10 Great Movies That Audiences Originally Hated

5. The Iron Giant

Batman Returns
Warner Bros.

The most significant children's animated film of all time epically failed at the box office. Seriously, people lost their job over The Iron Giant. The film had all the hype in the world going into its release. Critics loved the film and reviewed it as such. The first weekend was promising, but then everything came crashing down.

Audiences rushed to see it the first weekend, but the film had no staying power and it limped to a poor overall take.

However, The Iron Giant lived on in all of our hearts and while it took years to age into proper appreciation, it did get there eventually partly thanks to its beautiful story-telling and the message that belies its status as a supposed "kids film" only.

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