Industries / Korean Cinema / 2024
Korean Cinema hits and flops, 2024
Every Korean Cinema film released in 2024 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 |  Exhuma2024-02-22 | $12M | $98M | 8.2× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  The Roundup: Punishment2024-04-24 | $15M | $84M | 5.6× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  I, the Executioner2024-09-13 | $18M | $53M | 3.0× | Hit |
| 4 |  Escape2024-07-03 | $7M | $13M | 2.0× | Hit |
| 5 |  Harbin2024-12-24 | $20M | $31M | 1.6× | Hit |
| 6 |  Noryang: Deadly Sea2024-12-23 | $40M | $34M | 0.9× | Flop |
| 7 |  Project Silence2024-07-11 | $15M | $6M | 0.4× | 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.