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Only Two of 2024’s Top Ten Movies Have Negative Rotten Tomatoes Scores

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Story by Lisa LamanDecember 22, 2024 • 8:00 PM
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2024's top box office hits split critics, as two mega-blockbusters with minions and monsters overcome rotten reviews to rake in massive profits.
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  • Despicable Me 4, the year's 3rd biggest movie, scored a dismal 56% Rotten Tomatoes rating, yet still grossed over $360 million domestically and $950 million worldwide.
  • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, 2024's 9th biggest hit, overcame scathing reviews criticizing its lazy writing and lack of dramatic stakes to earn a whopping $196.3 million at the US box office and an A- CinemaScore.
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Lisa Laman, Rotten Tomatoes, Illumination, MonsterVerse, Despicable Me 4, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Better Man, Inside Out 2, Deadpool & Wolverine, Wicked, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Minions, Despicable Me 3, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Shin Godzilla, Godzilla Minus One
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