Industries / Japanese Cinema / 2024
Japanese Cinema hits and flops, 2024
Every Japanese Cinema film released in 2024 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. 6 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle2024-02-16 | $5M | $100M | 20.1× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Spy x Family Code: White2024-04-19 | $5M | $60M | 11.9× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram2024-04-12 | $10M | $108M | 10.8× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Godzilla Minus One2024-12-01 | $15M | $114M | 7.6× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  The Boy and the Heron2024-12-08 | $50M | $294M | 5.9× | Blockbuster |
| 6 |  Perfect Days2024-02-09 | $14M | $24M | 1.7× | 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.