The biggest Mollywood names

Star power counts what a person led rather than what they appeared in: the gross of the films they were top-billed in or directed, how that run held up, how many there were, how recent, and how audiences rated them. Every figure is a percentile inside Mollywood. 156 people qualify.

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#	Person	Films led	Gross led	Biggest	Star power
1	MohanlalActor	19	$233M	L2: Empuraan	92
2	Sangeeth PrathapActor	5	$66M	Bethlehem Kudumba Unit	92
3	Girish A. D.Director	4	$64M	Bethlehem Kudumba Unit	92
4	NaslenActor	6	$70M	Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra	91
5	Tovino ThomasActor	15	$142M	L2: Empuraan	90
6	Mamitha BaijuActor	3	$57M	Bethlehem Kudumba Unit	90
7	Prithviraj SukumaranActor	19	$192M	L2: Empuraan	89
8	Jeethu JosephDirector	4	$56M	Drishyam 3	88
9	Asha SarathActor	4	$46M	Drishyam 3	86
10	Nivin PaulyActor	20	$120M	Bethlehem Kudumba Unit	85
11	MammoottyActor	19	$109M	Mamangam	84
12	Manju WarrierActor	3	$68M	L2: Empuraan	84
13	Kalyani PriyadarshanActorKollywood	3	$47M	Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra	84
14	Dulquer SalmaanActor	11	$57M	Kurup	83
15	Anaswara RajanActor	6	$43M	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	83
16	SiddiqueActor	14	$85M	Drishyam 3	82
17	MeenaActor	3	$45M	Drishyam 3	82
18	Asif AliActor	11	$65M	2018	81
19	Basil JosephActor	9	$44M	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	81
20	Kunchacko BobanActor	16	$69M	2018	80
21	Suresh KrishnaActor	2	$40M	Bethlehem Kudumba Unit	80
22	Aju VargheseActor	14	$62M	Sarvam Maya	79
23	Prakash VarmaActor	2	$27M	Thudarum	77
24	Arjun AshokanActor	4	$24M	Bramayugam	77
25	Soubin ShahirActor	8	$39M	Bheeshma Parvam	76
26	Vineeth SreenivasanActor	10	$37M	Athiradi	76
27	ShobanaActorTollywood	2	$32M	Thudarum	76
28	Fahadh FaasilActor	12	$42M	Patriot	75
29	Swathi Das PrabhuActor	3	$22M	Diés Iraé	73
30	Jude Anthany JosephDirector	2	$23M	2018	72
31	Unni MukundanActor	3	$26M	Marco	71
32	Pranav MohanlalActor	3	$24M	Diés Iraé	71
33	NarainActorKollywood	2	$24M	2018	70
34	Antony VargheseActor	6	$24M	RDX: Robert Dony Xavier	70
35	Sathyan AnthikadDirector	3	$23M	Hridayapoorvam	70
36	Rahul SadasivanDirector	2	$18M	Diés Iraé	69
37	VysakhDirector	5	$44M	Pulimurugan	68
38	Biju MenonActor	12	$43M	Thalavan	68
39	JagadishActor	4	$23M	Marco	68
40	LalActor	7	$50M	Pulimurugan	67
41	Nikhila VimalActor	3	$22M	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	67
42	Vivek OberoiActorTollywood	2	$35M	Lucifer	66
43	Gibin GopinathActor	2	$19M	Kalamkaval	66
44	Shane NigamActor	4	$19M	RDX: Robert Dony Xavier	65
45	Nazriya NazimActor	4	$19M	Bangalore Days	65
46	Sandeep PradeepActor	3	$15M	Alappuzha Gymkhana	65
47	PriyamaniActorTollywood	4	$18M	Neru	64
48	Dinjith AyyathanDirector	2	$15M	Kishkindha Kaandam	64
49	Khalid RahmanDirector	3	$17M	Alappuzha Gymkhana	63
50	Sidharth BharathanActor	2	$15M	Bramayugam	63

The method, in full

How star power is scored

Gross led: Reported gross of the films the person was top-billed in (first 4 cast credits, or director), counted once per film.
Consistency: How those films did as a run, so one giant hit does not paper over a string of flops.
Body of work: How many films they have led; quantity helps but does not dominate.
Momentum: Gross led, discounted by age.
Audience rating: How audiences rated the films they led.

Every signal is a percentile among people who have led at least two Mollywood films. Figures are as reported on TMDB and Wikipedia, and are indicative rather than audited.