Industries / Chinese Cinema / 2016
Chinese Cinema hits and flops, 2016
Every Chinese Cinema film released in 2016 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. 7 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Big Fish & Begonia2016-07-08 | $5M | $85M | 18.7× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  The Mermaid2016-02-08 | $61M | $554M | 9.1× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Operation Mekong2016-09-30 | $30M | $173M | 5.7× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  The Monkey King 22016-01-22 | $68M | $194M | 2.8× | Hit |
| 5 |  Railroad Tigers2016-12-23 | $50M | $102M | 2.0× | Hit |
| 6 |  The Wasted Times2016-12-16 | $13M | $18M | 1.4× | Average |
| 7 |  League of Gods2016-07-28 | $38M | $43M | 1.1× | Average |
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.