Majority of the audiences don’t listen to the critics, and big screen display will almost always win over quality entertainment. Nothing was going to stop me from seeing the movie I wanted, and least not all the bad reviews in the world. If it’s an event movie — I needed to see it for myself. It should be noted that box office should never be looked at as an indication of the mainstream public’s thoughts on a movie but only an indication of the hype. So here is a list of movies that were underrated or rather reviewed lowly and made it big:
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Box Office: $607.7 Million (so far)
Rotten Tomatoes: 19%
The Da Vinci Code
Box Office: $758.2 Million
Rotten Tomatoes: 24%
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Box Office: $961 Million
Rotten Tomatoes: 45%
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Box Office: $1,066.2 Million
Rotten Tomatoes: 53%
Shrek The Third
Box Office: $799 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 42%
Hancock
Box Office: $624.4 Million
Rotten Tomatoes: 39%
Armageddon
Box Office: $553.7 Million
Rotten Tomatoes: 40%
Meet the Fockers
Box Office: $516.6 Million
Rotten Tomatoes: 38%
Angels & Demons
Box Office: $473.2 Million
Rotten Tomatoes: 37%
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Box Office: $618.6 Million
Rotten Tomatoes: 49%
The Day After Tomorrow
Box Office: $544.3 Million
Rotten Tomatoes: 45%
Bruce Almighty
Box Office: $484.6 Million
Rotten Tomatoes: 49%