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Movies that were unexpectedly successful at the box office, despite critical snubs. Another way to measure success is not just with audience approval, but with market appeal: how well did it do at the box office. There's often critical scorn that still gets lots of people to watch and approve of a film. People vote with their wallet and time, and if they enjoy and keep paying for a movie, then that's more important than what the critics say. ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni Created: 2021-12-18

Movies succeed, and get cult followings for all sorts of reasons. I don't know that you could ever claim that Rocky Horror Picture show was a great film. But it was fun, funny, and got a cult following -- and ended up making lots of money for it's silliness, fun, music, or some other reasons. But I do like counter-culture stuff, and things that discredit a narrative. So the movies that critics hated, or that were unexpected surprises, are quite enjoyable to me.

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Tatometer	Summary
	No Time To Die (2021) - "Get woke, go broke" has exceptions. No time to die, made 3x what it cost, and was a success at the box office, despite introducing Gay-Q, Filmmaker Cary Fukunaga slandering Sean Connery's Bond, and introduction of the Black Female Replacement for James Bond. But there's an asterisk. We'll have to wait for the next isntallment to see if people just wanted to see the final chapter, or whether they bought into Fembo-Black-Bond.
	Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - "Top Gun: Maverick" didn't try to virtue signal, no woke, just a sequel that was as over the top as the original. And it became a top grossing movie of all time ($1.2B), despite lingering COVID waves, and people being trained to go to the movies much less, and with other films bombing. .

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Film Critics To the left, everything is viewed through a political lens. Their bias emanates like 1,000 suns.

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