Industries / Tollywood / 2012
Tollywood hits and flops, 2012
Every Tollywood film released in 2012 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 |  Eega2012-07-05 | $6M | $24M | 4.0× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Gabbar Singh2012-05-11 | $6M | $22M | 4.0× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Ishq2012-02-24 | $1M | $4M | 2.6× | Hit |
| 4 |  Sarocharu2012-12-21 | $5M | $11M | 2.2× | Hit |
| 5 |  Racha2012-04-05 | $6M | $12M | 2.0× | Hit |
| 6 |  Businessman2012-01-13 | $7M | $13M | 1.8× | Hit |
| 7 |  Julayi2012-08-09 | $6M | $8M | 1.5× | Hit |
| 8 |  Bodyguard2012-01-14 | $8M | $3M | 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.