Industries / British Cinema / 2021
British Cinema hits and flops, 2021
Every British Cinema 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. 6 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belfast2021-11-12 | $11M | $49M | 4.5× | Blockbuster |
| 2 | No Time to Die2021-09-29 | $250M | $774M | 3.1× | Blockbuster |
| 3 | Spencer2021-11-04 | $18M | $25M | 1.4× | Average |
| 4 | The Night House2021-07-15 | $12M | $15M | 1.3× | Average |
| 5 | Ron's Gone Wrong2021-10-14 | $57M | $61M | 1.1× | Average |
| 6 | The Lost Daughter2021-12-15 | $5M | $703K | 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.





