Despite overall positive results from Screen Gems, its biggest recent flop was Straw Dogs (remake), which fell $15 million below its production costs.

His most recent flop as an executive producer was, um, "The Legend of Zorro."

Analysts are sanguine, despite recent flops by other designer retailers.

Japanese taxpayers have also taken baths on two recent flashy government-sponsored flops: artificial computing intelligence and high-definition television.

The most recent flop was the Buick Reatta, the two-seater luxury roadster that General Motors canceled this month after four years of dismal sales.

He had survived years of dialysis and the recent fast flop of his last Broadway musical, "The Red Shoes."

Among the more recent flops: the Board of Trade's barge futures and the Merc's broiler chicken futures.

"But look at all the movies that get made with liberal themes," he added, citing three recent flops about the rain forest and two about apartheid.

"Billy Bathgate," a recent flop, had an opening weekend of $4 million.

Among the more recent flops: "Baby Boom," "Dirty Dancing" and "Working Girl."