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Bollywood hits and flops, 2018

Every Bollywood film released in 2018 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. 16 of the year's releases have both figures.

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Other years
#FilmCostTookReturnVerdict
1Andhadhun2018-10-05$5M$67M14.3×Blockbuster
2Hichki2018-03-23$3M$31M10.5×Blockbuster
3Badhaai Ho2018-10-19$4M$32M7.6×Blockbuster
4Stree2018-08-31$4M$26M7.5×Blockbuster
5Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety2018-02-23$4M$23M6.2×Blockbuster
6Raazi2018-05-10$5M$29M5.3×Blockbuster
7Raid2018-03-16$6M$22M3.8×Blockbuster
8Padmaavat2018-01-25$27M$84M3.1×Blockbuster
9Sanju2018-06-28$22M$67M3.1×Blockbuster
10Tumbbad2018-10-12$731K$2M3.1×Blockbuster
11Pad Man2018-02-09$10M$30M3.0×Blockbuster
12Mulk2018-08-03$3M$4M1.5×Average
13Thugs of Hindostan2018-11-07$37M$47M1.3×Average
14Karwaan2018-08-03$3M$4M1.3×Average
15Zero2018-12-21$29M$28M1.0×Flop
16Soorma2018-07-13$5M$3M0.7×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.