Biggest movie flops of 2011

The cinematic flops of 2011 have, in some cases, been truly extraordinary. It’s not just for their lack of quality (some were actually not so bad) or the staggering amounts of money they lost, but for the fact that quite a few slipped under the radar entirely. But then, that's probably why they flopped in the first place. Anyway, without further ado, here are the poorest performing films of 2011...

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Machine Gun Preacher

Starred: Gerard Butler, Michael Shannon Cost: $30m (£19.2m) Lost: $29.7m (£19m)

Gerard Butler played played reformed drug-using, alcoholic biker Sam Childers who went to the Sudan to rescue children from the Lord's Resistance Army in this biopic. It got some dreadful reviews, but also a fair amount of middling ones, but perhaps it was the sledgehammer of a title which put people off. It's up there with 'Hobo With A Shotgun', ... more
Machine Gun Preacher

Starred: Gerard Butler, Michael Shannon Cost: $30m (£19.2m) Lost: $29.7m (£19m)

Gerard Butler played played reformed drug-using, alcoholic biker Sam Childers who went to the Sudan to rescue children from the Lord's Resistance Army in this biopic. It got some dreadful reviews, but also a fair amount of middling ones, but perhaps it was the sledgehammer of a title which put people off. It's up there with 'Hobo With A Shotgun', which also lost a few million quid. But not quite the thumpingly large sum 'Machine Gun Preacher' lost. Ouch. less

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