Industries / Chinese Cinema / 2011
Chinese Cinema hits and flops, 2011
Every Chinese Cinema film released in 2011 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 |  What Women Want2011-02-03 | $5M | $12M | 2.4× | Hit |
| 2 |  23:592011-11-03 | $600K | $1M | 2.0× | Hit |
| 3 |  Shaolin2011-01-20 | $29M | $34M | 1.2× | Average |
| 4 |  Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag2011-09-09 | $25M | $29M | 1.2× | Average |
| 5 |  Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge2011-09-30 | $25M | $29M | 1.2× | Average |
| 6 |  The Flowers of War2011-12-15 | $94M | $95M | 1.0× | Average |
| 7 |  19112011-09-23 | $30M | $4M | 0.1× | Flop |
| 8 |  Flying Swords of Dragon Gate2011-12-15 | $35M | $128K | 0.0× | 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.