Industries / Mollywood / 2018
Mollywood hits and flops, 2018
Every Mollywood film released in 2018 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. 6 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sudani from Nigeria2018-03-23 | $132K | $4M | 27.3× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Queen2018-01-12 | $562K | $1M | 2.4× | Hit |
| 3 |  Maradona2018-07-27 | $585K | $1M | 1.8× | Hit |
| 4 |  Kayamkulam Kochunni2018-10-11 | $7M | $10M | 1.6× | Hit |
| 5 |  Odiyan2018-12-13 | $8M | $8M | 1.0× | Average |
| 6 |  Captain2018-02-16 | $2M | $578K | 0.2× | Flop |
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.