Industries / Tollywood / 2014
Tollywood hits and flops, 2014
Every Tollywood film released in 2014 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.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Manam2014-05-23 | $5M | $20M | 4.4× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Karthikeya2014-10-24 | $820K | $3M | 4.0× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Drushyam2014-07-11 | $984K | $3M | 3.3× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Race Gurram2014-04-11 | $9M | $17M | 2.0× | Hit |
| 5 |  Oka Laila Kosam2014-10-17 | $3M | $7M | 2.0× | Hit |
| 6 |  Yevadu2014-01-12 | $6M | $11M | 1.9× | Hit |
| 7 |  Heart Attack2014-01-31 | $4M | $7M | 1.6× | Hit |
| 8 |  Govindudu Andarivadele2014-10-01 | $5M | $7M | 1.4× | Average |
| 9 |  Rabhasa2014-08-28 | $7M | $5M | 0.6× | Flop |
| 10 |  1: Nenokkadine2014-01-10 | $11M | $5M | 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.