15 Biggest Box Office Flops of 2011

[Project862006]

sucker punch was quite a flop cost 82 million made 89 million WW

 

[Liam_H]

On just expectations wise and potential, Green Lantern was easily the biggest bomb of the year. Its potentially set back all DC comic book properties besides Batman or Superman.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Hahaha! Why are you happy that it didn't do well then?

No one hates Glee more than Glee fans. It's like this train-wreck you watch because you can't pry your self away from it.

 

[marvelman2006]

No one hates Glee more than Glee fans. It's like this train-wreck you watch because you can't pry your self away from it.

I will say as a glee fan, my wife got me into it on season 1 on dvd through netflix. I thought season 1 was outstanding, the stories and characters went somewhere and the finale had closure as well as leaving it open. season 2 was pretty good mostly and still felt fresh. Season 3 has been a mess from episode 1 and it really hasnt gotten better and with the ratings continuing to drop I wouldnt be surprised if it was canceled. I think the 3D movie was just the biggest blatant cash grab Ive seen in some time. If it had been an actually movie then it might have been somewhat successful but just watching a concert mixed with behind the scenes stuff just wasnt appealing to me.

on a side note what is it with this shows fascination with broadway music during season 3? just makes me fall alseep everytime.

On just expectations wise and potential, Green Lantern was easily the biggest bomb of the year. Its potentially set back all DC comic book properties besides Batman or Superman.

I would hold my breath for superman, just because we saw a few shots of a guy all roided up doesnt mean that will be a big box office smash. Superman returns was suppose to be a big return for the man of steel and what we got was a movie that went limp halfway through the loving. Zack Snyder's last few movies havent been exactly stellar.

 

[flickchick85]

Hahaha! Why are you happy that it didn't do well then?

It's like JustABill said, no one hates the show Glee has become more than Glee fans. It started out with enough promise, talent and satirical bite to get us hooked... then Ryan Murphy totally sold it out when Fox realized what a cash cow the music side of it was, and it's been a train wreck ever since. Glee S1 used to satirize the High School Musical's of the world, while Glee S3 essentially became one. This "3D Concert Movie" was the perfect illustration of where the show went wrong, and I take great joy from its abysmal failure.

 

[bullets]

sucker punch was quite a flop cost 82 million made 89 million WW

Well at least it made some profit. Mars needs Moms lost 111 million, that just blows my mind. All that money gone to waste.

 

[Wolfwood]

I would hold my breath for superman, just because we saw a few shots of a guy all roided up doesnt mean that will be a big box office smash. Superman returns was suppose to be a big return for the man of steel and what we got was a movie that went limp halfway through the loving. Zack Snyder's last few movies havent been exactly stellar.

I think he means that the only ones not to be shelved because of Green Lantern flopping were Batman and Superman.

 

[Dr.]

It looks like the Glee movie broke even.

Well at least it [Sucker Punch] made some profit.

No. Against an $85M budget, it returned only $45M (50% of $89M) to the studio.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Sucker Punch and Cowboys & Aliens were the only movies where I left the theater pissed off that I'd spent the money. Those movies deserved to flop.

 

[Project862006]

i kinda liked sucker punch

especially after you watch DC

one of the few DC that makes the film better

the ending is more fleshed out and jon hamm's character is fleshed out too

 

[Rowsdower!]

Well, that's good because he barely WAS a character in the theatrical version.

It annoys me that Hamm keeps getting stuck in crappy bit parts in movies. The guy is so much better than so many "stars" that are getting lead roles.

 

[bullets]

I agree about Jon Hamm. It's strange seeing him in bit parts.

No. Against an $85M budget, it returned only $45M (50% of $89M) to the studio.

I see . Well that's a better drop off then Mars needs Moms. At least some people went to see it or bought the blu ray. I consider Sucker Punch a guilty pleasure.

 

[Project862006]

should check out the DC it gives the ending a deeper meaning and it all makes sense

the scenes are on YT i believe

 

[Rowsdower!]

should check out the DC it gives the ending a deeper meaning and it all makes sense

the scenes are on YT i believe

Sorry dude, but I hated the original WAY too much to give an extended version a shot. I was so excited about that movie too.

 

[Slushy]

Sucker Punch and Cowboys & Aliens were the only movies where I left the theater pissed off that I'd spent the money. Those movies deserved to flop.

Ironically, I feel the opposite way.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Ironically, I feel the opposite way.

Like, the COMPLETE opposite? As in, they were the only movies that DIDN'T disappoint you this year? Not trying to be a smartass, just curious.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I never actually saw any of these. The only one that looked at all appealing from the trailers was Cowboys & Aliens and poor reviews and a bad release date meant I never saw it. For the others, I'm sorry but if the previews look bad then 99% of the time it is bad since usually they put the best stuff in the previews. The remaining 1% the marketing department just messes up, but most of these you could tell were a disaster from the beginning.

 

[Thoix]

The only movie I liked from that list is Sucker Punch (Director's Cut), and the only other two movies I saw from the list of Cowboys & Aliens and Green Lantern, which were both very boring but had potential.

Can't tell if WB had a good or bad year yet. Maybe it was a spit?

 

[Rowsdower!]

I'm starting to think that every one of these "Worsts of 2011" lists should only include one movie: Green Lantern. Not because I thought it was horrible (I didn't) but that movie has gotten more hate than any film I can think of in recent memory. Whether it deserves it or not, comic book fans and casual moviegoers alike seem to want to equate Green Lantern to the cinematic version of colon cancer and appear determined to use it to supplant Batman & Robin as the Worst Superhero Movie of All Time. The hate that Green Lantern receives seems to make every other critically panned and financially unsuccessful movie of 2011 irrelevant.

It's truly disappointing because I think a lot of us were hoping that GL would be the movie to get DC superheroes "over the hump" and prove that they could work just as well on film as Marvel heroes. But now we are probably back to the "all DC characters other than Batman and Superman suck" mentality. And even more annoying is the constant talk of "superhero fatigue" and how the "genre is played out." Excuse me. If Hollywood can adapt EVERY GODDAMNED YOUNG ADULT NOVEL ON EARTH, make every fairy tale TWICE, and remake/reboot every classic film or franchise in the last 50 years, you can "suffer" through a few more superhero movies.

 

[Project862006]

^thats why it has so much potential and all ruined

i felt same way about airbender last year so much potential all wasted

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, Airbender kind of had the odds stacked against it when they hired Shaymalan. I haven't seen that film so I don't know if the backlash it received was deserved, but it probably didn't matter... I think virtually EVERYONE is against M. Night these days. I remember when I saw the trailer for Devil and the entire theater erupted in a groan when his name appeared on the screen. I later learned that the same thing was happening in theaters all over the country (there are videos of it on youtube).

I feel bad for M. Night, really. I think he's talented but some bad choices have really turned people against him.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Some bad choices? It's way more than some, and in the last airbender, even his directing skills were horrible. For example, for the earth kingdom scene, he tried tried to do a one-take action scene and it was a mess. You had people waiting in the background doing nothing obviously waiting to fight and the scene felt lifeless because of that.

M Night should learn from the movie Hanna or Children of Men to see how a long one take action scene is done.

 

[The Morningstar]

Every director should learn how to do tracking shots from Children of Men.

 

[craigdbfan]

Green Lantern was a mess because it's interest was solely fueled by those who could care less if they made a good movie.

I mean just look at this for goodness sake:



The Last Airbender was another colossal mess that has furthered flushed anime (even though it's American but I still consider it so) adaptations into the proverbial toilet. Dragonball:Evolution was bad but it somehow made TLA (even thought it had a bigger budget to work with) look kind of good (It's still godawful though) and the upcoming Akira film isn't helping.

DC (not counting Batman or Superman) and anime adaptions good luck in ever making it big on the silver screen as executives seem determined in making it so toxic that no one will ever give them a serious shot to shine.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

I liked Cowboys and Aliens and GL was okay...just wasn't a blockbuster hit..felt incomplete.

However, GL does stick out in my mind as the biggest flop of 2011.