Industries / Korean Cinema / 2011
Korean Cinema hits and flops, 2011
Every Korean Cinema film released in 2011 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. 7 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Silenced2011-09-22 | $2M | $32M | 14.3× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Sunny2011-05-04 | $4M | $48M | 13.5× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  War of the Arrows2011-08-10 | $8M | $49M | 6.1× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  The Front Line2011-07-20 | $10M | $16M | 1.6× | Hit |
| 5 |  The King of Pigs2011-11-03 | $130K | $124K | 1.0× | Flop |
| 6 |  Late Autumn2011-02-17 | $6M | $5M | 0.8× | Flop |
| 7 |  My Way2011-12-21 | $26M | $17M | 0.7× | Flop |
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.