Industries / Cinéma Français / 2013
Cinéma Français hits and flops, 2013
Every Cinéma Français film released in 2013 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. 9 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Blue Is the Warmest Color2013-10-09 | $4M | $20M | 4.6× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Belle and Sebastian2013-12-18 | $11M | $36M | 3.2× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Serial Teachers2013-04-17 | $12M | $33M | 2.7× | Hit |
| 4 |  Young & Beautiful2013-08-21 | $5M | $10M | 2.1× | Hit |
| 5 |  The Gilded Cage2013-04-19 | $7M | $11M | 1.6× | Hit |
| 6 |  Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants2013-11-17 | $20M | $30M | 1.5× | Hit |
| 7 |  The Past2013-05-17 | $11M | $11M | 1.0× | Flop |
| 8 |  Stranger by the Lake2013-06-12 | $1M | $1M | 0.9× | Flop |
| 9 |  Mood Indigo2013-01-10 | $16M | $10M | 0.7× | 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.