Some of the highest-earning movies of all time at the box office are also the most hated by critics.
24 movies that made outrageous amounts of money but were despised by critics
Some of the top-earning movies of all time were hated by critics. Here are 24 movies that made a lot of money but received little love from critics.
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While "Black Panther" has earned its spot among the biggest moneymakers of all time in just a short month — the film hit $1 billion globally and has a 97% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes — other films don't have the critical acclaim to match their box-office receipts.
To find which movies made boatloads of money but were despised by critics, Business Insider looked at the 100 all-time highest-grossing movies worldwide, based on unadjusted information from boxofficemojo.com, and compared that with their Rotten Tomatoes scores. We ranked the movies that received "rotten scores," below 60%, from highest to lowest score (the one tie was broken using a Rotten Tomatoes audience score).
Every movie on the list except one (No. 12) is either a franchise sequel or based on preexisting material. If studios are losing faith in the domestic box office, it may be because American audiences are losing faith in franchises such as "Transformers" and "Pirates of the Caribbean," which are still performing well in foreign markets.
Below are 24 of the top-grossing movies of all time that critics despised:
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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