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Hollywood hits and flops, 2013

Every Hollywood 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. 65 of the year's releases have both figures.

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#	Film	Cost	Took	Return	Verdict
1	The Purge2013-05-31	$3M	$91M	30.4×	Blockbuster
2	The Conjuring2013-07-18	$13M	$321M	24.7×	Blockbuster
3	Despicable Me 22013-06-26	$76M	$971M	12.8×	Blockbuster
4	Dallas Buyers Club2013-11-01	$5M	$56M	11.1×	Blockbuster
5	12 Years a Slave2013-10-18	$20M	$187M	9.4×	Blockbuster
6	Frozen2013-11-20	$150M	$1.27B	8.5×	Blockbuster
7	We're the Millers2013-08-07	$37M	$270M	7.3×	Blockbuster
8	Gravity2013-10-03	$105M	$723M	6.9×	Blockbuster
9	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013-11-15	$130M	$865M	6.7×	Blockbuster
10	Spring Breakers2013-03-06	$5M	$32M	6.4×	Blockbuster
11	American Hustle2013-12-12	$40M	$251M	6.3×	Blockbuster
12	Iron Man 32013-04-18	$200M	$1.22B	6.1×	Blockbuster
13	Evil Dead2013-04-05	$17M	$99M	5.8×	Blockbuster
14	Blue Jasmine2013-08-01	$18M	$99M	5.5×	Blockbuster
15	The Heat2013-06-27	$43M	$230M	5.3×	Blockbuster
16	The Call2013-03-14	$13M	$69M	5.3×	Blockbuster
17	Identity Thief2013-02-07	$35M	$174M	5.0×	Blockbuster
18	Fast & Furious 62013-05-21	$160M	$789M	4.9×	Blockbuster
19	Now You See Me2013-05-29	$75M	$352M	4.7×	Blockbuster
20	Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters2013-01-17	$50M	$226M	4.5×	Blockbuster
21	The Croods2013-03-15	$135M	$587M	4.3×	Blockbuster
22	The Wolf of Wall Street2013-12-25	$100M	$407M	4.1×	Blockbuster
23	Captain Phillips2013-10-10	$55M	$219M	4.0×	Blockbuster
24	The Book Thief2013-11-08	$19M	$77M	4.0×	Blockbuster
25	This Is the End2013-06-12	$32M	$126M	3.9×	Blockbuster
26	Scary Movie 52013-04-11	$20M	$79M	3.9×	Blockbuster
27	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2013-12-11	$250M	$958M	3.8×	Blockbuster
28	Thor: The Dark World2013-10-30	$170M	$645M	3.8×	Blockbuster
29	Monsters University2013-06-19	$200M	$744M	3.7×	Blockbuster
30	Lone Survivor2013-12-24	$40M	$149M	3.7×	Blockbuster
31	The Wolverine2013-07-21	$120M	$415M	3.5×	Blockbuster
32	The Hangover Part III2013-05-23	$103M	$362M	3.5×	Blockbuster
33	Pain & Gain2013-04-18	$25M	$87M	3.5×	Blockbuster
34	The Great Gatsby2013-05-09	$105M	$351M	3.3×	Blockbuster
35	A Good Day to Die Hard2013-02-06	$92M	$305M	3.3×	Blockbuster
36	Warm Bodies2013-01-31	$35M	$117M	3.3×	Blockbuster
37	Mud2013-04-26	$10M	$33M	3.3×	Blockbuster
38	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 22013-09-26	$78M	$248M	3.2×	Blockbuster
39	Saving Mr. Banks2013-11-29	$35M	$113M	3.2×	Blockbuster
40	Grown Ups 22013-07-11	$80M	$247M	3.1×	Blockbuster
41	Man of Steel2013-06-12	$225M	$668M	3.0×	Hit
42	Carrie2013-10-16	$30M	$85M	2.8×	Hit
43	World War Z2013-06-19	$200M	$532M	2.7×	Hit
44	Escape Plan2013-10-09	$50M	$137M	2.7×	Hit
45	Prisoners2013-09-19	$46M	$122M	2.7×	Hit
46	Oz the Great and Powerful2013-03-07	$200M	$492M	2.5×	Hit
47	Star Trek Into Darkness2013-05-05	$190M	$467M	2.5×	Hit
48	Elysium2013-08-07	$115M	$286M	2.5×	Hit
49	Oblivion2013-04-10	$120M	$286M	2.4×	Hit
50	Olympus Has Fallen2013-03-20	$70M	$170M	2.4×	Hit
51	Rush2013-09-02	$38M	$90M	2.4×	Hit
52	Pacific Rim2013-07-11	$180M	$411M	2.3×	Hit
53	Homefront2013-11-12	$22M	$52M	2.3×	Hit
54	2 Guns2013-08-02	$61M	$132M	2.2×	Hit
55	Kick-Ass 22013-07-17	$28M	$61M	2.2×	Hit
56	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty2013-12-18	$90M	$188M	2.1×	Hit
57	Side Effects2013-02-07	$30M	$63M	2.1×	Hit
58	Her2013-12-18	$23M	$47M	2.1×	Hit
59	After Earth2013-05-30	$130M	$244M	1.9×	Hit
60	RED 22013-07-18	$84M	$148M	1.8×	Hit
61	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones2013-08-21	$60M	$95M	1.6×	Hit
62	The Internship2013-06-07	$58M	$94M	1.6×	Hit
63	White House Down2013-06-27	$150M	$205M	1.4×	Average
64	Parker2013-01-23	$35M	$46M	1.3×	Average
65	The Family2013-09-13	$30M	$37M	1.2×	Average

The method, in full

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.