Industries / Chinese Cinema / 2013
Chinese Cinema hits and flops, 2013
Every Chinese Cinema film released in 2013 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 |  No Man's Land2013-12-03 | $2M | $42M | 18.0× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Finding Mr. Right2013-03-21 | $5M | $81M | 16.7× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Personal Tailor2013-12-19 | $19M | $118M | 6.3× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Police Story: Lockdown2013-12-24 | $35M | $94M | 2.7× | Hit |
| 5 |  The Grandmaster2013-01-10 | $39M | $64M | 1.7× | Hit |
| 6 |  A Touch of Sin2013-10-04 | $4M | $154K | 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.