24 movies that made outrageous amounts of money but were totally despised by critics
24. "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" (2014)
Critic Score: 59%
Original domestic gross: $255,119,788
Adjusted gross: $268,326,452
Original worldwide gross: $956,019,788
Adjusted worldwide gross: $1,005,509,610
"It's adequately visionary, it's routinely spectacular, it breathes fire and yet somehow feels room-temperature." — Kyle Smith, New York Post
23. "Shrek Forever After" (2010)
Critic Score: 58%
Original domestic gross: $238,736,787
Adjusted gross: $272,605,712
Original worldwide gross: $752,600,867
Adjusted worldwide gross: $859,370,264
"By the middle of the second act, Forever After finally finds its groove, becoming mildly amusing (the actors -- Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas -- are in fine form) but never rising to the inspired heights of the original." — Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly
22. "Transformers" (2007)
Critic Score: 57%
Original domestic gross: $319,246,193
Adjusted gross: $383,373,502
Original worldwide gross: $709,709,780
Adjusted worldwide gross: $852,269,910
"Transformers delivers on its promise of stunning visuals and well-crafted action sequences, but it's not remotely worth the slog it takes to get there. Once the novelty of the robots wears off it's hopelessly insipid." — Joshua Starnes, ComingSoon.net
21. "Minions" (2015)
Critic Score: 56%
Original domestic gross: $336,045,770
Adjusted gross: $353,022,662
Original worldwide gross: $1,159,398,397
Adjusted worldwide gross: $1,217,970,720
"It's not whether this prequel can mint money; that's a given. The questions is: Can the minions carry a movie all by their mischievous mini-selves? 'Fraid not." — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
20. "Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace" (1999)
Critic Score: 55%
Original domestic gross: $474,544,677
Adjusted gross: $709,227,813
Original worldwide gross: $1,027,467,110
Adjusted worldwide gross: $1,535,594,616
"What I can't comprehend is why the political details had to be so tedious and abstract. Will the kids of our nation and the world truly be titillated by trade wars and the spectacle of a do-nothing Senate?" — Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
19. "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006)
Critic Score: 54%
Original domestic gross: $423,315,812
Adjusted gross: $522,826,524
Original worldwide gross: $1,066,179,725
Adjusted worldwide gross: $1,316,811,289
"This second film is pretty much all thrills, special effects and nonstop action -- but with virtually no cohesive or compelling story line." — Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times
18. "Alice in Wonderland" (2010)
Score: 52%
Original domestic gross: $334,191,110
Adjusted gross: $381,601,875
Original worldwide gross: $1,025,467,110
Adjusted worldwide gross: $1,170,947,285
"Its single biggest failing -- an affront to Lewis Carroll and the charms of nonsense literature -- is the fact that it makes sense." — Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
17. "Maleficent" (2014)
Critic Score: 51%
Original domestic gross: $241,410,378
Adjusted gross: $253,907,354
Original worldwide gross: $758,539,785
Adjusted worldwide gross: $797,806,753
"At least Disney was smart enough to cast Jolie. She has a genuinely heroic presence. If only the movie were equal to it." — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
16. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2" (2012)
Critic Score: 49%
Original domestic gross: $292,324,737
Adjusted gross: $317,021,475
Original worldwide gross: $829,746,820
Adjusted worldwide gross: $899,847,079
"The 'Twilight Saga' has no upmarket aspirations. Seeking neither critical applause or peer-review awards, these movies, like those of Tyler Perry, seek only to provide unabashed satisfaction to those who believe in their characters." — Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies
15. "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" (2009)
Critic Score: 46%
Original domestic gross: $196,573,705
Adjusted gross: $228,142,853
Original worldwide gross: $886,686,817
Adjusted worldwide gross: $1,029,086,065
"Rather than evolving, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs treads on familiar and infertile ground." — Claudia Puig, USA Today
14. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (2007)
Critic Score: 45%
Original domestic gross: $309,420,425
Adjusted gross: $371,574,022
Original worldwide gross: $963,420,425
Adjusted worldwide gross: $1,156,943,672
"The plot is not only hard to follow, there seems to be nothing real at stake. Half the characters are already dead, and half the movie seems to involve swordfights with dead people who can't be killed with swords." — David Ansen, Newsweek
13."Shrek the Third" (2007)
Score: 41%
Original domestic gross: $322,719,944
Adjusted gross: $387,545,029
Original worldwide gross: $798,958,162
Adjusted worldwide gross: $959,445,706
"Apart from some modestly amusing princess shtick and a pleasantly slapsticky opening, there's no real reason for anyone over the age of 11 to see this one." — Bob Mondello, NPR
12. "2012" (2009)
Critic Score: 40%
Original domestic gross: $166,112,167
Adjusted gross: $192,789,283
Original worldwide gross: $769,679,473
Adjusted worldwide gross: $893,287,692
"2012 is so long, and its special effects are at once so outrageous and so thunderously predictable, that by the time I lurched from the theatre I felt that three years had actually passed and that the apocalypse was due any second." — Anthony Lane, New Yorker
11. "Ice Age: Continental Drift" (2012)
Score: 38%
Original domestic gross: $161,321,843
Adjusted gross: $174,950,943
Original worldwide gross: $877,244,782
Adjusted worldwide gross: $951,357,855
"In the end, this latest "Ice Age" movie is about as surprising and unpredictable as a glacier. And not much more fun." — Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
10. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (2011)
Score: 35%
Original domestic gross: $352,390,543
Adjusted gross: $390,070,524
Original worldwide gross: $1,123,794,079
Adjusted worldwide gross: $1,243,957,746
"Despite its manifest improvements, there is something so sour and unpleasant about the new film that it left me almost nostalgic for the innocent idiocies of its predecessor." — Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
9. "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (2011)
Critic Score: 32%
Original domestic gross: $241,071,802
Adjusted gross: $266,848,830
Original worldwide gross: $1,045,713,802
Adjusted worldwide gross: $1,157,528,597
"It's never quite clear what the relationship between Jack and Angelica is. Sometimes it's love, sometimes it's hate; it probably depended on who was writing the script that day." — Tom Long, Detroit News
8. "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (2017)
Critic Score: 30%
Original domestic gross: $172,558,876
Adjusted gross: $175,283,971
Original worldwide gross: $794,861,794
Adjusted worldwide gross: $807,414,462
"Is this really only the fifth entry in the Pirates film franchise? It feels like the 50th. Except for Javier Bardem, who brings a dollop of fresh mischief to this paycheck party, Dead Men has all the flavor of rotting leftovers." — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
7. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" (2009)
Critic Score: 28%
Original domestic gross: $296,623,634
Adjusted gross: $344,260,501
Original worldwide gross: $709,711,008
Adjusted worldwide gross: $823,688,471
"If only director Chris Weitz had managed to tease out the real drama -- Bella's fear of aging -- instead of a tired one." — Louisa Thomas, Newsweek
6. "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016)
Critic Score: 27%
Original domestic gross: $330,360,194
Adjusted gross: $342,726,316
Original worldwide gross: $873,634,919
Adjusted worldwide gross: $906,337,032
"When in doubt, [Snyder] simply slings another ingredient into the mix, be it an irradiated monster, an explosion on government premises, or the sharp smack of masonry on skull." — Anthony Lane, New Yorker
5. "Suicide Squad" (2016)
Critic Score: 26%
Original domestic gross: $325,100,054
Adjusted gross: $337,269,277
Original worldwide gross: $746,846,894
Adjusted worldwide gross: $774,803,047
"The closest Suicide Squad comes to the masterworks of Christopher Nolan is that, like Memento, it suffers from instant amnesia." — Amy Nicholson, MTV
4. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1" (2011)
Critic Score: 25%
Audience score: 60%
Original domestic gross: $281,287,133
Adjusted gross: $311,364,256
Original worldwide gross: $712,205,856
Adjusted worldwide gross: $788,359,725
"By any normal standard, this is a terrible movie, with stilted dialogue and leaden pacing -- every 15 minutes or so, the action stops for a musical montage involving slow-motion handsomeness. But the Twilight saga stopped being normal a long time ago." — Dana Stevens, Slate
3. "The Da Vinci Code" (2006)
Critic Score: 25%
Audience score: 57%
Original domestic gross: $217,536,138
Adjusted gross: $268,673,316
Original worldwide gross: $758,539,851
Adjusted worldwide gross: $936,853,154
"Completing the trail of cryptic clues simply becomes an end in and of itself -- think Sudoku: The Movie -- with little in the way of whimsy, star chemistry or excitement to enliven the dour plod." — Trevor Johnston, Time Out
2. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (2009)
Critic Score: 19%
Original domestic gross: $402,111,870
Adjusted gross: $466,689,832
Original worldwide gross: $836,303,693
Adjusted worldwide gross: $970,611,562
"The movie is like the play date from hell, the kind where a crew of children reduce your home to rubble and conduct endless bouts of loud war on the living-room floor while you ponder the propriety of opening a bottle of wine." — Mary F. Pols, Time
1. "Transformers: Age of Extinction" (2014)
Critic Score: 18%
Original domestic gross: $245,439,076
Adjusted gross: $258,144,604
Original worldwide gross: $1,104,054,072
Adjusted worldwide gross: $1,161,207,114
"Since the film is a chilling two hours and 45 minutes long, that means one's mind quickly wanders, dancing across this film's many flaws, little and big." — David Sims, The Atlantic
Next Story
Tata Motors Q4 consolidated net profit jumps over 3-fold at ₹17,528.59 crore
Gold, silver prices rebound on bullish global trend, strong domestic demand
27 emails, 10 banks accounts: Mystery of missing Taarak Mehta actor Sodhi deepens
Sensex, Nifty rebound as Reliance, ITC gain
IPL Decoded: Highest individual scores in IPL 2024 so far, from Stoinis to Kohli
- Nothing Phone (2a) blue edition launched
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market
