Industries / Tollywood / 2013
Tollywood hits and flops, 2013
Every Tollywood 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. 10 of the year's releases have both figures.
1blockbuster4hit2average3flop
| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Prema Katha Chitram2013-06-07 | $427K | $3M | 8.0× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Swamy Ra Ra2013-03-29 | $597K | $2M | 2.6× | Hit |
| 3 |  Balupu2013-06-29 | $4M | $9M | 2.1× | Hit |
| 4 |  Iddarammayilatho2013-05-31 | $6M | $10M | 1.8× | Hit |
| 5 |  Tadakha2013-05-10 | $2M | $4M | 1.7× | Hit |
| 6 |  Naayak2013-01-09 | $6M | $9M | 1.4× | Average |
| 7 |  Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu2013-01-11 | $9M | $10M | 1.2× | Average |
| 8 |  Ramayya Vasthavayya2013-10-10 | $7M | $5M | 0.8× | Flop |
| 9 |  Thoofan2013-09-06 | $6M | $2M | 0.3× | Flop |
| 10 |  Shadow2013-04-26 | $5M | $2M | 0.3× | 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.