10 Worst Reviewed Films That Still Made Money

3. Homecoming

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Animus Films

NOT the 2019 Beyoncé effort or the well received TV series, Homecoming was a 2009 independent film that managed to have no positive reviews at all on Rotten Tomatoes but sport a healthy account book nonetheless.

Following a convoluted story involving a love triangle, a hit-and-run, lots of subterfuge and some "Misery" style deliberately inflicted violence, the consensus is that this effort is so by the numbers that literally nothing in its storyline nor its execution is surprising in any way. Failing to either shock or engage its audience in any meaningful way left audiences and critics alike to respond with a resounding "meh".

Despite failing to ignite anything other than extreme apathy in the minds of the critics, due to its relatively low budget of one and a half million dollars, it managed to return $8.5 million for a clear profit of $7 million dollars. Especially for an independent film, not bad by any means.

Unlike many of the other films on this list, there are little outside redeeming factors here. Audiences (who are almost universally kinder to films than critics are) rated it only a measly 33%.

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