Industries / Korean Cinema / 2013
Korean Cinema hits and flops, 2013
Every Korean Cinema film released in 2013 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 |  Hide and Seek2013-08-14 | $2M | $35M | 18.7× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  The Berlin File2013-01-30 | $9M | $49M | 5.4× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Snowpiercer2013-08-01 | $39M | $87M | 2.2× | Hit |
| 4 |  Hwayi: A Monster Boy2013-10-09 | $16M | $16M | 1.0× | 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.