The Kerala Story has bagged the fifth-highest advance bookings of the year, selling over  32,000 tickets in national chains. In spite of facing competition from Hollywood blockbuster The Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 3, which also clocked good advance bookings, The Kerala Story is likely to perform well at the box office, with total collections estimated to exceed the Rs.10 crore net India mark.

The movie outperforms other Hindi films that came out this year, such Shehzada and Selfiee, in terms of advance bookings. Furthermore, its performance shows that controversy need not necessarily harm a movie's chances at the box office. The Kashmir Files, a previous example of a successful controversial movie, made an unprecedented amount of money in India in 2022—nearly Rs. 250 crores net.

Some evening shows are nearly sold out in South Indian cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai. The Shenoys Theatre in Kochi, Kerala, is nearing or quickly reaching capacity for a number of performances.

The Kerala Story Review: Reading Shubham Kulkarni on KoiMoi:  “The Kerala Story is manipulative story-telling at its best, and that is not  good. Be a clever audience and ask questions about the content you are watching" .... Another post of wrote Nandini Ramnath on Scroll.in reads:  “The Kerala Story deploys the tools of fiction to support Sen’s claim that behind every Hindi-Muslim interaction, there lies sinister intent." 

Kerala Story is unable to come out of controversies, Censor Board took this step

Screening of The Kerala Story in JNU, student organizations and Congress protested

Prove The Kerala Story false, will give 10 crores! Who gave the challenge to the protesting people?