Industries / Cinéma Français / 2018
Cinéma Français hits and flops, 2018
Every Cinéma Français film released in 2018 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. 7 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mia and the White Lion2018-08-02 | $10M | $35M | 3.7× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Taxi 52018-01-19 | $20M | $64M | 3.2× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  The Magic Tuche2018-01-31 | $15M | $47M | 3.2× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion2018-05-12 | $36M | $74M | 2.1× | Hit |
| 5 |  Return of the Hero2018-02-14 | $11M | $7M | 0.7× | Flop |
| 6 |  Climax2018-09-19 | $3M | $2M | 0.6× | Flop |
| 7 |  Just a Breath Away2018-04-04 | $14M | $3M | 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.