Tovino Thomas helmed Malayalam film 2018 is doing historic business at the box office and is on track to become the fastest Mollywood film to gross Rs 100 crores, which it should reach by Tuesday, its 12th ticket day . The film opened modestly as it earned Rs 1.85 crores on its first day in Kerala. Every day of the film since then has been more than its first day and it is very likely that this will remain the case in the weekdays of the second week as well.

The Mollywood industry will be its first all time bigger since 2016 with 2018

The collections of 2018 in Kerala stand at Rs 40 crores, the rest of India contributed around Rs 7 crores and the overseas markets contributed around 5.6 million dollars, which in Indian rupees is slightly more than 46 crores. This brings the total gross number to Rs 93 crores. If the weekdays hold, the second week’s gross will be similar or even higher than the first week. Since Covid-19, most film industries in India have faced a new worse. Mollywood hasn’t had one since 2016, but it looks like it will finally have one now, with 2018.

The daily gross collections of 2018 in Kerala are as follows:-

Day 1 – Rs 1.85 cr

Day 2 – Rs 3.22 cr

Day 3 – Rs 4.10 cr

Day 4 – Rs 3.95 cr

Day 5 – Rs 4.05 cr

Day 6 – Rs 3.97 cr

Day 7 – Rs 3.95 cr

Day 8 – Rs 4.11 cr

Day 9 – Rs 5.15 cr

Day 10 – Rs 5.65 cr
Total = Rs 40 cr gross in 7 days in Kerala

2018 received unanimous support from Malayalam film audiences

Coincidentally, 2018 was released along with a film that showed the state of Kerala in a bad light, The Kerala Story. So, the film, set in Kerala, is branded as ‘The Real Kerala Story’. No wonder the people of Kerala supported 2018 unconditionally and made it the phenomenon it is today.

You can watch 2018 in theaters now.

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