10 Recent Horror Movies That Didn't Deserve To Bomb

10. M3GAN 2.0

Considering that 2022's killer bot movie M3GAN was a surprise hit, grossing a superb $181.8 million from a mere $12 million budget, it just didn't seem possible that the quickly greenlit sequel could fail. But on double the budget of its predecessor, M3GAN 2.0 topped out at a disastrous $39.1 million worldwide - barely 20% of the first film's haul, indicating a near-total rejection from those who paid to see the original.

This was largely attributed to director Gerard Johnstone's decision to shift the sequel away from campy horror into sci-fi action-comedy territory, while severely tamping down the horror elements that made the first film a viral hit. Audiences opted not to follow Johnstone down this rabbit hole, with producer Jason Blum later admitting that the filmmaking team "classically overthought how powerful people’s engagement was" with the M3GAN character.

M3GAN 2.0 certainly isn't for everyone, but it's at least a bold, ambitious swing of a sequel that doesn't simply repeat the same movie all over again. But in doing so, it also alienated most people who dug the original, in turn ensuring that M3GAN 3.0 is incredibly unlikely at this point.