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Bollywood hits and flops, 2014

Every Bollywood film released in 2014 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. 17 of the year's releases have both figures.

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Other years
#FilmCostTookReturnVerdict
1PK2014-12-18$20M$126M6.3×Blockbuster
22 States2014-04-17$5M$29M6.3×Blockbuster
3Queen2014-03-07$3M$16M4.8×Blockbuster
4Ek Villain2014-06-27$6M$28M4.3×Blockbuster
5Holiday2014-06-06$8M$30M3.6×Blockbuster
6Khoobsurat2014-09-19$4M$13M3.5×Blockbuster
7Kick2014-07-25$23M$66M2.9×Hit
8Mardaani2014-08-22$3M$10M2.8×Hit
9Gunday2014-02-14$8M$21M2.6×Hit
10Hasee Toh Phasee2014-02-07$4M$10M2.5×Hit
11Bang Bang!2014-10-02$23M$54M2.4×Hit
12Haider2014-10-02$6M$14M2.4×Hit
13Happy New Year2014-10-24$25M$56M2.3×Hit
14Mary Kom2014-09-05$6M$14M2.3×Hit
15Singham Returns2014-08-15$16M$36M2.2×Hit
16Highway2014-02-13$3M$6M1.9×Hit
17Bhoothnath Returns2014-04-11$7M$9M1.3×Average
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.