Industries / Mollywood / 2019
Mollywood hits and flops, 2019
Every Mollywood film released in 2019 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 |  Thanneer Mathan Dinangal2019-07-26 | $284K | $7M | 25.0× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Kumbalangi Nights2019-02-07 | $923K | $6M | 6.0× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Driving Licence2019-12-20 | $704K | $4M | 5.4× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Mamangam2019-12-12 | $8M | $12M | 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.