Industries / Japanese Cinema / 2014
Japanese Cinema hits and flops, 2014
Every Japanese Cinema film released in 2014 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. 4 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Last: Naruto the Movie2014-12-06 | $750K | $20M | 26.5× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Stand by Me Doraemon2014-08-08 | $35M | $83M | 2.4× | Hit |
| 3 |  Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary2014-06-21 | $8M | $17M | 2.1× | Hit |
| 4 |  Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction2014-07-19 | $25M | $29M | 1.2× | Average |
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.