Industries / Bollywood / 2013

Bollywood hits and flops, 2013

Every Bollywood film released in 2013 with a cost and a gross on record, graded on gross against cost six weeks after release. Blockbuster is three times its cost and up, hit is one and a half, average is one, and anything under one is a flop. 19 of the year's releases have both figures.

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#	Film	Cost	Took	Return	Verdict
1	Aashiqui 22013-04-26	$1M	$16M	12.3×	Blockbuster
2	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani2013-05-31	$8M	$56M	7.2×	Blockbuster
3	Dhoom 32013-12-19	$17M	$95M	5.6×	Blockbuster
4	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag2013-07-12	$7M	$36M	5.1×	Blockbuster
5	Jolly LLB2013-03-15	$2M	$8M	4.9×	Blockbuster
6	The Lunchbox2013-09-20	$4M	$17M	4.5×	Blockbuster
7	Krrish 32013-11-01	$17M	$67M	3.9×	Blockbuster
8	Chennai Express2013-08-08	$20M	$72M	3.7×	Blockbuster
9	Raanjhanaa2013-06-21	$6M	$18M	2.9×	Hit
10	Kai Po Che!2013-02-13	$5M	$14M	2.8×	Hit
11	Special 262013-02-07	$7M	$18M	2.5×	Hit
12	Chashme Baddoor2013-04-05	$3M	$9M	2.5×	Hit
13	Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela2013-11-14	$15M	$34M	2.3×	Hit
14	Go Goa Gone2013-05-10	$3M	$7M	2.1×	Hit
15	Madras Cafe2013-08-23	$6M	$11M	1.9×	Hit
16	Boss2013-10-16	$8M	$12M	1.5×	Average
17	Lootera2013-04-04	$5M	$8M	1.4×	Average
18	Ugly2013-05-17	$768K	$1M	1.4×	Average
19	Zanjeer2013-09-06	$12M	$5M	0.4×	Flop

The method, in full

How a verdict is reached

Blockbuster: Gross of at least 3× cost and up what the film cost to make.
Hit: Gross of at least 1.5× what the film cost to make.
Average: Gross of at least 1× what the film cost to make.
Flop: Anything that did not return its cost. under 1×.

Budget and gross as reported on TMDB A film is graded 42 days after release, so a run still in cinemas is not called early, and a film with no budget on record cannot be graded at all.