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Tollywood hits and flops, 2023

Every Tollywood film released in 2023 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. 57 of the year's releases have both figures.

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Other years

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#	Film	Cost	Took	Return	Verdict
1	Balagam2023-03-03	$350K	$3M	8.9×	Blockbuster
2	Baby2023-07-14	$1M	$10M	8.0×	Blockbuster
3	Samajavaragamana2023-06-29	$850K	$6M	7.1×	Blockbuster
4	Virupaksha2023-04-21	$3M	$15M	5.0×	Blockbuster
5	Maa Oori Polimera 22023-11-03	$480K	$2M	3.8×	Blockbuster
6	Sir2023-02-17	$4M	$14M	3.4×	Blockbuster
7	MAD2023-10-06	$960K	$3M	3.0×	Blockbuster
8	Writer Padmabhushan2023-02-03	$500K	$1M	2.9×	Hit
9	Keedaa Cola2023-11-03	$750K	$2M	2.6×	Hit
10	Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty2023-09-07	$2M	$6M	2.5×	Hit
11	Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire2023-12-22	$33M	$74M	2.3×	Hit
12	Pindam2023-12-15	$600K	$1M	2.0×	Hit
13	Marokshanam2023-05-05	$10K	$20K	2.0×	Hit
14	Dasara2023-03-30	$8M	$15M	1.9×	Hit
15	Pareshan2023-06-02	$300K	$550K	1.8×	Hit
16	Waltair Veerayya2023-01-13	$17M	$29M	1.7×	Hit
17	Mangalavaaram2023-11-17	$2M	$3M	1.7×	Hit
18	Bhagavanth Kesari2023-10-19	$10M	$16M	1.6×	Hit
19	Kotabommali P.S2023-11-24	$1M	$2M	1.5×	Hit
20	Kalyanam Kamaneeyam2023-01-14	$600K	$873K	1.5×	Average
21	Intinti Ramayanam2023-06-09	$400K	$600K	1.5×	Hit
22	Bro2023-07-28	$10M	$12M	1.3×	Average
23	Veera Simha Reddy2023-01-12	$13M	$16M	1.2×	Average
24	Hi Nanna2023-12-07	$8M	$9M	1.2×	Average
25	Skanda2023-09-28	$6M	$7M	1.2×	Average
26	Kushi2023-09-01	$8M	$9M	1.0×	Average
27	Tiger Nageswara Rao2023-10-20	$7M	$6M	0.9×	Flop
28	Devil2023-12-29	$5M	$4M	0.8×	Flop
29	Bedurulanka 20122023-08-25	$2M	$2M	0.8×	Flop
30	Rangamarthanda2023-03-22	$2M	$2M	0.8×	Flop
31	Amigos2023-02-10	$2M	$1M	0.8×	Flop
32	Hidimbha2023-07-21	$1M	$950K	0.8×	Flop
33	Adipurush2023-06-16	$73M	$48M	0.7×	Flop
34	Ramabanam2023-05-05	$2M	$2M	0.7×	Flop
35	Mr. Pregnant2023-08-18	$900K	$557K	0.6×	Flop
36	Ravanasura2023-04-07	$6M	$3M	0.5×	Flop
37	Custody2023-05-12	$4M	$2M	0.5×	Flop
38	Malli Pelli2023-05-26	$2M	$800K	0.5×	Flop
39	CSI Sanatan2023-03-10	$850K	$400K	0.5×	Flop
40	Bhola Shankar2023-08-11	$12M	$5M	0.4×	Flop
41	Anni Manchi Sakunamule2023-05-18	$1M	$530K	0.4×	Flop
42	Bubblegum2023-12-29	$750K	$300K	0.4×	Flop
43	Popcorn2023-02-10	$350K	$150K	0.4×	Flop
44	Shaakuntalam2023-04-14	$8M	$2M	0.3×	Flop
45	Extra Ordinary Man2023-12-08	$4M	$1M	0.3×	Flop
46	Rules Ranjann2023-10-06	$2M	$500K	0.3×	Flop
47	Meter2023-04-07	$1M	$300K	0.3×	Flop
48	Bhaag Saale2023-07-07	$1M	$250K	0.3×	Flop
49	Slum Dog Husband2023-07-29	$500K	$150K	0.3×	Flop
50	Agent2023-04-28	$10M	$2M	0.2×	Flop
51	Rudrangi2023-07-07	$1M	$200K	0.2×	Flop
52	Aadikeshava2023-11-24	$2M	$360K	0.1×	Flop
53	Hunt2023-01-26	$2M	$234K	0.1×	Flop
54	Peddha Kapu 12023-09-29	$2M	$180K	0.1×	Flop
55	Maama Mascheendra2023-10-06	$2M	$120K	0.1×	Flop
56	Month of Madhu2023-10-06	$600K	$60K	0.1×	Flop
57	Gandeevadhari Arjuna2023-08-25	$7M	$180K	0.0×	Flop

The method, in full

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.