10 Worst Reviewed Films That Still Made Money
8. Return Of The Living Dead Part II
The Return of the Living Dead is a cult classic. A quirky, comedy horror featuring music from The Damned, The Cramps and SSQ, it made a decent return at the box office and cemented itself into the psyche of some with its visual style and sense of humour.
Unfortunately, the decision was made to release a grand total of four sequels to it, none of which ever captured the mood, look or success of the original. The Return of the Living Dead Part II was the first of these, released in 1988 and featuring Anthrax among others on the soundtrack. As with the other entries on this list, it holds a solid 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
That isn't to say that it didn't have its fans. Similar to the first, it did maintain a cult following and despite the markedly worse reviews, people still went out of their way to see it. Made on a budget of $6.8 million, it returned $9.8 million.
Even taking these critic reviews into consideration, a film that manages to clear a clean $3 million profit before home releases are considered is difficult to call an abject failure.