Industries / Chinese Cinema / 2019
Chinese Cinema hits and flops, 2019
Every Chinese Cinema film released in 2019 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. 5 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ne Zha2019-07-26 | $22M | $743M | 33.8× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Pegasus2019-02-05 | $40M | $256M | 6.4× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  White Snake2019-01-11 | $12M | $62M | 5.2× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Shanghai Fortress2019-08-09 | $30M | $17M | 0.6× | Flop |
| 5 |  Step Up: Year of the Dance2019-06-26 | $17M | $389K | 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.