Industries / British Cinema / 2025
British Cinema hits and flops, 2025
Every British Cinema film released in 2025 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 |  Pillion2025-11-28 | $1M | $7M | 6.6× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  I Swear2025-09-22 | $4M | $16M | 4.2× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy2025-02-12 | $50M | $140M | 2.8× | Hit |
| 4 |  Paddington in Peru2025-01-17 | $90M | $211M | 2.3× | Hit |
| 5 |  Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale2025-09-10 | $50M | $108M | 2.2× | Hit |
| 6 |  The Roses2025-08-27 | $30M | $52M | 1.7× | Hit |
| 7 |  Fuze2025-09-05 | $45M | $3M | 0.1× | Flop |
| 8 |  Fight or Flight2025-04-03 | $40M | $2M | 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.