Industries / Kollywood / 2019
Kollywood hits and flops, 2019
Every Kollywood film released in 2019 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 |  Kaithi2019-10-24 | $4M | $15M | 4.2× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Viswasam2019-01-10 | $14M | $27M | 1.9× | Hit |
| 3 |  Bigil2019-10-17 | $26M | $42M | 1.6× | Hit |
| 4 |  Petta2019-01-10 | $23M | $33M | 1.4× | Average |
| 5 |  Kaappaan2019-09-19 | $11M | $14M | 1.3× | Average |
| 6 |  Comali2019-08-14 | $7M | $7M | 1.0× | 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.