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Hollywood hits and flops, 2016

Every Hollywood 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. 77 of the year's releases have both figures.

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#	Film	Cost	Took	Return	Verdict
1	Lights Out2016-07-21	$5M	$149M	30.5×	Blockbuster
2	La La Land2016-12-01	$30M	$509M	17.0×	Blockbuster
3	Moonlight2016-10-21	$4M	$65M	16.3×	Blockbuster
4	Don't Breathe2016-06-08	$10M	$159M	16.1×	Blockbuster
5	Deadpool2016-02-09	$58M	$783M	13.5×	Blockbuster
6	The Purge: Election Year2016-06-29	$10M	$119M	11.9×	Blockbuster
7	The Secret Life of Pets2016-06-18	$75M	$875M	11.7×	Blockbuster
8	Me Before You2016-06-01	$20M	$208M	10.4×	Blockbuster
9	The Witch2016-02-19	$4M	$40M	10.1×	Blockbuster
10	Hidden Figures2016-12-10	$25M	$236M	9.4×	Blockbuster
11	Bad Moms2016-07-28	$20M	$184M	9.2×	Blockbuster
12	Manchester by the Sea2016-11-17	$9M	$79M	8.8×	Blockbuster
13	Sing2016-11-23	$75M	$634M	8.5×	Blockbuster
14	Dirty Grandpa2016-01-20	$12M	$94M	8.2×	Blockbuster
15	The Conjuring 22016-06-08	$40M	$323M	8.1×	Blockbuster
16	Sausage Party2016-07-11	$19M	$141M	7.4×	Blockbuster
17	The Boy2016-01-22	$10M	$74M	7.4×	Blockbuster
18	10 Cloverfield Lane2016-03-10	$15M	$110M	7.3×	Blockbuster
19	The Shallows2016-06-24	$17M	$119M	7.0×	Blockbuster
20	Zootopia2016-02-11	$150M	$1.03B	6.8×	Blockbuster
21	The Jungle Book2016-04-07	$175M	$967M	5.5×	Blockbuster
22	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016-12-14	$200M	$1.06B	5.3×	Blockbuster
23	Finding Dory2016-06-16	$200M	$1.03B	5.1×	Blockbuster
24	The Angry Birds Movie2016-05-11	$73M	$350M	4.8×	Blockbuster
25	Captain America: Civil War2016-04-27	$250M	$1.16B	4.6×	Blockbuster
26	Moana2016-10-13	$150M	$691M	4.6×	Blockbuster
27	Captain Fantastic2016-07-08	$5M	$23M	4.6×	Blockbuster
28	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2016-11-16	$180M	$809M	4.5×	Blockbuster
29	Nerve2016-06-27	$19M	$85M	4.5×	Blockbuster
30	Hacksaw Ridge2016-10-07	$40M	$175M	4.4×	Blockbuster
31	Suicide Squad2016-08-03	$175M	$749M	4.3×	Blockbuster
32	Central Intelligence2016-06-15	$50M	$217M	4.3×	Blockbuster
33	Arrival2016-11-10	$47M	$203M	4.3×	Blockbuster
34	Sully2016-09-07	$60M	$241M	4.0×	Blockbuster
35	Ice Age: Collision Course2016-06-23	$105M	$409M	3.9×	Blockbuster
36	Doctor Strange2016-10-25	$180M	$676M	3.8×	Blockbuster
37	The Girl on the Train2016-10-05	$45M	$173M	3.8×	Blockbuster
38	Kung Fu Panda 32016-01-23	$145M	$521M	3.6×	Blockbuster
39	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice2016-03-23	$250M	$874M	3.5×	Blockbuster
40	Jason Bourne2016-07-27	$120M	$415M	3.5×	Blockbuster
41	The Accountant2016-10-13	$44M	$155M	3.5×	Blockbuster
42	London Has Fallen2016-03-02	$60M	$206M	3.4×	Blockbuster
43	X-Men: Apocalypse2016-05-18	$178M	$544M	3.1×	Blockbuster
44	Why Him?2016-12-22	$38M	$118M	3.1×	Blockbuster
45	Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising2016-05-04	$35M	$108M	3.1×	Blockbuster
46	Hell or High Water2016-08-11	$12M	$38M	3.1×	Blockbuster
47	Inferno2016-10-13	$75M	$220M	2.9×	Hit
48	The 5th Wave2016-01-14	$38M	$110M	2.9×	Hit
49	Hail, Caesar!2016-02-05	$22M	$64M	2.9×	Hit
50	Now You See Me 22016-06-02	$120M	$335M	2.8×	Hit
51	Passengers2016-12-21	$110M	$303M	2.8×	Hit
52	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children2016-09-28	$110M	$296M	2.7×	Hit
53	Jack Reacher: Never Go Back2016-10-19	$60M	$162M	2.7×	Hit
54	Collateral Beauty2016-12-15	$36M	$89M	2.5×	Hit
55	Underworld: Blood Wars2016-11-24	$35M	$81M	2.3×	Hit
56	The Great Wall2016-12-16	$150M	$332M	2.2×	Hit
57	The Edge of Seventeen2016-11-18	$9M	$19M	2.1×	Hit
58	The Legend of Tarzan2016-06-29	$180M	$357M	2.0×	Hit
59	Star Trek Beyond2016-07-07	$185M	$343M	1.9×	Hit
60	Assassin's Creed2016-12-21	$125M	$241M	1.9×	Hit
61	Swiss Army Man2016-06-24	$3M	$6M	1.9×	Hit
62	Alice Through the Looking Glass2016-05-25	$170M	$299M	1.8×	Hit
63	The Magnificent Seven2016-09-14	$90M	$162M	1.8×	Hit
64	War Dogs2016-08-18	$50M	$86M	1.7×	Hit
65	Ghostbusters2016-07-14	$144M	$229M	1.6×	Hit
66	Allegiant2016-03-09	$110M	$179M	1.6×	Hit
67	The Founder2016-11-24	$15M	$24M	1.6×	Hit
68	The Huntsman: Winter's War2016-04-06	$115M	$165M	1.4×	Average
69	The Nice Guys2016-05-15	$50M	$71M	1.4×	Average
70	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016-01-14	$50M	$69M	1.4×	Average
71	Kubo and the Two Strings2016-08-18	$60M	$76M	1.3×	Average
72	Nocturnal Animals2016-11-04	$23M	$29M	1.3×	Average
73	Gods of Egypt2016-02-25	$140M	$151M	1.1×	Average
74	Deepwater Horizon2016-09-28	$110M	$122M	1.1×	Average
75	Allied2016-11-23	$106M	$120M	1.1×	Average
76	Snowden2016-09-15	$40M	$37M	0.9×	Flop
77	The Neon Demon2016-06-08	$7M	$3M	0.5×	Flop

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.