Industries / Mollywood / 2017
Mollywood hits and flops, 2017
Every Mollywood film released in 2017 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. 12 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Great Father2017-03-30 | $922K | $8M | 8.3× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Jomonte Suvisheshangal2017-01-19 | $1M | $7M | 6.7× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Ezra2017-02-10 | $2M | $8M | 5.1× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Angamaly Diaries2017-03-03 | $610K | $3M | 5.0× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  Godha2017-05-19 | $700K | $3M | 4.4× | Blockbuster |
| 6 |  Ramaleela2017-09-28 | $2M | $8M | 3.9× | Blockbuster |
| 7 |  Rakshadhikari Baiju (Oppu)2017-04-21 | $550K | $2M | 3.6× | Blockbuster |
| 8 |  Sunday Holiday2017-07-14 | $625K | $2M | 3.5× | Blockbuster |
| 9 |  Take Off2017-03-24 | $1M | $4M | 3.0× | Hit |
| 10 |  CIA: Comrade In America2017-05-05 | $1M | $4M | 2.8× | Hit |
| 11 |  Sakhavu2017-04-14 | $780K | $2M | 2.8× | Hit |
| 12 |  Adam Joan2017-09-01 | $2M | $3M | 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.