Industries / Korean Cinema / 2018
Korean Cinema hits and flops, 2018
Every Korean Cinema film released in 2018 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. 5 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days2018-08-01 | $18M | $113M | 6.2× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion2018-06-27 | $6M | $24M | 4.4× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  The Great Battle2018-09-19 | $13M | $42M | 3.1× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  Burning2018-05-17 | $7M | $7M | 0.9× | Flop |
| 5 |  The Spy Gone North2018-08-08 | $17M | $3K | 0.0× | 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.