Industries / Chinese Cinema / 2017
Chinese Cinema hits and flops, 2017
Every Chinese Cinema film released in 2017 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. 3 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wolf Warrior 22017-07-27 | $30M | $870M | 28.9× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Kung Fu Yoga2017-01-27 | $65M | $254M | 3.9× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back2017-01-28 | $64M | $249M | 3.9× | Blockbuster |
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.