Malayalam film 2018 – Everyone Is A Hero was released in theatres on May 5. Within four weeks of its release, the movie has earned over Rs 200 crore at the worldwide box office. The film's production house shared the news on social media. Sharing a poster of the film, the makers wrote, "First Malayalam film to cross Rs 200 cr worldwide business." The caption of the post read, "Thank You All ❤️ #2018EveryoneIsAHero." The film’s Hindi, Telugu and Tamil versions hit theatres on May 26. It broke the records previously held by Mohanlal's Pulimurugan (2016). The Jude Anthany Joseph directorial is based on the 2018 Kerala floods. The calamity resulted in the death of 483 individuals, and thousands of homes were damaged. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kavya Film Company (@kavyafilmcompany) 2018 began its run in theaters with Rs 1.85 crore collection and grew at the ticket counters with positive reviews and good word of mouth. Indianexpress.com’s Anandu gave the film four stars. A section of the review read, “2018 – Everyone Is A Hero, as the title suggests, is a homage to the hundreds of thousands of people who banded together in the face of extreme rainfall and helped one another during a time of great darkness, rather than being the documentation of actual events that unfolded in the weeks that led up to mid-August that year.” 2018 stars Tovino Thomas, Indrans, Kunchacko Boban, Aparna Balamurali, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Asif Ali, Lal, Narain, Tanvi Ram, Sshivada, Kalaiyarasan, Aju Varghese, Siddique, Joy Mathew and Sudheesh. The film is now also available to stream on SonyLIV.
