Industries / Chinese Cinema / 2014
Chinese Cinema hits and flops, 2014
Every Chinese Cinema film released in 2014 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 |  The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom2014-02-14 | $16M | $63M | 3.9× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  The Monkey King2014-01-09 | $82M | $182M | 2.2× | Hit |
| 3 |  The Continent2014-07-24 | $7M | $9M | 1.3× | Average |
| 4 |  Kung Fu Jungle2014-10-31 | $25M | $129K | 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.