Industries / Mexican Cinema / 2012
Mexican Cinema hits and flops, 2012
Every Mexican Cinema film released in 2012 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 |  Suave Patria2012-09-07 | $2M | $3M | 1.7× | Hit |
| 2 |  Colosio2012-06-08 | $5M | $4M | 0.9× | Flop |
| 3 |  The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas2012-11-09 | $5M | $2M | 0.5× | Flop |
| 4 |  El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza2012-11-30 | $2M | $946K | 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.