Board 8 > Worst movie to make $1 billion at the box office

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Those poll options are based on RT scores. The full list for reference

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/?area=XWW

I haven't seen enough of them to feel comfortable voting but I think the one I'm most pissed made that much is Alice in Wonderland, not necessarily for the quality of the film but because of the direction Disney went in as a result of its success.

the correct answer is almost definitely one of the Transformers movies but the worst I've personally seen is Despicable Me 3

This is a list of movies so terrible that Minions somehow didn't make the poll

Johnbobb posted...

the correct answer is almost definitely one of the Transformers movies but the worst I've personally seen is Despicable Me 3

Hmm this reminds me that Minions hit this mark and its absence from the poll means it has a better RT score than Rise of Skywalker which is *puke*.

To be fair, at least Minions is a fairly harmless childrens' movie (it's not *good*, but it's not nearly as monstrous as people think it is) whereas episode IX is truly an utter failure at being a good star wars movie

Hot take: Minions is better than the majority of other movies that have grossed a billion dollars.

(This doesn't mean it's a good movie itself, obviously.)

For me it's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. What a fucking slog.

In agreement that Minions is better than a lot of these, somehow...

Xeybozn posted...

Hot take: Minions is better than the majority of other movies that have grossed a billion dollars.

(This doesn't mean it's a good movie itself, obviously.)

I agree, it might not even be that hot a take if you've seen it - its middling RT rating is about right, I have seen FAR worse childrens' fare (ask any parent)

Last Jedi probably

Every movie Ive seen in this poll is pretty bad, but I voted IX because it was just that awful.

any of those Marvel superhero movies

I think Star Wars 8 is probably my least favorite movie on the billions list, but I've seen surprisingly few of them. Looks like 14.

Yikes, this is...not a good list.

I went with The Lion King (2019) because it's such an embarrassment to the original movie. Among the ones I've watched, it's between that and Alice.

I have thankfully not seen any of these

Alice or Transformers probably

I think Dark of the Moon is the one I've seen

How the fuck did Alice in Wonderland make a billion dollars??

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

How the fuck did Alice in Wonderland make a billion dollars??

I was very much drawn in by the look of it, if I remember right. Some of the designs looked great. Loved the idea of HBC as the Queen of Hearts too. Plus Disney/well-known story/Tim Burton

Then when you actually watch it, jesus

Of the ones I've seen, Phantom Menace, I guess

Got to be a transformers movie

That's a lot of bad movies

Episode IX would be my personal pick for how much it pisses me off, but Im pretty sure Dark of the Moon is objectively worse.

I can't believe two Transformers movies made a billion dollars

IX had some cool looking shots at least, DotM was just awful all of the way through.

I haven't watched many of the moves that broke $1 billion. The Star Wars sequels at least had the advantage of being good popcorn flicks even if the story was crap (plus I'm not that invested in the Star Wars franchise). Alice in Wonderland, though... man, that committed the sin of being dull.

Underleveled posted...

I haven't seen enough of them to feel comfortable voting but I think the one I'm most pissed made that much is Alice in Wonderland, not necessarily for the quality of the film but because of the direction Disney went in as a result of its success.

I'm going with Jurassic World: Dominion, but this is an incredibly valid answer.

What's amazing to me about the billion dollar list is that a week ago people were calling Avatar 2 the biggest flop even and now it's over a billion in under two weeks.

Anyway, I've only had the misfortune of seeing two of the movies in the poll, SW:EP 1 and JW2 and Those Jurassic World movies are garbage. Luckily for me I could see how bad the first Pirates and Transformers movies were and got off those trains fast. Everybody needs to stop lying to themselves, not even the first in those series were any good.

ChichiriMuyo posted...

Luckily for me I could see how bad the first Pirates

Huh

Okay

Yeah most of these are not very good. I'd say either a Transformers or Avatar movie.

The Force Awakens.

ChichiriMuyo posted...

Luckily for me I could see how bad the first Pirates

wut

Only one on poll I've not seen is Alice in Wonderland.....tough choice between Transformers, Episode IX and Jurassic World Dominion.

Uhhh I think I'll give it to episode IX because at least I got some form of entertainment from everything else.

Captain Marvel

Regardless of what I've seen, I can't bring myself to defend any of these even comparatively.

seen none of these idk

Paratroopa1 posted...

I agree, it might not even be that hot a take if you've seen it - its middling RT rating is about right, I have seen FAR worse childrens' fare (ask any parent)

It's a guilty pleasure imo. Dumb and mindless but was kind of fun.. Of course, I like the three stooges so brainless slapstick works for me.

Think what you want of some of these,but alice in wonderland is unbelievably bad

I came in to vote for Rise of Skywalker but I seriously did not think there were this many other terrible billon dollar movies. Skywalker is like middle of the pack here lol.

Edit: Scratch the last sentence, after looking carefully at the options it might actually be the best movie here. Like wtf lmao.

XIII_Rocks posted...

I was very much drawn in by the look of it, if I remember right. Some of the designs looked great. Loved the idea of HBC as the Queen of Hearts too. Plus Disney/well-known story/Tim Burton

Then when you actually watch it, jesus

Alice in Wonderland also came out when the 3D movie fad was at it's peak.

Also it was pretty rare for a movie to make a billion at the box office when it came out which made it even more crazy that it was that successful.

Huh, when did Avatar overtake Endgame again?

Only seen the Star Warses of these, and I is a far worse movie on every level than IX imo. Surprised Skywalker is 'winning' handily.

andylt posted...

Huh, when did Avatar overtake Endgame again?

They did a limited run before Avatar 2 came out so they could reclaim #1.

andylt posted...

Huh, when did Avatar overtake Endgame again?

Only seen the Star Warses of these, and I is a far worse movie on every level than IX imo. Surprised Skywalker is 'winning' handily.

The outrage of how bad IX is is still fresh, I think. I agree TPM is the lesser movie but I'm still actively irritated by IX, while TPM has long since passed into "we can all laugh about this in a few years" territory

I will die before I stop being outraged that the plot of how palpaltine came back is exclusively in a fortnite crossover

XIII_Rocks posted...

while TPM has long since passed into "we can all laugh about this in a few years" territory

I legitimately don't think IX is ever going to get into that territory.

Why are the Jurassic World movies such box office beasts when they are the most generic and forgettable action movies imaginable? They don't even have the Superhero clutch but fucking Dominion (one of the worst movies I saw this year, and I certainly didn't go see it at theaters) broke $1 Billion.

I would say Episode I is a much better movie than the rest of the poll although its not especially good. It also stands out as the only one of those to hit a billion through a rerelease, along with Jurassic Park, OG The Lion King, and Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone.

Episode IX got my vote as it is very, very bad although honestly Alice in Wonderland may be even worse. The worst reviewed of these is Transformers Age of Extinction which is the only one of these I havent seen. Im a little surprised to see Dark of the Moon so far ahead of it really, though maybe a lot of people like me jumped off there. The second one is still the worst though thankfully it did not hit a billion.

The reason those two made a billion is the growth of China, by the way. For Age of Extinction in particular it actually saw a major drop in box office takings outside China but that was counterbalanced by the increase within it.

Axl_Rose_85 posted...

Why are the Jurassic World movies such box office beasts when they are the most generic and forgettable action movies imaginable? They don't even have the Superhero clutch but fucking Dominion (one of the worst movies I saw this year, and I certainly didn't go see it at theaters) broke $1 Billion.

Jurassic World 1 had hype and got a lot of people to see it. I guess people hoped the sequels would be good and went to them too even though they were both bad.

Axl_Rose_85 posted...

Why are the Jurassic World movies such box office beasts when they are the most generic and forgettable action movies imaginable? They don't even have the Superhero clutch but fucking Dominion (one of the worst movies I saw this year, and I certainly didn't go see it at theaters) broke $1 Billion.

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Dinosaurs

I mean yeah the first Jurassic World movie understandably had a lot of hype behind it but the movie itself wasn't anything remotely close to a great movie. But then two movies happened after that, each subsequently worse so the fact that Dominion the third movie broke 1 bill despite terrible reviews across the board is easily the most shocking entry here. I understand the other options are shocking because they are bad movies as well but they are not the poorly reviewed third movie in a franchise already having diminishing returns. On Stranger Tides have the excuse of being a long awaited sequel to the trilogy after a certain time has passed.