Industries / Tollywood / 2011
Tollywood hits and flops, 2011
Every Tollywood film released in 2011 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. 9 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kandireega2011-08-12 | $285K | $5M | 16.5× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Ala Modalaindi2011-01-21 | $857K | $3M | 3.7× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  100% Love2011-05-06 | $2M | $4M | 2.6× | Hit |
| 4 |  Oosaravelli2011-10-06 | $5M | $12M | 2.3× | Hit |
| 5 |  Badrinath2011-06-10 | $8M | $14M | 1.6× | Hit |
| 6 |  Dookudu2011-09-23 | $7M | $12M | 1.6× | Hit |
| 7 |  Panjaa2011-12-09 | $7M | $9M | 1.2× | Average |
| 8 |  Once Upon a Warrior2011-01-14 | $6M | $5M | 1.0× | Flop |
| 9 |  Shakthi2011-04-01 | $10M | $4M | 0.4× | 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.