By Jessica Wedemeyer
6:38pm PDT, Apr 17, 2024
No. 12: “Madame Internet”
“Madame Internet” simply is perhaps one of many worst superhero movies ever made. It had all of the hallmarks of a serious flop: a weak premise, clunky dialogue and spectacularly unhealthy performing from a few of our favourite younger actresses (Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney amongst them). The motion flick — which is predicated on a supporting character from Marvel’s Spider-Man comics — banked $100M on an $80M funds and scored a dismal 12% rotten score with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
No. 11: “Night time Swim”
The primary massive horror movie of 2024 – “Night time Swim” – tanked with critics, although it carried out reasonably properly on the field workplace, banking greater than $50M on a $15M funds. The thriller – which facilities across the unlucky household (led by Wyatt Russell) residing at a suburban dwelling with a haunted swimming pool within the yard — scored a 21% rotten score with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, who largely complained that the movie suffered from a weak premise and finally lacked chunk.
No. 10: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”
“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” — the fifth Ghostbusters film and third sequel to the unique 1984 supernatural comedy – is the worst installment within the long-running movie franchise but… together with the much-maligned 2016 all-female reboot (which we truly cherished). The 2024 flick — which facilities across the younger heroes from 2021’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” (Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace) as they reestablish the Ghostbusters in New York Metropolis with adults performed by Paul Rudd and Carrie Coon — scored a 43% rotten score with critics on Rotten Tomatoes however banked greater than $160M on a funds of $100M.
No. 9: “Imply Ladies”
The 2024 big-screen adaptation of the “Imply Ladies” musical banked greater than $100M on the field workplace and carried out decently with critics, scoring a 70% recent score on Rotten Tomatoes. Incredible casting (Reneee Rapp and Angourie Rice headlined) could not save this flick from damaging comparisons, although: It is simply inferior to the Broadway present that impressed it — which scored 12 Tony Award nominations again in 2018 — or the 2004 teen comedy on which they’re each based mostly.
No. 8: “Argylle”
“Argylle” underperformed on the field workplace, recouping lower than half of its $200M funds. It additionally didn’t make an impression with critics, who gave it a dismal 33% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes. However we completely cherished the uber-fun action-comedy, which facilities round a author (Bryce Dallas Howard) who discovers that the plot of her well-liked sequence of spy novels is taking part in out IRL. We weren’t the one ones who disagreed with the critics: “Argylle” scored a 72% recent score with audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.
No. 7: “Immaculate“
Sydney Sweeney made up for “Madame Internet” along with her 2024 spiritual horror movie “Immaculate,” wherein she starred as a pregnant nun unraveling the darkish secrets and techniques at an Italian convent. Scary, gross and controversial, “Immaculate” — which banked $21M on a modest funds of simply $9M — had loads to supply horror followers, serving to it rating a good however not nice 71% recent score with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
No. 6: “Bob Marley: One Love”
It was the sleeper hit that nobody noticed coming: “Bob Marley: One Love” banked $177M on a $70M funds after it opened in theaters on Valentine’s Day. “Barbie” actor Kingsley Ben-Adir starred because the titular reggae pioneer within the biopic, which can have tanked with critics, scoring a 43% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes, however made a serious impression with audiences, who gave it a 92% recent score.
No. 5: “Kung Fu Panda 4“
Po is again for the primary time in almost a decade! “Kung Fu Panda 4” might not have carried out as properly with critics as its predecessors, scoring a good however not nice 72% recent score on Rotten Tomatoes, however that did not cease followers of the long-running animated movie franchise from turning out in droves to catch the newest installment in theaters. It banked greater than $450M on the field workplace after it opened in March, making it the second highest-grossing Hollywood movie of the 12 months up to now after simply “Dune: Half 2.”
No. 4: “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire“
Critics might have loathed “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” which scored a 54% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes, however followers of the long-running MonsterVerse franchise could not cease raving in regards to the fifth installment within the sequence. It banked greater than $440M on the field workplace, making it the third highest-grossing Hollywood movie of the 12 months up to now after “Dune: Half Two” and “Kung Fu Panda 4.” It additionally scored a 91% recent score with audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, proving that generally critics are simply flawed.
No. 3: “Monkey Man”
Nicely, shade us impressed! We completely adored Dev Patel’s characteristic movie directorial debut, “Monkey Man,” wherein he stars as an orphan on a quest for vengeance in opposition to the corrupt guru and police chief who killed his mom and destroyed his village when he was only a boy. We weren’t the one ones: The motion flick scored an 88% recent score with critics on Rotten Tomatoes and banked $23.2M on a modest funds of simply $10M.
No. 2: “Good Days”
“Good Days,” which was nominated for greatest worldwide characteristic on the 2024 Oscars, lastly debuted in america in February — almost a 12 months after star Kōji Yakusho received the award for greatest actor on the 2023 Cannes Movie Competition. The Japanese-German drama, which facilities round a person who cleans public bogs in Tokyo, additionally competed for the Palme d’Or and received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes final 12 months. It has a 96% recent score with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
No. 1: “Dune: Half Two“
No shock right here! “Dune: Half Two” is not simply the most effective movies of the 12 months or the most effective sequels to grace the silver display. It is the most effective movies ever, interval. It banked greater than $685M on the field workplace and scored a 93% recent score with critics on Rotten Tomatoes. A 3rd installment within the Timothee Chalamet-led sci-fi sequence is at present within the works. And we won’t wait!