[3] KL Gangster (reaching past the 10 million mark) beat the overall record held by Ngangkung (another Malaysian-made film) which released in 2010.
Malek was imprisoned for years for being betrayed by his own group's masterminded, Shark (Syamsul Yusof), a stepchild to the King (Ridzuan Hashim), a leader of the most influential secret societies in KL.
Praise should be given to Syamsul Yusof as well, who successfully highlighted the good side of acting and managed to inspire the character he portrayed."
[6] This figure reached RM6.2 million[7] after four days, and then topped the collection chart in Malaysian cinemas on its first weekend (9 to 15 June 2011), to overcome Hollywood films, including Super 8, X-Men: First Class and Kung Fu Panda 2.
[9] During its theatrical run KL Gangster grossed in total of RM11.74 million, maintained a solid position as highest-grossing Malaysian film for two and a half years, until it was outranked by The Journey in February 2014.
Despite the warm welcome to the visitors of cinema and the film's reviewer, but KL Gangster was not free from objection to some parties, such as the Pekida foundation, who reportedly wanted to sue the director, Syamsul Yusof.
Spin-off series KL Gangster: Underworld was released on 16 August 2018, online on video on demand (VOD) service iflix.
After receiving positive reception,[13] Season 2 was announced[14] and a prequel to the spin-off series, KL Gangster: Rise to Power will be released on September 19, 2019.