Industries / Tollywood / 2017
Tollywood hits and flops, 2017
Every Tollywood film released in 2017 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. 14 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arjun Reddy2017-08-25 | $780K | $8M | 10.3× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Baahubali 2: The Conclusion2017-04-28 | $38M | $278M | 7.2× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Fidaa2017-07-20 | $2M | $14M | 7.0× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Shatamanam Bhavati2017-01-14 | $1M | $8M | 6.6× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  Mahanubhavudu2017-09-29 | $2M | $7M | 4.5× | Blockbuster |
| 6 |  Nene Raju Nene Mantri2017-08-11 | $2M | $7M | 3.7× | Blockbuster |
| 7 |  Jai Lava Kusa2017-09-21 | $7M | $25M | 3.6× | Blockbuster |
| 8 |  Khaidi No. 1502017-01-11 | $8M | $25M | 3.3× | Blockbuster |
| 9 |  DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham2017-06-23 | $8M | $23M | 3.0× | Hit |
| 10 |  Ninnu Kori2017-07-07 | $3M | $8M | 2.9× | Hit |
| 11 |  The Ghazi Attack2017-02-17 | $2M | $4M | 1.9× | Hit |
| 12 |  Katamarayudu2017-03-24 | $11M | $15M | 1.4× | Average |
| 13 |  Goutham Nanda2017-07-27 | $4M | $5M | 1.2× | Average |
| 14 |  Hello!2017-12-22 | $5M | $5M | 1.1× | 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.