Kalyani Priyadarshan and Naslen have been the young stars of 2025, making a stir on the box office with their superhero Malayalam film, Lokah Chapter 1 Chandra. While it’s one of the profitable Indian movies of 2025 and the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the 12 months in India and worldwide, the film has also achieved a robust opening record on OTT platforms.
Kalyani Priyadarshan Surpasses Three Mohanlal Movies!
Kalyani Priyadarshan’s OTT debut has managed to surpass not one, not two, but three Mohanlal movies. The superhero flick surpassed the debut week viewership of all three Mohanlal movies of 2025 – Hridayapoorvam, L2: Empuraan, and Thudarum.
Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra OTT Verdict
Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra, in its debut week, garnered a great viewership of 4 million, taking the second spot in the list of the most-watched streaming originals in India for the week of November 3 – 9, 2025, as per Ormax data. Only movies it couldn’t surpass were Kesari Chapter 2, and Tourist Family!
Listed below are the debut week viewership of the highest 10 theatrical releases that arrived on JioHotstar after May 2025.
- Kesari Chapter 2: 5.7 million
- Tourist Family: 4.4 million
- Lokah Chapter 1: 4 million
- Hridayapoorvam: 3.4 million
- L2: Empuraan: 3 million
- Thudarum: 2.9 million
- Ronth: 2.4 Million
- Paranthu Po: 2.2 Million
- Mirai: 2 million
- Mere Husband Ki Biwi: 1.9 Million
Note: The viewership numbers are the official numbers given by Ormax. The estimated variety of Indian audience (in Mn) who watched at the very least half-hour of the film. The debut week viewership numbers are the official numbers given by Ormax for all the movies that arrived on the platform, irrespective of the day they arrived in per week. Some arrived on the fourth day of the week, some on the fifth, and so forth, but the debut numbers are calculated by Ormax weekly, not day-wise.
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