Industries / British Cinema / 2017
British Cinema hits and flops, 2017
Every British Cinema 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. 15 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47 Meters Down2017-05-25 | $6M | $62M | 11.3× | Blockbuster |
| 2 | Paddington 22017-11-05 | $40M | $290M | 7.3× | Blockbuster |
| 3 | Baby Driver2017-06-28 | $34M | $227M | 6.7× | Blockbuster |
| 4 | Darkest Hour2017-11-22 | $30M | $151M | 5.0× | Blockbuster |
| 5 | Victoria & Abdul2017-09-13 | $22M | $67M | 3.0× | Blockbuster |
| 6 | The Wife2017-08-17 | $7M | $20M | 2.9× | Hit |
| 7 | T2 Trainspotting2017-01-27 | $18M | $42M | 2.3× | Hit |
| 8 | The Death of Stalin2017-10-20 | $13M | $25M | 1.9× | Hit |
| 9 | The Ritual2017-10-11 | $1M | $2M | 1.8× | Hit |
| 10 | The Snowman2017-08-24 | $35M | $43M | 1.2× | Average |
| 11 | All the Money in the World2017-12-21 | $50M | $57M | 1.1× | Average |
| 12 | You Were Never Really Here2017-11-08 | $17M | $9M | 0.6× | Flop |
| 13 | Battle of the Sexes2017-09-22 | $25M | $13M | 0.5× | Flop |
| 14 | Free Fire2017-03-31 | $7M | $4M | 0.5× | Flop |
| 15 | Beyond Skyline2017-10-26 | $14M | $992K | 0.1× | 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.














