Industries / Tollywood / 2021
Tollywood hits and flops, 2021
Every Tollywood film released in 2021 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. 15 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jathi Ratnalu2021-03-11 | $812K | $9M | 11.7× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Uppena2021-02-12 | $3M | $14M | 4.5× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Love Story2021-09-24 | $4M | $13M | 3.3× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Zombie Reddy2021-02-05 | $541K | $2M | 3.0× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  Akhanda2021-12-02 | $9M | $20M | 2.3× | Hit |
| 6 |  Vakeel Saab2021-04-09 | $11M | $19M | 1.7× | Hit |
| 7 |  Pushpa: The Rise - Part 12021-12-17 | $30M | $48M | 1.6× | Hit |
| 8 |  Seetimaarr2021-09-10 | $2M | $3M | 1.6× | Hit |
| 9 |  Naandhi2021-02-19 | $812K | $1M | 1.6× | Hit |
| 10 |  SR Kalyanamandapam2021-08-06 | $1M | $2M | 1.5× | Hit |
| 11 |  Shyam Singha Roy2021-12-24 | $7M | $9M | 1.3× | Average |
| 12 |  Most Eligible Bachelor2021-10-15 | $6M | $7M | 1.2× | Average |
| 13 |  Wild Dog2021-04-02 | $812K | $947K | 1.2× | Average |
| 14 |  Rang De2021-03-26 | $4M | $4M | 1.0× | Flop |
| 15 |  Mosagallu2021-03-19 | $7M | $68K | 0.0× | 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.