.Remuneration- 11 lakhs
2.Mammootty   - low budget kottayam kunjachan made good money in box office
aprox.remuneration- 8 lakhs



1991
1.Mohanlal- 2nd biggest hit ever KILUKKAM , superhits bharatham, ullaakkam..etc
2.  Mammootty- amaram, inspector balram



1992.
1.Mohanlal- vietnam colony, yodha, adwaitham, nadodi, kamaladhalam
2.Mammootty- pappayude swantham appoos, kouravar



1993.
1.Mohanlal- record grosser manichithrathazhu, huge hits devasuram and butterflies
2.mammootty- valsalyam, dhruvam, jackpot
3.Sureshgopi- Blockbuster ekalavyan made suresh gopi 3rd biggest star in kerala
4.babu antony- babu antony became favorite of youth by delivering action oriented hits like uppukandam brothers and bharanakoodam



1994.
1.Mohanlal - thenmavin lombath, minnaram
2.mammootty- _ _ _ _
3.Suresh gopi - commissioner, kashmiran
4.babu antony-kadal


aprox.remuneration
Mohanlal-20 lakhs, mammootty-15lkhs, suresh gopi-12lkhs, babu antony-10/12lkhs, jayaram-7lkhs



1995
1.Mohanlal - sphadikam, mandhrikam
2.mammootty-king
3.suresh gopi




1996
1.mohanlal- kalapani
2.mammootty- record grosser hitler
3.suresh gopi



1997
1.mohanlal- record grossers aaramthamburaan and chandralekha, blockbuster varnapakittu
2.mammootty- _ _ _ _
3.suresh gopi - lelam, janadhipathyam
4.kunchakko boban-  an over night star with record grosser aniyathipravu



1998.
1.Mohanlal- harikrishnans, ayal kadha ezhuthukayanu
2.mammootty- harikrishnans, oru maravathoor kanavu
3.suresh gopi- summer in bethlahem

Aprox.remuneration
Mohanlal-50lkhs, mammootty-25lkhs, suresh gopi-20lkhs



1999.
1.mohanlal- usthadh
2.mammootty
3.sureshgopi-pathram
4.jayaram- friends, veendum chila veetukaryangal, pattabhishekam



2000
1.mohanlal- record grosser narasimham
2.mammootty-valyettan
3.suresh gopi- thenkashippattanam, sathyameva jayathe


aprox remuneration
mohanlal-75lakhs, mammootty-30lakhs, suresh gopi-15lakhs, jayaram-9lkhs



2001
1.mohanlal- ravanaprabhu, kakkakuyil
2.mammootty




2002
1.mohanlal
2.mammootty
3.dileep - dileep became very popular among family audience with blockbuster meesamadhavan and two superhits kunjikkoonan and kalynaraman



2003
1.mohanlal- balettan, mr.brahamachari
2.mammootty-chronic bachelor
3.dileep-cid moosa, thilakkam- cid moosa's big opening proved dileep's crowd pulling capability



2004
1.mohanlal- natturajavu
2.mammootty- sethuramyayar cbi, kazcha
3.dileep- runway



2005
1.mohanlal- naran, udayananu tharam, thanmathra
2.mammootty- mammootty's best year so far- 2 big hits in an year- record grosser rajamanikam , superhit thommanum makkalum
3.suresh gopi - sureshgopi's stunning comeback with superhit bharathchandran ips-(commissioner part2)
4.dileep - chandhppottu



2006
1.mohanlal- record grosser rasathanthram, blockbuster keerthichakra, vadakkumnathan, baba kalyani
2.mammootty-thuruppugulan
3.sureshgopi-chindhamani kola case
4.dileep
5.pritviraj- record grosser classmates


aprox.remuneration
mohanlal-1crore, mammootty-80lakhs, suresh gopi-55lakhs, dileep-45lakhs, pritviraj-20lkhs



2007
1.mohanlal- hello, chottamumbai
2.mammootty-mayavi
3.dileep-vinodhayathra
4.sureshgopi
5.pritviraj

aprox.remuneration
mohanlal-1.25crore, mammootty-1crore, dileep and suresh gopi-50lkhs, pritviraj-20lkhs



2008
1.mohanlal-twenty20, madambi,kurukshetra
2.mammootty- twenty20,annanthambi
3.dileep-twenty20,crazy gopalan
4.sureshgopi-twenty20
5.jayaram- veruthe oru bharya



2009
1.mohanlal- bhramaram
2.mammootty- pazasiraja
3. dileep-passenger
4.pritviraj- puthiya mukham



2010
1.mohanlal- shikkar - after some box office let downs, mohanlal showed he is the biggest crowd puller - shikkaar registerd 3rd best ever opening week figures after mega films twenty20 and endhiran.
2.mammootty- pokiriraja, pranchiyettan and the saint
3.dileep- marykkundoru kunjaadu, kaaryasthan, pappy appachaa - dileep's mega comeback with a series of big hits.
4.pritviraj