Industries / Mollywood / 2023
Mollywood hits and flops, 2023
Every Mollywood film released in 2023 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. 8 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Romancham2023-02-03 | $288K | $8M | 29.5× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  20182023-05-05 | $3M | $22M | 6.9× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Neru2023-12-21 | $2M | $10M | 5.8× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Garudan2023-11-03 | $847K | $3M | 3.9× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam2023-01-19 | $363K | $1M | 3.2× | Blockbuster |
| 6 |  Kannur Squad2023-09-28 | $4M | $10M | 2.8× | Hit |
| 7 |  King of Kotha2023-08-24 | $5M | $5M | 0.9× | Flop |
| 8 |  The Face of the Faceless2023-02-07 | $600K | $90K | 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.