Movieline at the Midpoint: 5 of the Year?s Biggest Box Office Disappointments To Date

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As part of this week’s midpoint celebration, Movieline has already run through the 2011 films that are most likely to contend in this year’s Academy Awards race. But what about the titles that completely fell short of moviegoer and studio expectations? Ahead, Movieline recalls the five biggest box office disappointments of 2011 thus far.

· The Dilemma
Worldwide Gross (To Date): $69.2 million
Early Buzz: No one was expecting Ron Howard’s relationship comedy to be anything groundbreaking, but with popular funnymen Vince Vaughn and Kevin James toplining and screenwriter du jour Allan Loeb (Just Go With It, The Switch) responsible for the script, studios expected the film to at least break even with its estimated $70 million budget.
The Results: Unfortunately for Universal, The Dilemma’s marketing was easily trumped by Columbia’s Green Hornet campaign. The Michael Gondry superhero flick, which premiered the same day, ended up grossing nearly twice as much as The Dilemma on its Martin Luther King Jr. Day opening weekend ($40 million vs. $20.5 million). Meanwhile, critics deemed the film an “odd choice” for Ron Howard to take on. Moviegoers weren’t running to theaters to see co-stars Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder, whose combined star power sadly can’t rival even one of Brooklyn Decker’s breasts. The controversy over that unfunny gay joke in the movie’s trailer (Vince Vaughn says, “Ladies and gentleman, electric cars are gay.”) probably didn’t boost…

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