Empuraan: Shadow Protocol

Regional Split (India Net)

• North: ₹4.1 Cr
• South: ₹60.4 Cr
• East: ₹5.6 Cr
• West: ₹8.8 Cr

Related Pathways

Malayalam collections lane · Latest coverage desk · Artist index

Artists

• Fahadh Faasil
• Manju Warrier
• Prithviraj Sukumaran

Sources Used

1. Wikipedia (title-level gross range check) (accessed 19/3/2026, 3:10:00 pm)
2. Sacnilk (India net day-wise tracker) (accessed 19/3/2026, 3:10:00 pm)
3. Box Office India (trade context) (accessed 19/3/2026, 3:10:00 pm)

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Editorial Desk Review (Long-form)

This page is intentionally written as a complete research-style brief, not just a thin number card. For each title, we summarize the India net performance, worldwide gross, region split behavior, cast network, and connected coverage links so a reader can move from headline curiosity to decision-grade understanding without opening ten tabs. The goal is to keep this page useful for fans, creators, and trade-watchers at the same time.

Our editorial lens treats collections as a trend system. A single headline can be noisy, but regional balance tells a more reliable story. North and West often indicate breadth for Hindi-facing expansion, South indicates depth for language-core retention, and East helps validate whether momentum is broadening beyond opening fan clusters. That is why we always keep the region split visible alongside total numbers.

We also prioritize source transparency. This page links every collection line back to public references, and our verification logic favors multi-source alignment before a title is treated as stable. In practical terms, readers should use this page as a curated benchmark: fast enough for daily scanning, but structured enough for deeper pattern reading across industries.

For release-window analysis, we monitor three phases: opening acceleration, weekday hold quality, and second-weekend resilience. A title that opens hard but collapses on weekday ratios is fundamentally different from a title that compounds through steady occupancy and healthier declines. This distinction matters more than viral social sentiment, because sustained run quality is what ultimately shapes verdict credibility.

Artist-network links are shown on purpose. Box office performance is rarely isolated to one film; audience memory travels through actor-director-composer pathways. By connecting this movie page to related artist profiles and adjacent titles, we expose the repeat-view ecosystem that often explains why certain films overperform expectations while others normalize quickly after launch.

If you are comparing titles, use this workflow: first match release window pressure, then compare regional split profile, then check source quality, and finally validate with related stories. That sequence reduces overreaction to single-day spikes. This page is designed to support exactly that disciplined reading path.