Industries / Japanese Cinema / 2010
Japanese Cinema hits and flops, 2010
Every Japanese Cinema film released in 2010 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. 5 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arrietty2010-07-16 | $23M | $150M | 6.5× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Space Battleship Yamato2010-12-01 | $12M | $50M | 4.2× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya2010-02-05 | $2M | $8M | 3.9× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night2010-11-20 | $1M | $4M | 3.1× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  13 Assassins2010-09-25 | $6M | $18M | 2.9× | Hit |
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.