"Shaakuntalam" was a colossal flop in every way. The film's collections were near zero by the evening of the first day, and the word-of-mouth was extremely negative.
The situation was similar at the box office in the United States, where it collected a quarter of a million dollars.
#Shaakuntalam: Thursday: $90,139; Friday: $83,900; Saturday: $58,727; Sun: $20,000 (approx.) Total Weekend Earnings: $252k (approx.)
The film, directed by Gunasekhar, was purchased by an overseas distributor for Rs 3.30 crore.
However, because of the low collections after the first weekend, the distributor is expected to lose around Rs 2 crore on the investment.
According to rumors, the film's US distributor saw it four days before its release and decided it would be a washout.
