Failed Republican Presidential Nominees As 2015 Cinematic Flops

You won't believe how much these guys spent on their loser campaigns, and we didn't even get a weird troll out of it. Oh wait.

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11) Larry Lessig, George Pataki, Jim Web, James Gilmore, Lincoln Chafee: Under/Approximately $1 Million

FLOPPED AS HARD AS: 'Unfriended'

'Unfriended' wasn't a flop. I just wanted to use this opportunity to point out that this movie made $64 million worldwide with a budget of $1 million, while these presidential candidates who spent roughly equivalent amounts on their respective campaigns are completely unknown to me.

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10) Rick Santorum: $1.7 Million

FLOPPED AS HARD AS: Captive, $2 million estimated production budget

Much in the same way that Captive's Kate Mara played a meth addict held captive in her own home, so Rick Santorum made us all wish we were meth addicts held captive in our own homes instead of having to watch this homophobe run for President.

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9) Rick Perry: $4.1 Million

FLOPPED AS HARD AS: Maggie, $4.5 million estimated production budget

In 'Maggie', Arnold Schwarzenegger battles the zombie apocalypse. In real life, no one had the foresight to shoot Rick Perry in the face Dick Cheney style.

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8) Lindsey Graham: $7.6 Million

FLOPPED AS HARD AS: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, $8 million estimated production budget

'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' just didn't make as much money as it spent on production costs domestically; people still liked it. The same cannot be said of Senator Lindsey Graham, a man with the likeability and assumed consistency of tapioca.

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7) Bobby Jindal: $9.76 Million

FLOPPED AS HARD AS: By the Sea, $10 million estimated production budget

Let's hope Bobby Jindal uses this opportunity to take a trip by the sea, or maybe just a trip out to sea. Then again, this is one of the few circumstances on this list where it's difficult to say which was more difficult to watch, Bobby Jindal's failed presidential bid or Brad and Angelina's $10 million ego trip.

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6) Mike Huckabee: $11.5 Million

FLOPPED AS HARD AS: Trash, $12 million estimated production budget

Unlike Mike Huckabee, 'Trash' was actually very well received. To reiterate, Mike Huckabee spent the same amount of money as a movie that centrally featured a garbage dump, and ended up looking like the bigger garbage dump.

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5) Scott Walker: $13.7 Million

FLOPPED AS HARD AS: Hot Tub Time Machine 2, estimated production budget $14 million

Much in the same way that no one saw 'Hot Tub Time Machine' and thought 'I'm curious to see where the plot could grow further from this initial exploration of a hot tub that travels through time', no one wanted to see more of Scott Walker. Let's hope this was his one and only Presidential run, and he isn't planning a sequel.

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4) Rand Paul: $22.4 Million

FLOPPED AS HARD AS: The Water Diviner, $22.5 million estimated production budget

Rand Paul could have used some divination before spending $22.4 million on a presidential campaign that really only led to more people confusing him with his dad.

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3) Carly Fiorina: $25.9 Million

FLOPPED AS HARD AS: Self/Less, $26 million estimated production budget

Could you call Carly Fiorina Self/Ish for spending $25.9 million on a presidential candidacy that literally involved kidnapping children as an audience for one of her weird abortion rants? That might be a little premature. But do you know what wasn't? The end of her campaign.

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2) Chris Christie: $31.1 Million

FLOPPED AS HARD AS: Steve Jobs, $30 million estimated production budget

I really wish 'Steve Jobs' involved more bridges, but it didn't guys. It did, however, cost $30 million to make. Add a million, and you've got 'Chris Christie'. Get on it, Aaron Sorkin.

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1) Jeb Bush: $157.5 Million

FLOPPED AS HARD AS: Pan, $150 Million estimated production budget

And now we have come to the apex of the list. The true Republican flop closest to all our hearts, Jeb Bush. Please clap. After all, it takes real chutzpah to spend $7.5 million more than one of the most universally hated movies of 2015 and still come off as more unpopular. Here's to your 2016, Jeb. Maybe you could take up a hobby, like painting.

All flop info from Box Office Mojo and the-numbers.com. Campaign finance stats from the Washington Post.