Industries / Kollywood / 2016
Kollywood hits and flops, 2016
Every Kollywood film released in 2016 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 |  Irudhi Suttru2016-01-28 | $300K | $2M | 7.0× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Visaranai2016-02-04 | $325K | $2M | 4.9× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Kabali2016-07-22 | $15M | $48M | 3.2× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Iru Mugan2016-09-08 | $6M | $14M | 2.4× | Hit |
| 5 |  Theri2016-04-14 | $11M | $22M | 2.0× | Hit |
| 6 |  Dharmadurai2016-08-19 | $2M | $4M | 2.0× | Hit |
| 7 |  242016-05-05 | $10M | $15M | 1.4× | 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.