Industries / Mollywood / 2010
Mollywood hits and flops, 2010
Every Mollywood film released in 2010 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. 11 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Marykkundoru Kunjaadu2010-12-25 | $766K | $5M | 6.4× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Best Actor2010-12-09 | $700K | $4M | 5.6× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Pokkiri Raja2010-05-07 | $1M | $5M | 3.7× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Shikkar2010-09-09 | $766K | $3M | 3.4× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  In Ghost House Inn2010-03-25 | $547K | $2M | 3.2× | Blockbuster |
| 6 |  Pranchiyettan & The Saint2010-09-10 | $385K | $1M | 2.9× | Hit |
| 7 |  Malarvaadi Arts Club2010-07-16 | $383K | $1M | 2.6× | Hit |
| 8 |  Elsamma Enna Aankutty2010-09-09 | $383K | $875K | 2.3× | Hit |
| 9 |  Happy Husbands2010-01-13 | $1M | $3M | 2.0× | Hit |
| 10 |  Kaaryasthan2010-11-05 | $547K | $985K | 1.8× | Hit |
| 11 |  Aagathan2010-02-11 | $822K | $1M | 1.5× | 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.