Industries / Chinese Cinema / 2023
Chinese Cinema hits and flops, 2023
Every Chinese Cinema film released in 2023 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 |  Lost in the Stars2023-06-22 | $10M | $334M | 35.2× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  The Wandering Earth II2023-01-22 | $74M | $665M | 9.0× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Marry My Dead Body2023-02-10 | $2M | $15M | 8.2× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Deep Sea2023-01-22 | $29M | $136M | 4.7× | 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.