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Chinese Cinema hits and flops, 2025
Every Chinese Cinema film released in 2025 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. 8 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ne Zha 22025-01-29 | $80M | $2.27B | 28.4× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Dead to Rights2025-07-19 | $20M | $423M | 21.1× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Close Ur Kopitiam2025-01-28 | $454K | $4M | 9.0× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Boonie Bears: Future Reborn2025-01-29 | $40M | $105M | 2.6× | Hit |
| 5 |  Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force2025-01-29 | $120M | $173M | 1.4× | Average |
| 6 |  She's Got No Name2025-06-14 | $40M | $52M | 1.3× | Average |
| 7 |  Money Game$2025-01-29 | $2M | $2M | 1.3× | Average |
| 8 |  Dongji Rescue2025-08-08 | $80M | $50M | 0.6× | 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.