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British Cinema hits and flops, 2011

Every British Cinema film released in 2011 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. 19 of the year's releases have both figures.

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#FilmCostTookReturnVerdict
1The Inbetweeners Movie2011-08-19$5M$89M19.7×Blockbuster
2Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011-07-12$125M$1.34B10.7×Blockbuster
3The Iron Lady2011-12-26$13M$116M8.9×Blockbuster
4My Week with Marilyn2011-11-23$6M$35M5.5×Blockbuster
5Gnomeo & Juliet2011-01-13$36M$190M5.3×Blockbuster
6One Day2011-03-02$15M$59M4.0×Blockbuster
7Johnny English Reborn2011-09-15$45M$160M3.6×Blockbuster
8The Guard2011-07-07$6M$20M3.3×Blockbuster
9Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy2011-09-16$30M$82M2.7×Hit
10Jane Eyre2011-03-11$13M$35M2.7×Hit
11The Three Musketeers2011-08-31$75M$132M1.8×Hit
12We Need to Talk About Kevin2011-09-28$7M$11M1.5×Hit
13The Awakening2011-08-17$5M$7M1.4×Average
14The Eagle2011-02-08$25M$27M1.1×Average
15Blitz2011-05-20$16M$16M1.0×Average
16Kill List2011-09-02$500K$450K0.9×Flop
17Shame2011-10-02$7M$4M0.6×Flop
18Submarine2011-03-18$2M$865K0.6×Flop
19Attack the Block2011-05-11$13M$6M0.5×Flop
The method, in full

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.