Industries / Hollywood / 2019

Hollywood hits and flops, 2019

Every Hollywood film released in 2019 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. 45 of the year's releases have both figures.

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#	Film	Cost	Took	Return	Verdict
1	Joker2019-10-01	$55M	$1.08B	19.6×	Blockbuster
2	Us2019-03-14	$20M	$256M	12.8×	Blockbuster
3	Glass2019-01-16	$20M	$247M	12.3×	Blockbuster
4	Frozen II2019-11-20	$150M	$1.45B	9.7×	Blockbuster
5	Little Women2019-12-25	$40M	$332M	8.3×	Blockbuster
6	Avengers: Endgame2019-04-24	$356M	$2.93B	8.2×	Blockbuster
7	Knives Out2019-11-27	$40M	$313M	7.8×	Blockbuster
8	Captain Marvel2019-03-06	$152M	$1.13B	7.4×	Blockbuster
9	Spider-Man: Far From Home2019-06-28	$160M	$1.13B	7.1×	Blockbuster
10	The Lion King2019-07-12	$260M	$1.66B	6.4×	Blockbuster
11	Jumanji: The Next Level2019-12-04	$125M	$802M	6.4×	Blockbuster
12	Toy Story 42019-06-19	$175M	$1.07B	6.1×	Blockbuster
13	It Chapter Two2019-09-04	$79M	$473M	6.0×	Blockbuster
14	John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum2019-05-15	$55M	$328M	6.0×	Blockbuster
15	Jojo Rabbit2019-10-18	$14M	$82M	5.9×	Blockbuster
16	Aladdin2019-05-22	$183M	$1.05B	5.8×	Blockbuster
17	The Secret Life of Pets 22019-05-24	$80M	$429M	5.4×	Blockbuster
18	Pet Sematary2019-04-04	$21M	$113M	5.4×	Blockbuster
19	Shazam!2019-03-29	$80M	$368M	4.6×	Blockbuster
20	The Hustle2019-05-09	$21M	$97M	4.6×	Blockbuster
21	19172019-12-25	$100M	$446M	4.5×	Blockbuster
22	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World2019-01-03	$129M	$540M	4.2×	Blockbuster
23	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark2019-08-08	$25M	$105M	4.2×	Blockbuster
24	Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019-07-24	$95M	$394M	4.1×	Blockbuster
25	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw2019-07-31	$200M	$760M	3.8×	Blockbuster
26	Angel Has Fallen2019-08-21	$40M	$147M	3.7×	Blockbuster
27	Pokémon Detective Pikachu2019-05-03	$150M	$450M	3.0×	Blockbuster
28	Zombieland: Double Tap2019-10-09	$42M	$123M	2.9×	Hit
29	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil2019-10-16	$185M	$492M	2.7×	Hit
30	Alita: Battle Angel2019-01-31	$170M	$405M	2.4×	Hit
31	Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019-05-29	$170M	$387M	2.3×	Hit
32	Ford v Ferrari2019-11-13	$98M	$226M	2.3×	Hit
33	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019-12-18	$490M	$1.07B	2.2×	Hit
34	Dumbo2019-03-27	$170M	$353M	2.1×	Hit
35	Spies in Disguise2019-12-04	$100M	$172M	1.7×	Hit
36	Isn't It Romantic2019-02-13	$31M	$49M	1.6×	Hit
37	Ad Astra2019-09-17	$88M	$127M	1.5×	Average
38	Charlie's Angels2019-11-14	$48M	$73M	1.5×	Hit
39	Terminator: Dark Fate2019-10-23	$185M	$261M	1.4×	Average
40	Dark Phoenix2019-06-05	$200M	$252M	1.3×	Average
41	Cold Pursuit2019-02-07	$60M	$76M	1.3×	Average
42	Gemini Man2019-10-02	$140M	$173M	1.2×	Average
43	Hellboy2019-04-10	$50M	$55M	1.1×	Average
44	Richard Jewell2019-12-13	$45M	$34M	0.8×	Flop
45	The Irishman2019-11-01	$159M	$969K	0.0×	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.