Industries / Kollywood / 2012
Kollywood hits and flops, 2012
Every Kollywood film released in 2012 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. 4 of the year's releases have both figures.
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Other years
| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pizza2012-10-19 | $240K | $1M | 6.2× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Nanban2012-01-13 | $8M | $28M | 3.4× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom2012-11-30 | $150K | $337K | 2.2× | Hit |
| 4 |  Thuppakki2012-11-13 | $13M | $23M | 1.7× | Hit |
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.