Industries / Kollywood / 2021
Kollywood hits and flops, 2021
Every Kollywood film released in 2021 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. 5 of the year's releases have both figures.
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Other years
| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doctor2021-10-09 | $3M | $14M | 4.0× | Blockbuster |
| 2 | Master2021-01-13 | $18M | $35M | 1.9× | Hit |
| 3 | Annaatthe2021-11-04 | $24M | $32M | 1.3× | Average |
| 4 | Maanaadu2021-11-24 | $12M | $16M | 1.3× | Average |
| 5 | Thalaivii2021-09-10 | $14M | $674K | 0.0× | 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.




