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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.

1blockbuster1hit2average1flop
Other years
#FilmCostTookReturnVerdict
1Doctor2021-10-09$3M$14M4.0×Blockbuster
2Master2021-01-13$18M$35M1.9×Hit
3Annaatthe2021-11-04$24M$32M1.3×Average
4Maanaadu2021-11-24$12M$16M1.3×Average
5Thalaivii2021-09-10$14M$674K0.0×Flop
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.