Many Hollywood studios will be all too happy to forget 2011, which witnessed a troubling dip in moviegoing for much of the year at the domestic box office. There were several high-profile flops that lost tens of millions, including "Mars Needs Moms" and "Cowboys & Aliens."
Studios split grosses with theater owners, so even if a movie makes as much as its production budget, its still in trouble, not to mention marketing costs. And, after several record-breaking years, the domestic box revenues are running 4 percent behind 2010 levels.
Here's a glance at the movies largely rejected by audiences.
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| Mars Needs Moms - Studio: Disney - Release Date: March 11, 2011 - Budget: $150 million - Worldwide Gross: $39 million |
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| Sucker Punch - Studio: Warner Bros. - Stars: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens - Release Date: March 25, 2011 - Budget: $82 million - Worldwide gross: $89.8 million |
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| Arthur - Studio: Warner Bros. - Stars: Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner - Release Date: April 8, 2011 - Budget: $40 million-plus - Worldwide Gross: $45.7 million |
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| Green Lantern - Studio: Warner Bros. - Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively - Release Date: June 17, 2011 - Budget: $200 million - Worldwide Gross: $219.9 million |
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| Cowboys & Aliens - Studio: DreamWorks/Universal - Stars: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford - Release Date: July 29, 2011 - Budget: $163 million - Worldwide Gross: $178.8 |
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| Glee: The 3D Concert Movie - Studio: Fox - Stars: Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss - Release Date: Aug. 12 - Budget: $9 million - Worldwide Gross: $18.7 millon |
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| Conan the Barbarian - Studio: Lionsgate - Stars: Jason Momoa, Rose McGowan - Release Date: Aug. 19 - Budget: $90 million - Wordwide Gross: $48.8 million |
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| I Don't Know How She Does It - Studio: Weinstein - Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear - Release Date: Sept. 16 - Budget: $24 million - Worldwide Gross: $30.5 million |
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| The Thing - Studio: Universal - Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton - Release Date: Oct. 14, 2011 - Budget: $38 million - Worldwide Gross: $27.4 million |
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| The Big Year - Studio: 20th Century Fox - Stars: Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson - Release Date: Oct. 14, 2011 - Budget: $41 million - Worldwide Gross: $7.4 million |
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| Anonymous - Studio: Sony (U.S., most foreign territories) - Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis - Release Date: Oct. 28, 2011 - Budget: $30 million - Worldwide Gross: $14.8 million |
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| The Rum Diary - Studio: GK Films - Stars: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart - Release Date: Oct. 28, 2011 - Budget: $45 million - Worldwide Gross: $21.6 million |
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| Tower Heist - Studio: Universal - Stars: Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick - Release Date: Nov. 4, 2011 - Budget: $75 million - Worldwide Gross: $126.3 million |
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| Happy Feet Two - Studio: Warner bros. - Release Date: Nov. 18, 2011 - Budget: $135 million - Worldwide Gross to Date: $115 million |
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| New Year's Eve - Studio: New Line/Warner Bros. - Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Zac Efron, Lea Michele, Halle Berry, Josh Duhamel - Release Date: Dec. 9, 2011 - Budget: $56 million - Worldwide Gross to Date: $54.9 million |
Source from
Hollywood Reporter
