Industries / Cinéma Français / 2016
Cinéma Français hits and flops, 2016
Every Cinéma Français film released in 2016 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 |  The Tuche Family: The American Dream2016-02-03 | $9M | $35M | 4.1× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  It's Only the End of the World2016-09-21 | $7M | $9M | 1.2× | Average |
| 3 |  The Visitors: Bastille Day2016-03-23 | $25M | $19M | 0.7× | Flop |
| 4 |  Max & Leon2016-11-01 | $12M | $9M | 0.7× | Flop |
| 5 |  My Life as a Zucchini2016-09-22 | $8M | $6M | 0.7× | Flop |
| 6 |  Blood Father2016-08-11 | $13M | $7M | 0.5× | Flop |
| 7 |  Elle2016-05-25 | $10M | $2M | 0.2× | Flop |
| 8 |  Personal Shopper2016-12-14 | $6M | $1M | 0.2× | 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.