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COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD PAUL FEIG INTRODUCTION JOEL MEARES, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, ROTTEN TOMATOES PEOPLE’S CHOICE BOX OFFICE SLAYERS AND HOUSEHOLD NAMES

Every Which Way but Loose (1978) 37% Problem Child (1990) 0% Book Club (2018) 54% Cocktail (1988) 5% Hocus Pocus (1993) 33% The Holiday (2006) 48% Bad Boys (1995) 42% Stepmom (1998) 45% Space Jam (1996) 43% I, Robot (2004) 56% Hello, Dolly! (1969) 43% CRITIC ESSAY | MONICA CASTILLO: Maleficent (2014) 54% The First Wives Club (1996) 49% The ’Burbs (1989) 53% Teen Wolf (1985) 44% Twins (1988) 44% Young Guns (1988) 41% San Andreas (2015) 51% CRITIC ESSAY | KRISTEN LOPEZ: The Greatest Showman (2017) 55%

SO BAD THEY’RE GOOD INCOMPARABLY WEIRD SCI-FI AND FANTASY

Cherry 2000 (1987) 40% I Come in Peace (Dark Angel) (1990) 31% Zardoz (1974) 48% The Lord of the Rings (1978) 50% Robot Monster (1953) 36% Mannequin (1987) 19% Masters of the Universe (1987) 17% CRITIC ESSAY | LEONARD MALTIN: Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) 29% INFOGRAPHIC | 1994: THE ROTTENEST YEAR EVER

NOT THEIR BEST WORK (OR SO THEY SAID) RARE ROTTENS FROM BIG-NAME FRESH DIRECTORS

The Wiz (1978) 44% A Chorus Line (1985) 40% Hook (1991) 26% CRITIC ESSAY | JESSICA KIANG: The Portrait of a Lady (1996) 45% The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) 56% Willow (1988) 50% Marie Antoinette (2006) 56% Legend (1985) 36% CRITIC ESSAY | K. AUSTIN COLLINS: Miami Vice (2006) 46%

CULT LEADERS HARD TO LOVE FOR MANY, LOVED VERY HARD BY SOME

Wet Hot American Summer (2001) 36% But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) 39% CRITIC ESSAY | NATHAN RABIN: MacGruber (2010) 48% Valley of the Dolls (1967) 33% Death Becomes Her (1992) 52% Xanadu (1980) 24% CRITIC ESSAY | ERIC KOHN: Gummo (1997) 35% The Last Dragon (1985) 59% Empire Records (1995) 29% Burlesque (2010) 36% CRITIC ESSAY | TERRI WHITE: The Craft (1996) 57% Mars Attacks! (1996) 53% The Cell (2000) 45% Mommie Dearest (1981) 50% INFOGRAPHIC | ROTTEN HALL OF FAME

AHEAD OF THEIR TIME OH, NOW WE GET IT

The Strangers (2008) 48% The Trip (1967) 36% CRITIC ESSAY | BILGE EBIRI: Event Horizon (1997) 27% Jennifer’s Body (2009) 44% The Frisco Kid (1979) 50% The Cable Guy (1996) 53% Ishtar (1987) 38% CRITIC ESSAY | DAVID STRATTON: Across the Universe (2007) 53% The Watcher in the Woods (1980) 48% In the Cut (2003) 33% Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) 35% Harlem Nights (1989) 21% CRITIC ESSAY | DAVID FEAR: The Way of the Gun (2000) 45% Practical Magic (1998) 21% American Dreamz (2006) 38% Blade (1998) 54%

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 32% Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) 35% CRITIC ESSAY | AMY NICHOLSON: Rocky IV (1985) 40% Dracula’s Daughter (1936) 55% Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) 52% Grease 2 (1982) 38% Scream 3 (2000) 39% Return to Oz (1985) 52% CRITIC ESSAY | CANDICE FREDERICK: Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) 29% The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) 38% Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) 38% Jurassic Park III (2001) 49% INFOGRAPHIC | SPLAT STATS

BASIC INSTINCTS JUST BECAUSE THEY MAKE US LAUGH, SCREAM, AND PUMP OUR FISTS

Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) 40% Faster (2010) 42% Bloodsport (1988) 39% CRITIC ESSAY | JOSHUA ROTHKOPF: Step Brothers (2008) 55% See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) 28% Hot Rod (2007) 39% King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) 31% Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) 43% Orca–The Killer Whale (1977) 7% Tango & Cash (1989) 31% CRITIC ESSAY | APRIL WOLFE: Dr. Giggles (1992) 17% The Amityville Horror (1979) 29% Police Academy (1984) 54% ¡Three Amigos! (1986) 46% Reign of Fire (2002) 42% Clash of the Titans (2010) 27% CRITIC ESSAY | JEN YAMATO: Road House (1989) 38% I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 42% Zombi 2 (1980) 42% Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) 47% Over the Top (1987) 27% Billy Madison (1995) 40% Clifford (1994) 10%

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