"major flop" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe an event or situation that is a complete failure or disaster. Example: The new product launch was a major flop, with sales only reaching a fraction of what was expected.
Herman Cain still doesn't seem to be campaigning in earnest — just look at his official schedule — and Rick Perry has been a major flop.
At a Games in which Britain finished fourth in the medal table, athletics was a major flop in comparison with other sports.
The flops Several players just haven't performed consistently, but for me the major flop has been our record £18m signing, Giannelli Imbula.
Sony's only major flop was the "Stuart Little 2," which cost $120 million to make and has grossed $57 million after five weekends.
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood suffered its first major flop of the year over the weekend with the debut of the expensive Iraq thriller "Green Zone," which sold an anemic $14.5 million in tickets at North American theaters.
AFFLECK ON 'GIGLI': FILM 'WASN'T GOOD' -- Ben Affleck, left, spoke with reporters on Monday about "Gigli," his film with Jennifer Lopez that is turning out to be a major flop.
Despite a series of major flops, Euan McGregor is still considered highly influential, and comes in at number 8 - presumably due to his Stars Wars role.
Disney's movie arm, which was forced to write off the cost of two major flops last year -- "Treasure Planet" and "Bad Company" -- is bracing for a tough negotiation with its partner Pixar Animation Studios.
But more important, "Men in Black 3" cost an arm and a leg, and when you're making this many movies some are bound to miss: Sony's hits were offset by the major flops "Total Recall" and Mr. Sandler's "That's My Boy".
The only major flops in her career since then were a short-lived experiment with acting in a 2001 sitcom, and a much-hyped but disastrous prime-time BBC chatshow in 2006, from which McCall concluded that she was much better at talking to ordinary people than to celebrities.
You might remember Little from such major flops as "Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid," "Marked for Death" and "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home".
