Industries / Kollywood / 2013
Kollywood hits and flops, 2013
Every Kollywood film released in 2013 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. 6 of the year's releases have both figures.
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Other years
| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soodhu Kavvum2013-05-01 | $310K | $2M | 6.6× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Ethir Neechal2013-05-01 | $700K | $4M | 6.0× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Singam 22013-07-05 | $8M | $23M | 3.0× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Vishwaroopam2013-01-25 | $17M | $38M | 2.2× | Hit |
| 5 |  Arrambam2013-10-31 | $10M | $21M | 2.1× | Hit |
| 6 |  Thalaivaa2013-08-20 | $10M | $11M | 1.1× | 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.