Industries / Kollywood / 2023
Kollywood hits and flops, 2023
Every Kollywood film released in 2023 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 |  Jailer2023-08-10 | $25M | $76M | 3.0× | Hit |
| 2 |  Maaveeran2023-07-14 | $4M | $11M | 2.5× | Hit |
| 3 |  Leo2023-10-18 | $39M | $73M | 1.9× | Hit |
| 4 |  Ponniyin Selvan: Part 22023-04-28 | $30M | $40M | 1.4× | Average |
| 5 |  Viduthalai Part 12023-03-30 | $5M | $6M | 1.3× | Average |
| 6 |  Varisu2023-01-11 | $29M | $35M | 1.2× | Average |
| 7 |  Thunivu2023-01-10 | $24M | $27M | 1.1× | 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.