Industries / Kollywood / 2018
Kollywood hits and flops, 2018
Every Kollywood film released in 2018 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 |  Kolamavu Kokila2018-08-17 | $1M | $11M | 9.1× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  962018-10-04 | $1M | $7M | 6.2× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Kadaikutty Singam2018-07-13 | $4M | $10M | 2.8× | Hit |
| 4 |  Sarkar2018-11-06 | $16M | $37M | 2.3× | Hit |
| 5 |  2.02018-11-29 | $77M | $110M | 1.4× | Average |
| 6 |  Kaala2018-06-07 | $20M | $23M | 1.1× | Average |
| 7 |  Nota2018-10-05 | $9M | $4M | 0.4× | Flop |
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.