Industries / Sandalwood / 2018
Sandalwood hits and flops, 2018
Every Sandalwood 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. 4 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sarkari. Hi. Pra. Shale Kasaragodu2018-08-23 | $282K | $5M | 17.5× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Raambo 22018-05-16 | $1M | $4M | 3.9× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  K.G.F: Chapter 12018-12-20 | $12M | $37M | 3.1× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  The Villain2018-05-31 | $6M | $8M | 1.3× | 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.