Industries / Korean Cinema / 2016
Korean Cinema hits and flops, 2016
Every Korean Cinema film released in 2016 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 |  Tunnel2016-08-10 | $1M | $52M | 52.4× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Train to Busan2016-07-20 | $9M | $88M | 10.3× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  The Age of Shadows2016-09-07 | $10M | $53M | 5.5× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  The Wailing2016-05-12 | $11M | $50M | 4.6× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  The Handmaiden2016-06-01 | $9M | $39M | 4.5× | Blockbuster |
| 6 |  Operation Chromite2016-07-27 | $13M | $49M | 3.9× | Blockbuster |
| 7 |  Pandora2016-12-07 | $14M | $30M | 2.2× | 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.