Industries / Hollywood / 2018

Hollywood hits and flops, 2018

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

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#	Film	Cost	Took	Return	Verdict
1	Truth or Dare2018-04-12	$4M	$95M	27.2×	Blockbuster
2	Halloween2018-10-18	$10M	$260M	26.0×	Blockbuster
3	A Quiet Place2018-04-03	$17M	$341M	20.1×	Blockbuster
4	Bohemian Rhapsody2018-10-24	$52M	$911M	17.5×	Blockbuster
5	Insidious: The Last Key2018-01-03	$10M	$173M	17.3×	Blockbuster
6	The Nun2018-09-05	$22M	$366M	16.6×	Blockbuster
7	Green Book2018-11-16	$23M	$322M	14.0×	Blockbuster
8	A Star Is Born2018-10-03	$36M	$436M	12.1×	Blockbuster
9	Terrifier2018-01-25	$35K	$422K	12.1×	Blockbuster
10	The First Purge2018-07-04	$13M	$137M	10.5×	Blockbuster
11	Midnight Sun2018-03-22	$3M	$27M	9.8×	Blockbuster
12	Crazy Rich Asians2018-08-15	$30M	$239M	8.0×	Blockbuster
13	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom2018-06-06	$170M	$1.31B	7.7×	Blockbuster
14	Venom2018-09-28	$116M	$856M	7.4×	Blockbuster
15	The Grinch2018-11-08	$75M	$553M	7.4×	Blockbuster
16	Aquaman2018-12-07	$160M	$1.15B	7.2×	Blockbuster
17	Deadpool 22018-05-15	$110M	$786M	7.1×	Blockbuster
18	Avengers: Infinity War2018-04-25	$300M	$2.05B	6.8×	Blockbuster
19	Fifty Shades Freed2018-01-17	$55M	$372M	6.8×	Blockbuster
20	Black Panther2018-02-13	$200M	$1.35B	6.7×	Blockbuster
21	Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation2018-06-28	$80M	$529M	6.6×	Blockbuster
22	The Favourite2018-11-23	$15M	$96M	6.4×	Blockbuster
23	Incredibles 22018-06-14	$200M	$1.24B	6.2×	Blockbuster
24	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again2018-07-18	$75M	$396M	5.3×	Blockbuster
25	Maze Runner: The Death Cure2018-01-10	$62M	$288M	4.7×	Blockbuster
26	Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018-07-25	$178M	$824M	4.6×	Blockbuster
27	Ant-Man and the Wasp2018-07-04	$140M	$623M	4.4×	Blockbuster
28	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018-12-06	$90M	$395M	4.4×	Blockbuster
29	Ocean's Eight2018-06-07	$70M	$298M	4.3×	Blockbuster
30	Love, Simon2018-02-16	$17M	$66M	3.9×	Blockbuster
31	Rampage2018-04-11	$120M	$428M	3.6×	Blockbuster
32	Ready Player One2018-03-28	$175M	$607M	3.5×	Blockbuster
33	The Meg2018-08-08	$150M	$531M	3.5×	Blockbuster
34	Bumblebee2018-11-22	$135M	$468M	3.5×	Blockbuster
35	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald2018-11-14	$200M	$655M	3.3×	Blockbuster
36	Game Night2018-02-15	$37M	$118M	3.2×	Blockbuster
37	The Equalizer 22018-07-19	$62M	$190M	3.1×	Blockbuster
38	Ralph Breaks the Internet2018-11-20	$175M	$529M	3.0×	Blockbuster
39	Tomb Raider2018-03-05	$94M	$275M	2.9×	Hit
40	Mary Poppins Returns2018-12-13	$130M	$349M	2.7×	Hit
41	Den of Thieves2018-01-18	$30M	$81M	2.7×	Hit
42	Tag2018-05-30	$28M	$75M	2.7×	Hit
43	Christopher Robin2018-08-01	$75M	$198M	2.6×	Hit
44	Skyscraper2018-07-11	$125M	$305M	2.4×	Hit
45	Red Sparrow2018-02-28	$69M	$152M	2.2×	Hit
46	Sicario: Day of the Soldado2018-06-27	$35M	$76M	2.2×	Hit
47	Isle of Dogs2018-03-23	$35M	$73M	2.1×	Hit
48	Alpha2018-08-17	$51M	$100M	2.0×	Hit
49	Pacific Rim: Uprising2018-03-21	$150M	$290M	1.9×	Hit
50	12 Strong2018-01-18	$35M	$67M	1.9×	Hit
51	The Predator2018-09-05	$88M	$161M	1.8×	Hit
52	Widows2018-11-06	$42M	$76M	1.8×	Hit
53	Adrift2018-05-31	$35M	$60M	1.7×	Hit
54	Solo: A Star Wars Story2018-05-15	$250M	$393M	1.6×	Hit
55	First Man2018-10-10	$70M	$106M	1.5×	Hit
56	Vice2018-12-25	$60M	$76M	1.3×	Average
57	Beautiful Boy2018-10-12	$25M	$32M	1.3×	Average
58	The Darkest Minds2018-07-25	$34M	$41M	1.2×	Average
59	Annihilation2018-02-22	$40M	$43M	1.1×	Average
60	Overlord2018-11-01	$38M	$42M	1.1×	Average
61	Death Wish2018-03-01	$30M	$34M	1.1×	Average
62	Bad Times at the El Royale2018-10-04	$32M	$32M	1.0×	Flop
63	Robin Hood2018-11-03	$100M	$86M	0.9×	Flop
64	Mortal Engines2018-11-27	$100M	$84M	0.8×	Flop
65	Suspiria2018-10-26	$20M	$8M	0.4×	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.