Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju's rom-com continued its impressive box-office run on Day 18, collecting a net ₹3.70 crore in India from 1,666 shows. This takes its total India net collection to ₹127.10 crore, while the India gross has reached ₹148.45 crore. Overseas, the film added another ₹1 crore, taking its overseas gross to ₹122 crore. Its worldwide gross now stands at an impressive ₹270.45 crore, per Sacnilk data.
Though the Day 18 collection was 54.3% lower than the previous day’s ₹8.10 crore net, the film, directed by Girish AD, is showing strong stability during the weekdays, helped by record-breaking footfalls during its third weekend. There's no doubt that "Bethlehem Kudumba Unit" about comfortably surpassing Kalyani Priyadarshan-starrer "Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra" within the week, and potentially earn the coveted 'Industry Hit' tag by the end of the upcoming weekend.
The film has also made a major impact on Kerala’s all-time box-office rankings. With a gross of ₹120.80 crore in Kerala in just 18 days, it has climbed to third place. It needs only ₹1.15 crore to overtake "Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra", which stands at ₹121.95 crore. The current Kerala record is held by "Vaazha II: Biopic of a Billion Bros" at ₹129.55 crore, leaving the film ₹8.75 crore short of the top spot. In Kerala, the record is expected to be broken by Day 19.
Worldwide, "Bethlehem Kudumba Unit" has now become the second-highest-grossing Malayalam film, according to Sacnilk. It is still behind "Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra", which has earned ₹304 crore globally.
Notably, the film is also the biggest hit of Nivin Pauly’s career. It has crossed both the ₹200-crore and ₹250-crore global milestones, surpassing his previous best, "Sarvam Maya". It also gives Pauly his second all-time blockbuster after "Premam", making him only the second Malayalam star after Mohanlal to achieve this feat.
