Industries / Korean Cinema / 2020
Korean Cinema hits and flops, 2020
Every Korean Cinema film released in 2020 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 |  Deliver Us from Evil2020-08-05 | $12M | $35M | 2.9× | Hit |
| 2 |  Peninsula2020-07-15 | $17M | $43M | 2.5× | Hit |
| 3 |  #Alive2020-06-24 | $6M | $13M | 2.1× | Hit |
| 4 |  Secret Zoo2020-01-15 | $8M | $8M | 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.