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The Grudge is officially one of the 20 worst movies ever made – here are the other 19 films to get an audience review rating of F from CinemaScore

Brad Pitt, Kim Kardashian, Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lawrence have all starred in movies so bad audiences gave them a bottom F rating from market research firm CinemaScore

Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence plays a housewife obsessed with renovating her isolated house who has her world turned upside down in Mother! Photo: Paramount

It's taken more than two years for audiences to hate a movie as much as Darren Aronofsky's controversial 2017 film, Mother!

That movie received an F grade on CinemaScore, the lowest grade a movie can get at the site, which surveys audiences on a movie’s opening night.

The most recent film to receive an F from audiences is The Grudge, a reboot of the 2004 horror movie (which was a remake of the 2002 Japanese film). A reboot of a remake flopping with audiences isn’t a shock, but the magnitude is.

Only 20 movies have received an F since CinemaScore launched a website in 1999 (it originally began polling audiences in 1978). Other F-rated films include Nicolas Cage’s The Wicker Man and Disaster Movie, which lived up to its title.

Below are the 20 films to receive an F rating from CinemaScore (along with their Rotten Tomatoes critic scores for comparison):

The Grudge (2020)

The Grudge. Photo: Sony
The Grudge. Photo: Sony

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 16 per cent

The latest Grudge movie earned US$11 million domestically over the weekend, above studio estimates. But it is likely to struggle in the coming weeks due to bad word of mouth.

Mother! (2017)

Mother! Photo: Paramount
Mother! Photo: Paramount

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 69 per cent

Academy Award-winner Jennifer Lawrence plays a housewife obsessed with renovating her isolated house when her husband (Javier Bardem) invites strangers to stay inside the home.

Mother! received mixed reviews but was loathed by audiences.

The Darkness (2016)

The Darkness. Photo: YouTube/Universal
The Darkness. Photo: YouTube/Universal

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 3 per cent

A family awakens an evil supernatural presence while on holiday at the Grand Canyon and their lives turn upside down.

The Devil Inside (2012)

The Devil Inside. Photo: YouTube/Paramount
The Devil Inside. Photo: YouTube/Paramount

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 6 per cent

After her mother murders three people following an exorcism, a young woman investigates numerous exorcisms that were performed without permission.

Killing Them Softly (2012)

Killing Them Softly. Photo: YouTube/The Weinstein Company
Killing Them Softly. Photo: YouTube/The Weinstein Company

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 74 per cent

A hitman named Jackie Cogan (played by Brad Pitt) is hired to track down three men who robbed a poker game run by the mob.

Despite having Pitt, James Gandolfini and Ray Liotta involved in the project, it was deemed a total flop by CinemaScore voters.

Silent House (2011)

Silent House. Photo: YouTube/Open Road
Silent House. Photo: YouTube/Open Road

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 43 per cent

Evil spirits wreak havoc when Sarah (played by Elizabeth Olsen) and her father get trapped inside their haunted family lake house.

The Box (2009)

The Box. Photo: Warner Bros.
The Box. Photo: Warner Bros.

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 44 per cent

Cameron Diaz and James Marsden star as a couple who have been given a box containing a button. If they push it, they get US$1 million – but pushing the button causes someone they don’t know to die.

Disaster Movie (2008)

Disaster Movie. Photo: YouTube/Lionsgate
Disaster Movie. Photo: YouTube/Lionsgate

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 1 per cent

A group of friends experience multiple natural disasters within the same night – and for some reason Juno, Hancock and numerous other films are mocked throughout.

Also, Kim Kardashian makes a very strange cameo.

I Know Who Killed Me (2007)

I Know Who Killed Me. Photo: YouTube/TriStar Pictures
I Know Who Killed Me. Photo: YouTube/TriStar Pictures

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 7 per cent

Lindsay Lohan stars in this major box-office flop as a high-school student goes missing. But when the student, Audrey Flemming, turns up two weeks later she claims to be someone else entirely.

Aubrey, who claims she is Dakota Moss, goes on a mission to prove who she really is.

Bug (2006)

Bug. Photo: YouTube/Lionsgate
Bug. Photo: YouTube/Lionsgate

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 61 per cent

Michael Shannon and Ashley Judd (who, we are sad to say, shows up more than once on this list), are paranoid about an infestation of bugs in their home – but it’s unclear whether the bugs exist.

The Wicker Man (2006)

The Wicker Man. Photo: Warner Bros.
The Wicker Man. Photo: Warner Bros.

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 15 per cent

Sergeant Neil Howie travels to Summerisle after receiving an anonymous tip that a missing woman is on the island. Howie is surprised to find that the strange island is full of women, and he soon realises that the tip was part of a bigger ploy to get him on the island.

Alone in the Dark (2005)

Alone in the Dark. Photo: Lionsgate
Alone in the Dark. Photo: Lionsgate

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 1 per cent

Based on the popular video game of the same name, Alone in the Dark follows the detective of paranormal activity Edward Carnby as he investigates the recent mysterious death of a friend with the help of his anthropologist girlfriend, played by Tara Reid.

Wolf Creek (2005)

Wolf Creek. Photo: YouTube/Dimension Films
Wolf Creek. Photo: YouTube/Dimension Films

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 52 per cent

Backpackers get stuck in the Australian outback with a sheriff who turns out to be a psychopath.

In the Cut (2003)

In the Cut. Photo: Pathe Productions
In the Cut. Photo: Pathe Productions

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 34 per cent

A high-school named teacher Frannie Avery (played by Meg Ryan) has an affair with the detective (played by Mark Ruffalo) investigating a murder in her neighbourhood.

Fear Dot Com (2002)

Fear Dot Com Photo: Sony Pictures
Fear Dot Com Photo: Sony Pictures

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 3 per cent

Detectives investigate deaths seemingly connected to people logging onto the website – wait for it! – Fear.com.

Solaris (2002)

Solaris. Photo: 20th Century Fox
Solaris. Photo: 20th Century Fox

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 66 per cent

The psychologist Dr Chris Kelvin (George Clooney) is sent to investigate a space station orbiting a strange new planet.

Dr. T & the Women (2000)

Dr. T & The Women. Photo: YouTube/Artisan Entertainment
Dr. T & The Women. Photo: YouTube/Artisan Entertainment

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 57 per cent

Richard Gere plays Texas gynaecologist “Dr. T”, who cares for the wealthiest women in Texas, but his life turns upside down when his wife is admitted into a mental institution. Dr. T finds comfort only with his golf instructor, Bree.

Lost Souls (2000)

Lost Souls. Photo: New Line Cinema
Lost Souls. Photo: New Line Cinema

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 7 per cent

A Catholic-school teacher finds a journalist who she believes is the anti-Christ.

Lucky Numbers (2000)

Lucky Numbers. Photo: Paramount
Lucky Numbers. Photo: Paramount

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 22 per cent

A high-energy weatherman and jet-ski dealer, played by John Travolta, tries to rob his state’s lottery winnings after he finds out his house is in foreclosure.

Eye of the Beholder (1999)

Eye of the Beholder. Photo: YouTube/Destination Films
Eye of the Beholder. Photo: YouTube/Destination Films

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 9 per cent

Ewan McGregor’s character, a detective named Stephen Wilson, follows a serial killer played by Ashley Judd and finds himself increasingly obsessed with her.

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