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Kollywood hits and flops, 2015

Every Kollywood film released in 2015 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. 11 of the year's releases have both figures.

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Other years
#FilmCostTookReturnVerdict
1Pasanga 22015-12-24$670K$8M12.1×Blockbuster
2Demonte Colony2015-05-22$312K$3M8.5×Blockbuster
3O Kadhal Kanmani2015-04-16$935K$7M7.7×Blockbuster
4Thani Oruvan2015-08-28$2M$16M6.7×Blockbuster
5Kanchana 22015-04-17$3M$18M6.5×Blockbuster
6I2015-01-04$16M$37M2.4×Hit
7Indru Netru Naalai2015-06-26$620K$1M2.3×Hit
8Vedalam2015-11-10$9M$18M2.0×Hit
9Yennai Arindhaal2015-01-29$8M$16M2.0×Hit
10Anegan2015-02-13$5M$8M1.6×Hit
11Massu Engira Maasilamani2015-05-29$9M$12M1.4×Average
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.