India Pulimurugan returned 7.6× its production cost, earning $29.0M against a $3.8M budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
പുലിമുരുഗന്
“The Wild Hunter”
Murugan, with his tools and expertise, protects Puliyoor's villagers from deadly tiger attacks. However, Daddy, an illegal drugs dealer, takes advantage of Murugan's innocence and wrongly frames him.
The 2015–2017 India Window
314 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Pulimurugan sits at position #152.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Pulimurugan. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Pulimurugan premiered. 919 total titles in this decade from India.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 41m runtime, production spent $24K per minute on screen and earned $180K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #940 of 1,983 India films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among India Action productions specifically: #263 of 637 (top 41%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Mulakuppadam Films |
| Runtime | 2h 41m |
| Release Date | October 7, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5297256 |