Industries / Sandalwood / 2019
Sandalwood hits and flops, 2019
Every Sandalwood 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. 3 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Avane Srimannarayana2019-12-27 | $3M | $8M | 2.5× | Hit |
| 2 |  Pailwaan2019-09-12 | $6M | $7M | 1.3× | Average |
| 3 |  Seetharama Kalyana2019-01-25 | $2M | $3M | 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.