Industries / British Cinema / 2018
British Cinema hits and flops, 2018
Every British Cinema film released in 2018 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. 8 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Johnny English Strikes Again2018-08-30 | $25M | $159M | 6.4× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  The Commuter2018-01-11 | $30M | $120M | 4.0× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  The Strangers: Prey at Night2018-03-07 | $13M | $32M | 2.6× | Hit |
| 4 |  Mary Queen of Scots2018-12-07 | $25M | $47M | 1.9× | Hit |
| 5 |  Escape Plan 2: Hades2018-06-05 | $20M | $18M | 0.9× | Flop |
| 6 |  Hotel Artemis2018-06-07 | $15M | $12M | 0.8× | Flop |
| 7 |  Replicas2018-10-25 | $30M | $8M | 0.3× | Flop |
| 8 |  Anon2018-05-03 | $20M | $1M | 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.