Industries / Bollywood / 2022
Bollywood hits and flops, 2022
Every Bollywood film released in 2022 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. 12 of the year's releases have both figures.
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Other years
| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Kashmir Files2022-03-11 | $3M | $43M | 17.0× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Drishyam 22022-11-18 | $6M | $44M | 6.9× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Bhool Bhulaiyaa 22022-05-20 | $8M | $34M | 4.1× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Gangubai Kathiawadi2022-02-24 | $13M | $27M | 2.1× | Hit |
| 5 |  Bhediya2022-11-25 | $8M | $11M | 1.5× | Average |
| 6 |  Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva2022-09-08 | $49M | $53M | 1.1× | Average |
| 7 |  Badhaai Do2022-02-11 | $3M | $4M | 1.1× | Average |
| 8 |  Laal Singh Chaddha2022-08-11 | $35M | $17M | 0.5× | Flop |
| 9 |  Runway 342022-04-29 | $13M | $7M | 0.5× | Flop |
| 10 |  Attack2022-04-01 | $10M | $4M | 0.4× | Flop |
| 11 |  Jersey2022-04-22 | $10M | $4M | 0.3× | Flop |
| 12 |  Shabaash Mithu2022-07-15 | $6M | $368K | 0.1× | Flop |
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.