Industries / Korean Cinema / 2022
Korean Cinema hits and flops, 2022
Every Korean Cinema film released in 2022 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 Roundup2022-05-18 | $8M | $101M | 13.3× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Broker2022-06-08 | $8M | $19M | 2.4× | Hit |
| 3 |  Emergency Declaration2022-08-03 | $18M | $19M | 1.1× | Average |
| 4 |  Alienoid2022-07-20 | $25M | $12M | 0.5× | Flop |
| 5 |  The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure2022-01-26 | $20M | $10M | 0.5× | Flop |
| 6 |  Hunt2022-08-10 | $17M | $26K | 0.0× | Flop |
| 7 |  Project Wolf Hunting2022-09-21 | $9M | $21K | 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.