Industries / Korean Cinema / 2019
Korean Cinema hits and flops, 2019
Every Korean Cinema film released in 2019 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. 6 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Parasite2019-05-30 | $11M | $258M | 22.7× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Extreme Job2019-01-23 | $8M | $125M | 15.4× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  EXIT2019-07-31 | $11M | $70M | 6.4× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil2019-05-15 | $7M | $26M | 4.0× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  Ashfall2019-12-19 | $18M | $61M | 3.5× | Blockbuster |
| 6 |  Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs2019-07-25 | $20M | $10M | 0.5× | 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.