Industries / Chinese Cinema / 2012
Chinese Cinema hits and flops, 2012
Every Chinese Cinema film released in 2012 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. 4 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lost in Thailand2012-12-12 | $2M | $208M | 94.5× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Dangerous Liaisons2012-09-27 | $24M | $13M | 0.5× | Flop |
| 3 |  The Bullet Vanishes2012-08-14 | $12M | $2M | 0.1× | Flop |
| 4 |  The Guillotines2012-12-20 | $15M | $5K | 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.