Industries / Korean Cinema / 2017
Korean Cinema hits and flops, 2017
Every Korean Cinema film released in 2017 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 |  The Villainess2017-06-08 | $125K | $9M | 69.9× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  The Outlaws2017-10-03 | $6M | $53M | 9.0× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds2017-12-20 | $18M | $126M | 6.9× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Confidential Assignment2017-01-18 | $9M | $56M | 6.6× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  A Taxi Driver2017-08-02 | $13M | $82M | 6.4× | Blockbuster |
| 6 |  1987: When the Day Comes2017-12-27 | $12M | $49M | 4.0× | Blockbuster |
| 7 |  The Battleship Island2017-07-26 | $21M | $46M | 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.