Industries / Sandalwood / 2013
Sandalwood hits and flops, 2013
Every Sandalwood film released in 2013 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. 7 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  6-5=22013-11-29 | $51K | $853K | 16.7× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Googly2013-07-19 | $683K | $7M | 10.0× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Lucia2013-10-19 | $79K | $522K | 6.6× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Raja Huli2013-11-01 | $512K | $2M | 4.0× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  Bulbul2013-05-10 | $2M | $4M | 2.1× | Hit |
| 6 |  Bachchan2013-04-11 | $2M | $3M | 1.9× | Hit |
| 7 | Topiwaala2013-03-15 | $1M | $2M | 1.6× | Hit |
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.