- The latest movie with an "F" grade is "The Grudge," which currently in theaters.
- Cinemascore surveys audiences on a movie's opening night.
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The 20 movies that audiences have hated the most in the past 2 decades
Only 20 movies have received an "F" grade on Cinemascore since it launched its website in 1999.
It's taken over two years for audiences to hate a movie as much as Darren Aronofsky's controversial 2017 film, "mother!"
That movie received an "F" grade on Cinemascore , the lowest grade a movie can get at the site, which surveys audiences on a movie's opening night.
The most recent film to receive an "F" from audiences is "The Grudge," a reboot of the 2004 horror movie (which was a remake of the 2002 Japanese film). A reboot of a remake flopping with audiences isn't a shock, but the magnitude is.
Only 20 movies have received an "F" since Cinemascore launched a website in 1999 (it originally began polling audiences in 1978). Other "F" rated films include Nicolas Cage's "The Wicker Man" and "Disaster Movie," which really lived up to its title.
Below are the 20 films to receive an "F" rating from CinemaScore (along with their Rotten Tomatoes critic scores for comparison):
"The Grudge" (2020)
Sony
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 16%
The latest "Grudge" movie earned $11 million domestically over the weekend, above studio estimates. But it will likely struggle in the coming weeks due to bad word-of-mouth.
"mother!" (2017)
Paramount
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 69%
Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence plays a housewife obsessed with renovating her isolated house who has her world turned upside down when her husband (Javier Bardem) invites strangers to stay inside the home.
"Mother!" received mixed reviews but was loathed by audiences.
"The Darkness" (2016)
YouTube/Universal
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 3%
A family awakens an evil supernatural presence while on vacation at the Grand Canyon and their lives turn upside down.
"The Devil Inside" (2012)
YouTube/Paramount
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 6%
After her mother murders three people followingan exorcism, a young woman investigates numerousexorcisms that were performed without permission.
"Killing Them Softly" (2012)
YouTube/The Weinstein Company
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 74%
A hitman named Jackie Cogan (played by Brad Pitt) is hired to track down three men who robbed a poker game run by the mob.
Despite having Pitt, James Gandolfini, and Ray Liotta involved in the project, it was deemed a total flop by CinemaScore.
"Silent House" (2011)
YouTube/Open Road
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 43%
Evil spirits wreak havoc when Sarah (played by Elizabeth Olsen) and her father get trapped inside their haunted family lake house.
"The Box" (2009)
Warner Bros.
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 44%
Cameron Diaz and James Marsden star as a couple who have been given a box containing a button. If they push it, they get $1 million but pushing the button causes someone they don't know to die.
"Disaster Movie" (2008)
YouTube/Lionsgate
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 1%
A group of friends experience multiple natural disasters within the same night and for some reason "Juno," "Hancock," and numerous other films are mocked throughout.
Also, Kim Kardashian makes a very strange cameo.
"I Know Who Killed Me" (2007)
YouTube/TriStar Pictures
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 7%
Lindsey Lohan stars in this major box-office flop as a high-school student goes missing. But when the student, Audrey Flemming, turns up two weeks later she claims to be someone else entirely.
Aubrey, who claims she is Dakota Moss, goes on a mission to prove who she really is.
"Bug" (2006)
YouTube/Lionsgate
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 61%
Michael Shannon and Ashley Judd (who, we are sad to say, shows up more than once on this list), are paranoid about an infestation of bugs in their home but it's unclear whether the bugs exist.
"The Wicker Man" (2006)
Warner Bros.
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 15%
Sgt. Neil Howie travels to Summerisle after receiving an anonymous tip that a missing woman is on the island. Howie is surprised to find that the strange island is full of women, and he soon realizes that the tip was part of a bigger ploy to get him on the island.
"Alone in the Dark" (2005)
Lions Gate
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 1%
Based on the popular video game of the same name, "Alone in th Dark" follows the detective of paranormal activity Edward Carnby as he investigates the recent mysterious death of a friend with the help of his anthropologist girlfriend, played by Tara Reid.
"Wolf Creek" (2005)
YouTube/Dimension Films
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 52%
Backpackers get stuck in the Australian outback with a sheriff who turns out to be a psychopath.
"In the Cut" (2003)
Pathe Productions
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 34%
A high-school named teacher Frannie Avery (played by Meg Ryan) has an affair with the detective (played by Mark Ruffalo) investigating a murder in her neighborhood.
"Fear Dot Com" (2002)
Sony Pictures
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 3%
Detectives investigate deaths seemingly connected to peoplelogging onto the website wait for it! Fear.com.
"Solaris" (2002)
20th Century Fox
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 66%
The psychologist Dr. Chris Kelvin (George Clooney) is sent to investigate a space station orbiting a strange new planet.
"Dr. T & the Women" (2000)
YouTube/Artisan Entertainment
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 57%
Richard Gere plays Texas gynecologist "Dr. T," who cares for the wealthiest women in Texas, but his life turns upside down when his wife is admitted into a mental institution. Dr. T finds comfort only with his golf instructor, Bree.
"Lost Souls" (2000)
New Line Cinema
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 7%
A Catholic-school teacher finds a journalist who she believes is the anti-Christ.
"Lucky Numbers" (2000)
Paramount
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 22%
A high-energy weatherman and jet-ski dealer, played by John Travolta, tries to rob his state's lottery winnings after he finds out his house is in foreclosure.
"Eye of the Beholder" (1999)
YouTube/Destination Films
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 9%
Ewan McGregor's character, a detective named Stephen Wilson, follows a serial killer played by Ashley Judd and finds himself increasinglyobsessed with her.
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