Industries / Chinese Cinema / 2021
Chinese Cinema hits and flops, 2021
Every Chinese Cinema film released in 2021 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 |  Hi, Mom2021-02-12 | $59M | $822M | 13.9× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Detective Chinatown 32021-02-12 | $117M | $686M | 5.9× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  The Battle at Lake Changjin2021-09-30 | $200M | $903M | 4.5× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Dynasty Warriors2021-04-27 | $39M | $3M | 0.1× | 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.