The first weekend of 2018 with releases which had some awareness has turned into a disaster as 1921 , Kaalakandi and Mukkabaaz had no collections and no trend. 1921 was the best of the lot but grossed just 6 crore nett over its first weekend. The way it is going it may not even reach the business of the first film in the franchise. 1920 released ten years ago and grossed 10.50 crore and 1921 is unlikely to go much further than that unless the weekdays spring a huge surprise. The first weekend business of 1921 is as follows.

Friday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 2,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

TOTAL - 6,25,00,000 apprx

Kaalakandi is a huge disaster and despite being a metro plex film it had its best collections on its first day and those first day collections itself were a disaster. This result was coming for the film with a disastrous trailer but even then failing to grow on Saturday or Sunday after a 1 crore nett opening takes a lot of doing. But this film is bad enough to do the impossible. The first weekend figures of Kaalakandi are as follows.

Friday - 1,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 95,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 95,00,000 apprx

Grand Total - 2,90,00,000 apprx

Mukkabaaz has also fared poorly though not as bad as Kaalakandi. This film had a lot of support from the media which was expected as this tends to happen with this directors films but a film works with the support of the audience not the support from reviewers as the audience go by what they see not what they hear or read. Mukkabaaz has grossed a very poor 4 crore nett apprx in its first weekend. A similar film Saala Khadoos had grossed 5.60 crore nett in its first weekend two years back and that film was also a disaster. The first weekend business of Mukkabaaz is as follows.

Friday - 75,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 1,75,00,000 apprx

TOTAL - 4,00,00,000 apprx