Industries / Mollywood / 2011
Mollywood hits and flops, 2011
Every Mollywood film released in 2011 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. 4 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Traffic2011-01-07 | $589K | $3M | 5.5× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Seniors2011-05-06 | $642K | $3M | 5.3× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Sevenes2011-08-31 | $1M | $2M | 2.0× | Hit |
| 4 |  Christian Brothers2011-10-03 | $2M | $2M | 1.2× | 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.