Industries / British Cinema / 2011
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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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Inbetweeners Movie2011-08-19 | $5M | $89M | 19.7× | Blockbuster |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011-07-12 | $125M | $1.34B | 10.7× | Blockbuster |
| 3 | The Iron Lady2011-12-26 | $13M | $116M | 8.9× | Blockbuster |
| 4 | My Week with Marilyn2011-11-23 | $6M | $35M | 5.5× | Blockbuster |
| 5 | Gnomeo & Juliet2011-01-13 | $36M | $190M | 5.3× | Blockbuster |
| 6 | One Day2011-03-02 | $15M | $59M | 4.0× | Blockbuster |
| 7 | Johnny English Reborn2011-09-15 | $45M | $160M | 3.6× | Blockbuster |
| 8 | The Guard2011-07-07 | $6M | $20M | 3.3× | Blockbuster |
| 9 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy2011-09-16 | $30M | $82M | 2.7× | Hit |
| 10 | Jane Eyre2011-03-11 | $13M | $35M | 2.7× | Hit |
| 11 | The Three Musketeers2011-08-31 | $75M | $132M | 1.8× | Hit |
| 12 | We Need to Talk About Kevin2011-09-28 | $7M | $11M | 1.5× | Hit |
| 13 | The Awakening2011-08-17 | $5M | $7M | 1.4× | Average |
| 14 | The Eagle2011-02-08 | $25M | $27M | 1.1× | Average |
| 15 | Blitz2011-05-20 | $16M | $16M | 1.0× | Average |
| 16 | Kill List2011-09-02 | $500K | $450K | 0.9× | Flop |
| 17 | Shame2011-10-02 | $7M | $4M | 0.6× | Flop |
| 18 | Submarine2011-03-18 | $2M | $865K | 0.6× | Flop |
| 19 | Attack the Block2011-05-11 | $13M | $6M | 0.5× | 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.


















