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Not every set of release-date twins got along as well as Barbie and Oppenheimer. Let us never forget the heated battles of Beverly Hills Cop versus Ghostbusters, The Shining versus The Empire Strikes Back and Spider-Man 2 versus The Matrix Reloaded.

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Dumb and Dumber To has a 29% Rotten Tomatoes score. But it made $170 million, and its budget was less than a quarter of that. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Despite getting a horrible reception, and it being a completely unrequested Conjuring spin-off, The Nun was actually a massive hit. TOMATOMETER ? AUDIENCE SCORE ? 38% 26% liked it Not only did it bring in an incredible $365 million worldwide, it also outgrossed all of the movies in the Conjuring universe. CRACKED.COM — Source

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How much money could a dumb Jason Statham shark movie, panned by both audiences and critics, possibly make? THE TOMATOMETER ? AUDIENCE SCORE ? MEG 46% 45% liked it The answer is a reasonable $145 million... However we live in an unreasonable world and those are actually just the U.S. numbers. It grossed an insane $530 million worldwide. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Skyscraper

CRACKED.COM Skyscraper was supposed to be Dwayne Johnson's 2018 summer blockbuster... ...but it only raked in $67 million in the US (only half its budget). However, The Rock is so popular in countries like China, the film tripled that overseas, pulling in $304 worldwide! — Source

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a IN ITS THIRD WEEK IN US THEATERS, THE MUMMY (2017) WAS PULLED FROM 900 SCREENS. T H HE MUMMY TOM CRUISE WHEN RELEASED IN CHINA, THE MOVIE MADE $82 MILLION IN ONLY TEN DAYS, MAKING IT TOM CRUISE'S BIGGEST GLOBAL BLOCKBUSTER TO DATE. 81% OF THE MUMMY'S PROFIT SO FAR HAS BEEN FROM INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3, which has gained the reputation of being one of the worst comic book movies ever, was actually the highest- grossing film domestically in 2007. It has also made more money worldwide than any other Spider-Man-based movie -- $890 million, to be exact. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cars 2

The critically panned Cars 2 made $561 million, over 20 percent more than Cars. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The 2010 remake of the Wes Craven classic, A Nightmare on Elm Street did better at the domestic* box office than the original, even if you adjust the figures for inflation. *The 1984 movie wasn't released in theaters worldwide. CRACKED.COM — Source

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HOBBIT THE MOVIES weren't bombs. Each of them made more money worldwide than The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers each made. Only Return of the King did better at the box office. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Men in Black 3 bombed in the U.S. and Canada, but more than made up for it overseas. The sci-fi comedy has foreign audiences (who still love Will Smith like it's 1996) to thank for its $654 million worldwide gross, earning more than the previous two. Ironically, the 2019 reboot/spin-off is called Men in Black: International. — Source

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CRACKED.COM ROBIN HOOD PRINCE OF THIEVES has a pretty low Rotten Tomatoes score (51%) for being the #2 movie of 1991 (beating out Beauty And The Beast and Silence Of The Lambs.) Bryan Adams' cheesy soundtrack hit and Costner's sporadic English accent have given the movie a pretty silly legacy, but at the time it made a sh*t ton of money. — Source

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DESPITE A ROTTEN TOMATOES CONSENSUS OF HARDLY WORTH A QUARTER. PIXELS (2015) GROSSED OVER $244 MILLION WORLDWIDE, NEARLY DOUBLE ITS BUDGET. CRACKED COM — Source

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Batman v. Superman

Everybody hates on Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. But it made $873 million, and its $166 million Easter Weekend opening was the highest ever. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Remember that time Vin Diesel decided to make a sequel to a bad movie he did 15 years ago, and we all laughed at him? VIN DIESEL DONNIE YEN x RETURN OF XANDER CAGE Maybe we shouldn't have laughed, because that movie made $346 million worldwide (more than four times its production budget). CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE HAPPENING was lambasted by critics and audiences for both the ridiculous premise, and the wooden acting. TOMATOMETER AUDIENCE SCORE 18% 24% In fact, word of mouth kept people flocking to it in droves, to see for themselves. It played in theaters for fourteen weeks and raked in more than triple its $48 million budget worldwide. — Source

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Jaws 2 is a glorified B-movie. JAWS CRACKED.COM 2 But until Rocky // came out, the year after, it was the highest-grossing sequel ever. — Source

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Porky's is the fifth highest grossing movie of 1982, earning $327 million (adjusted for inflation). PORKY'S The teen sex comedy outperformed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Poltergeist, First Blood, and Best Picture winner Gandhi. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Terminator Genisys, the most forgettable and worst reviewed movie in the series, is actually the franchise's second highest grossing film worldwide, behind Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Despite being a success, another Terminator reboot is scheduled to be released in 2019. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The cringe-worthy Twilight parody, Vampires Suck, was far from a flop. It quadrupled its budget, raking in over $80 million worldwide. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Smurfs (2011) was critically panned, scoring only 22% positive ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, but that didn't stop it from making more than five times its budget. That's right, this terrible CGI-fest of a cartoon no one asked for made over $560 million with only $110 million budget. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Moonraker is usually said to be the worst Bond movie. COP It was the all-time highest-grossing one for 16 years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Devil Inside, one of the many found-footage horror movies Hollywood used to crank out, was even despised by fans of the genre. Rotten Tomatoes: 6% CinemaScore: F The film ended up making $101 million worldwide. Which is even more impressive because its production budget was only $1 million. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Beverly Hills Cop

Classic movies crushed at the box office Beverly Hills Cop put Ghostbusters away. Ghostbusters was a box office success, holding the top spot for eight weeks. The film grossed second highest that year, only behind Beverly Hills Сор. CRACKED — Source

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Classic movies crushed at the box office Batman swept Ghostbusters II away. Batman, released on June 23 1989, grossed $251,188,924 from 2201 theaters in the U.S. Columbia Pictures' Ghostbusters II came in eighth that year, with $112,494,738 from 2,410 theaters. CRACKED — Source

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Classic movies crushed at the box office Blade Runner was lost to time (for a bit) due to E.T. Blade Runner didn't have a great opening weekend compared to E.T., but it gained a cult following over the years and an improved director's cut came out in 1992. CRACKED — Source

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Classic movies crushed at the box office The Shining.got frozen out by The Empire Strikes Back. The Empire Strikes Back, Kramer VS. Kramer, and The Jerk were the top films in 1980. The Blues Brothers, The Electric Horsemen, and The Shining also did well, each making just under $31 million. CRACKED — Source

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Classic movies crushed at the box office Spider-Man 2 swung over The Matrix Reloaded. Spider-Man 2 grossed $115.8 million over the four-day holiday weekend, bringing its six-day total to $180.1 million. This beat The Matrix Reloaded's previous record of $146.7 million by a large margin. CRACKED — Source

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Classic movies crushed at the box office Tomorrow Never Dies ate Titanic's exhaust. Though it was entertaining, Tomorrow Never Dies was overshadowed by Titanic when they were both released. CRACKED — Source

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Tron vs. E.T.

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The Matrix

Classic movies crushed at the box office U The Matrix beat 10 Things I Hate About You. 10 Things I Hate About You was the breakout movie for both Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger. The 1999 film hit number two at the box office during its opening weekend, losing out to The Matrix. CRACKED — Source

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Classic movies crushed at the box office The Greatest Showman was outshined by The Last Jedi. The musical biopic of P. T. Barnum had a surprisingly successful opening weekend, pulling in $115 million domestically. The movie didn't really start gaining traction until Christmas Day, but since then it did extremely well. Still, it got beaten by The Last Jedi. CRACKED

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Classic movies crushed at the box office Last Action Hero was flattened by Jurassic Park. Last Action Hero was a box office flop, quickly losing to Jurassic Park which came back into theaters. CRACKED — Source

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Classic movies crushed at the box office Scream 2 died out thanks to Titanic. Titanic earned $28.6 million during its opening weekend. Scream 2 grossed $33 million that weekend, but couldn't compete with Titanic over time. GRACKED — Source

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Classic movies crushed at the box office Dune got buried by Beverly Hills Cop. Paramount's 1984 Beverly Hills Cop grossed more than any other movie released that year, including sci-fi movies Dune, 2010, and Starman, gangland epic The Cotton Club, and cop comedy City Heat. 67 CRACKED — Source

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Edge of Tomorrow

Classic movies crushed at the box office X-Men: Days of Future Past blitzed ahead of Edge of Tomorrow. Edge of Tomorrow made $56.6 million, while X-Men: Days of Future Past made $205.9 million by mid-June 2014. CRACKED — Source

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Terminator 2

Classic movies crushed at the box office Terminator 2 blew away Point Break. In 1991, Terminator 2: Judgment Day was the number one movie at the box office every weekend. Point Break, released a week after T2, also made a strong cultural impact even though it has a silly concept that shouldn't work. CRACKED — Source

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Box-Office Rivalries

Classic movies crushed at the box office Escape From New York was melted by Raiders of the Lost Ark. John Carpenter's 1981 film was released to 600 theaters and wasn't as successful as Raiders of the Lost Ark and other films of that year. Despite this, the movie developed a cult following over time. CRACKED — Source

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