10 Worst Reviewed Films That Still Made Money

2. Staying Alive

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There can definitely be a case made for 1983's "Staying Alive" being the most famous film on this list. This sequel to the hugely successful "Saturday Night Fever" never quite captured the critics in the same way, sporting the infamous 0% approval rating, but there is no doubt that this is the most successful of all these critical flops.

Despite costing $22 million and regardless of what the critical experts thought of it, the audiences flocked to see it, generating $126 million in box office revenue.

Bolstered by the eponymous song, some more Bee Gees hits and tunes performed by Frank Stallone (the brother of director Sylvester) the soundtrack for the movie sold over five million copies worldwide. When you couple that with a clean profit of well over $120 million at the box office, before even future releases and rental sales are considered, does it really matter what the critics think?

It could be argued that while this is a poor imitation of its predecessor, the amount of cash that it generated for all involved makes this films inclusion on the 0% rating list essentially academic. Every studio in the world would happily take the money over the plaudits.

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