Industries / Kollywood / 2011
Kollywood hits and flops, 2011
Every Kollywood film released in 2011 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. 7 of the year's releases have both figures.
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Other years
| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mankatha2011-08-31 | $5M | $18M | 3.5× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Aadukalam2011-01-14 | $2M | $6M | 3.0× | Hit |
| 3 |  Kaavalan2011-01-15 | $8M | $22M | 2.6× | Hit |
| 4 |  Siruthai2011-01-14 | $3M | $6M | 2.5× | Hit |
| 5 |  7Aum Arivu2011-10-26 | $18M | $22M | 1.3× | Average |
| 6 |  Velayudham2011-10-26 | $10M | $13M | 1.3× | Average |
| 7 |  Aaranya Kaandam2011-06-10 | $780K | $1M | 1.3× | Average |
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.