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Critic-Proof	comment	Sometimes a movie, book, game, TV show, or song is released, and the critics hate it. They just hate it. Entire forests are destroyed printing scathing reviews that dissect such media down to the bone, showing in every possible way that the general public should stay away in droves, and even go as far as to place it on "Worst [X] of All Time" lists just to show everyone how much they hate it. But, no matter how bad they are... no matter how many bad reviews they receive, the public loves it. The movie becomes a blockbuster. The book sits atop the New York Times best-seller list. The game flies off the shelves and becomes a must-have. The show is weekly appointment viewing. The song is on everyone's iPod... The reasons for this phenomenon are myriad and diverse. Critics are people who watch movies/read books/etc. for a living, on average they consume far more media than the average person. They tend to gravitate towards works that are innovative and experimental, being different makes a work stand out more than the average blockbuster/bestseller. They also have to write about works, which means breaking down themes and metaphors, putting far more thought into a work than the average person would even think of doing. This means that an obscure art film tends to excite them far more than some generic action movie. Critics are often not fans of the source material being adapted (if any), so they look upon things from a layman perspective. Some dislike the style and humor, preferring more 'sophisticated' works. Sometimes the fans are so hardcore that they'd accept anything from the source, and sometimes, it's made to be fun. In fact, many who see/buy the work may not even think the best of it either, but it's familiar enough that it manages to stand out and market itself. Sometimes it's simply become popular through being So Bad, It's Good, or by fans acknowledging the work's flaws but considering them insignificant. Thereâ€™s also a Vocal Minority who will reject any review and criticism, no matter how legitimate, out of sheer stubbornness. Other times, critics (being human, and therefore imperfect), let their biases and misunderstandings of creator's intent cloud the final review, portraying the work as objectively low quality. Critics don't always "get" the work the same ways the audience does. There are also some critics who will reject a work simply because itâ€™s popular or not True Art. At worst, critics will only pay attention to works that pander to their tastes. More cynically, sometimes everyone, fans and critics alike, know the product is a stinker, but heavy prerelease hype and no small amount of Polish the Turd can put the project in the black long before word gets out. In these cases, usually, the first installment ends up like this but the second takes a dive — if it's even made, as studios may realize that you won't fool them twice. When no critic in the world can affect a work's popularity, it is Critic-Proof. And even then, some might assume the critics do their jobs as a Failure Gambit. Also remember that there is No Such Thing as Bad Publicity; a critic's harsh review of a work can actually encourage people to consume said work rather than keep them away. Compare Critical Backlash, It's Not Supposed to Win Oscars, Critical Dissonance, and He Panned It, Now He Sucks!. Contrast with Oscar Bait, Acclaimed Flop, Confirmation Bias, Reviews Are the Gospel and Guilty Pleasure. Not to be confused with Protection from Editors. One possible cause of Presumed Flop. A No Recent Examples rule applies to this trope. Examples shouldn't be added until one month after release for standalone works, one month after end of the relevant season for episodic works with seasons, or four months after release for episodic works without seasons. This is to avoid any knee-jerk reactions and allow time for reviews to fully impact public reception. Examples
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Critic-Proof / int_11df1e7a	comment	Almost Naked Animals was Adored by the Network to the point where it became the first third-party show featured on Cartoon Network's revival of Cartoon Planet in the States, ran for 52 episodes over 3 seasons, got a ton of licensed merchandising (including plushies, water bottles, clothes, umbrellas, books, and Taco Bell kids' meals toys!), and was nominated for a Gemini Award (the Canadian answer to the Emmys). Despite this, it carries a strong Periphery Hatedom with the abovementioned online cartoon community and reviewing sub-community, who consider it one of the worst cartoons ever, and has also received intensely negative reception among users on sites like IMDb and TV.com, with user ratings averaging out in the 2.0-3.0 range.
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Critic-Proof / int_129c7b57	comment	Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) is one of the most polarizing superhero cartoons ever made, and yet it still ran for four successful seasons. The toys in particular (the shilling of which was one of the most criticized aspects of the show) proved very lucrative for Hasbro and Marvel.
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Critic-Proof / int_1929cbce	comment	The Super Mario Bros. Movie received middling reviews from critics, who mostly considered it unexceptional and simplistic with little substance outside of references to the video games it's based on. As expected from its connection to a massively popular series, though, it was an absolute smash hit that raked in nearly $400 million in its first weekend alone, giving it the biggest opening weekend gross of any animated movie ever; it has since displaced the original Minions as Illumination's highest-grossing film, earning well over a billion dollars worldwide.
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Critic-Proof / int_19b7bfc4	comment	Breaking Dawn. Despite the frequent hate you see, the earlier books got some decent reviews when they were released, it was later that the group of detractors grew as large as it did. Breaking Dawn, however, was actively disliked by many fans of the series, and still sold incredibly well.
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Critic-Proof / int_1a166c3b	comment	Nintendo Switch Sports received nigh overwhelming hatred from Wii Sports fans since its initial reveal, and upon release, received extremely mixed reviews from both gamers and critics alike. But that didn't stop it from being one of the best selling Nintendo Switch games, and it even was the most popular game on the Nintendo Eshop for a while.
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Critic-Proof / int_1b15abf3	comment	The 365 Days trilogy (which was partly inspired by Fifty Shades of Grey) has received much criticism for its writing style, and for portraying kidnapping and sexual violence in a romantic or glamorized manner, yet they still sold well enough to become international bestsellers and received movie adaptations.
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Critic-Proof / int_1cc8e29f	comment	Destiny has received very mixed reviews, its story in particular, being a So Okay, It's Average Cliché Storm. This hasn't stopped it from being amazingly successful.
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Critic-Proof / int_1d792986	comment	Despite an intense negative reception, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go appears to be doing well financially to the point of greenlighting two more seasons. It even was exported internationally with lots of foreign dubs and it has a small following from people that like both this spin-off/reboot and its predecessor equally, which slightly increased when Brake Car Bruno was introduced.
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Critic-Proof / int_1fe79f62	comment	Free Birds was torn apart by critics, but ended up being the worst reviewed animated movie to be a box-office success until The Emoji Movie came 4 years later.
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Critic-Proof / int_225494af	comment	The Grudge was poorly received by critics and audience alike, but made over $180 million against a $10 million budget. The remake, The Grudge (2020), also got negative reviews from critics and even worse reviews from audiences (including an extremely rare "F" rating from CinemaScore), but it still made back more than triple its budget.
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Critic-Proof / int_24f409f0	comment	The last three entries of Paranormal Activity are universally disliked by most critics and audience, but their nature as Found Footage films ensures that No Budget always applies and profits are guaranteed (The Ghost Dimension, the one film considered a disappointment, still generated gross seven times its budget not counting marketing, which shows you how low-cost the franchise is).
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Critic-Proof / int_268f6fd1	comment	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (which got better reviews than Revenge of the Fallen, but still extremely negative nonetheless) grossed over a billion dollars worldwide and was the fifth-highest-grossing movie ever until 2013.
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Critic-Proof / int_26a875db	comment	The anime adaptation of Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest was panned by those who hadn't already read the source material as a nonsensical, edgy mess, and by readers of the original novels as a piss-poor adaptation; it was quickly disowned by the author of the original novels who said that reading the storyboards he was sent caused him physical pain. Despite this, the anime still managed to boost the sales of the books enough that a second season was announced.
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Critic-Proof / int_2c082d05	comment	The entire Friday the 13th series has continuously gotten terrible reviews from critics, with only the first film having a "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but even then only barely and mostly in retrospect. Nonetheless, every film has been very profitable, usually making back their budgets several times over, although much of that has to do with their minuscule budgets. Jason Voorhees has also become a pop culture icon and raked in many hundreds of millions in merchandising and tie-in media in spite of the general reception of his films.
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Critic-Proof / int_2c2a56e3	comment	The Phantom Menace is the third-highest-grossing film in the Star Wars franchise, adjusted for inflation, despite polarized reception. The same can be said for Attack of the Clones and The Rise of Skywalker: most critics liked Clones only modestly, and Rise became the lowest rated movie in the main series on Rotten Tomatoes, but fans still turned out in droves to see them.
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Critic-Proof / int_2ec27115	comment	On the DC side, there's Teen Titans Go!, which zig-zags this trope a bit. The show developed a massive Periphery Hatedom from fans of the original series who feel the Denser and Wackier show is an insult to the original, with the show itself lovingly taking shots at those detractors (though it does have its share of fans and defenders as well). The zig-zagging comes from not only the series spending several years as one of Cartoon Network's highest-rated shows, but also from it being nominated for a much-coveted Emmy Award twice. Like Johnny Test, it only has bare amounts of viewers now, but it still makes a lot of money and has been going on for nine years as of this writingâ€”something that its 2003 predecessor never managed. The theatrical movie also received high praise from critics for its mix of lowbrow humor and clever parody.
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Critic-Proof / int_2f1ee31e	comment	Jessie on Disney Channel. There is hardly a review published that didn't call this one of the worst TV shows out there, to the point where sites that don't even normally review TV shows (like sports news site Deadspin and humor site Cracked) would join in just to point out how awful this show was. Yet it was one of the most watched and most renewed show on Disney Channel when it ran.
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Critic-Proof / int_332e25e8	comment	Venom was mostly trashed by critics but earned over $850 million worldwide, making nearly twice what it needed to break even and breaking several October box office records. The film had a massive case of Critical Dissonance; its audience rating in Rotten Tomatoes is a solid 80%, with many considering that it is a fun, if not necessarily glowing, popcorn flick. The film was also supported by its overseas gross, particularly from China.
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Critic-Proof / int_352b52cc	comment	Liberace was undoubtedly a talented pianist, but critics despised him from bringing Classical Music to kitschy low ends. In a famous reaction to this criticism, Liberace said: "I cried all the way to the bank."
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Critic-Proof / int_3a0216a	comment	The Chicago Tribune had a review bashing the Mummies Alive! compilation movie Mummies Alive! â€“ The Legend Begins which didn't deter kids from watching it.
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Critic-Proof / int_3b8b374	comment	The Just Dance series is the biggest Cash-Cow Franchise of Ubisoft when each entry of the series is known to get average scores from critics. Even the first game was negatively received by critics, but that didn't stop the game from being a commercial success which led to the series' launch.
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Critic-Proof / int_3e44e6dd	comment	The Devil Inside grossed $33 million in its opening weekend in spite of universal scorn regarding its No Ending. Yet precisely because of this, it didn't make much afterward: those weekend numbers ended up forming more than half of its domestic gross.
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Critic-Proof / int_410d7c64	comment	Assassin's Creed (2016) generally received bad reviews. One of the most positive called it "the best video game movie ever" and acknowledged that this was a backhanded compliment. Yet it made 60.5 million more than its budget of $125 million within a month, despite opening within a week of Rogue One.
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Critic-Proof / int_436dff03	comment	The Rotten Tomatoes critical score for PokÃ©mon: The First Movie is a very low 17%, and states that "Audiences other than children will find very little to entertain them". However, since it came out in the franchise's peak in popularity, the film was a huge financial success. Many schools admitted that hundreds of their students called in sick on opening week to see the movie, and the film is remembered somewhat fondly by the fandom. Also, most of the criticisms stem from the dumbed-down 4Kids Entertainment dub; the original Japanese movie was well-received.
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Critic-Proof / int_44e0b783	comment	Garfield is a frequent target of mockery, but it's also one of the most popular comic strips around, appearing in over 2,000 newspapers worldwide and is still profitable through merchandising (which creator Jim Davis freely admits was his entire reason for making the strip).
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Critic-Proof / int_499a0e5e	comment	Minecraft: Story Mode stands as an unusual game within Telltale Games' library, with many hardcore fans and critics not being sure what to make of a narrative-driven take on the famously freeform and story-light Minecraft, with opinions on the actual game itself being all over the place. In spite of this, it turned out to be the only game Telltale made after The Walking Dead: Season One that made them a profit.
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Critic-Proof / int_49a88442	comment	2010: Final Fantasy XIV
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Critic-Proof / int_4a03389c	comment	The anime of Diabolik Lovers drew negative reactions from Japanese and Western viewers alike, but was evidently successful at drawing fans to the other branches of the franchise (like the visual novels) since a sequel anime series was also produced. It even had enough momentum going for Sentai Filmworks to release an English dub.
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Critic-Proof / int_4a529842	comment	Sleeping with the Enemy was primarily negatively received by most critics, who criticized the film for shifting to slasher cliches and turning a possessive husband into an evil psycho. That didn't stop the film from making over $100 million domestically and ending Home Alone top spot at the box office, largely due to Julia Roberts' presence.
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Critic-Proof / int_4c51dda2	comment	Manimal is often regarded as one of the worst television shows ever made (however, there are shows that are more deserving of that title), but it still has managed to have a decently-sized cult following.
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Critic-Proof / int_4da7528e	comment	The Berenstain Bears has been attacked by critics left-and-right since its early days who've accused the series of being formulaic and saccharine, but that hasn't stopped it from becoming one of the most beloved children's book series of all time. An attempt to break this status backfired spectacularly when Hanna Rosin of Slate wrote a negative article about the series following Jan Berenstain's death (even going as far as to say "good riddance"), only for readers to angrily call her out on the "too soon" status of the article and insensitive tone she took, of which she subsequently apologized for.
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Critic-Proof / int_510974b4	comment	Johnny Test got very good ratings (probably because its low budget allowed it to make money even when the bare minimum of viewers were watching it), ran for about six seasons on TV (being Uncancelled after its third season), and was Adored by the Network, yet it gained a gargantuan Periphery Hatedom from the notorious online cartoon community and its infamously polarizing sub-community of reviewers, who widely considered it as one of the worst series ever made (though the series has its defenders). In fact, it's believed behind-the-scenes issues were what finally killed its initial run rather than the show's infamy. It also became one of the most watched children's shows on Netflix, to the point where the service commissioned a revival of the show for two additional seasons.
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Critic-Proof / int_513b0109	comment	"We Built This City" by Starship is often regarded as one of the worst songs ever recorded, a title that is mainly the fault of the song's infamous music video and Blender magazine's (kinda bias-fueled) "50 Worst Songs Ever" list,, yet it was a #1 hit when it was released back in 1985 and still gets airplay on many '80s radio stations, along with getting used in many films and TV shows even to this day.
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Critic-Proof / int_53a73ca0	comment	2009: Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
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Critic-Proof / int_556b60f5	comment	Movie 43 is considered to be one of the worst films of 2013, if not of all time. However, it managed to make $32.4 million out of a $6 million budget. That didn't stop it from becoming Rogue Pictures' last release for a few years, though.
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Critic-Proof / int_559a3948	comment	When New Super Mario Bros. 2 came out, some critics gave it harsh reviews for being a Mission-Pack Sequel to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, but it became the fourth best-selling game for the 3DS.
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Critic-Proof / int_578be4e1	comment	The Irregular at Magic High School has been frequently criticized for its Invincible Heroes, Incest Subtext, and heavy use of controversial nationalist talking points (for example, turning America and China, the two largest export markets for Japanese media, into Strawman Political villains), to the point that even the first editor of the light novels themselves thought they weren't worth publishing. Nonetheless, the books became one of Dengeki Bunko's biggest hits, second only to juggernauts like Sword Art Online, and the anime adaptation only increased its visibility even more. The second anime season was mocked as soon as it was announced for its Sequel Gap and seeming irrelevance to anime and light novel trends in The New '20s, but managed to get just as many, if not more, viewers as the previous season.
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Critic-Proof / int_5b0f2776	comment	Critics were generally disgusted with Redo of Healer, viewing it as little more than a shock-value revenge porn series (both figuratively and literally) that violated the boundaries of good taste and negatively compared it to The Rising of the Shield Hero, another series that had started off with a poor critical reception but managed to win back some respect as it went on. Anime viewers, however, made Redo one of the most-watched and talked about shows of 2021, though largely for the same reason as critics.
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Critic-Proof / int_5ce00127	comment	Rocky IV was panned by critics upon its release and got about 9 Razzie nominations, including "Worst Picture", yet that didn't prevent it from making over $300 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing Rocky film of all time. In other words, the critics' demands for people to avoid the movie at all costs backfired spectacularly.
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Critic-Proof / int_5ce98a6d	comment	Enter the Matrix sold five million copies despite being panned by critics (and many gamers, after they bought it).
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Critic-Proof / int_5d4da198	comment	2007: Spider-Man 3 (Wii and PS2 versions)
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Critic-Proof / int_63053ca	comment	TwoKinds has been the target of many a Caustic Critic yet it's run strong for 12 years and the creator manages to sell physical books of the comic and an art book for it in his store.
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Critic-Proof / int_64347e57	comment	13 Reasons Why received positive critical reception for its first season but seasons 2 and 3 were both eviscerated by critics. Despite Netflix not releasing viewing figures, it is clear that people are watching because 13 Reasons Why was renewed for season 4 before season 3 was even released, despite all the negative reviews.
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Critic-Proof / int_6630acd1	comment	Keeping Up with the Kardashians has been received very negatively by critics and IMDb users (it has a 2.8/10 on the site) alike, but according to Wikipedia, it has attracted high viewership ratings and won several audience awards, and is one of E!'s most successful shows.
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Critic-Proof / int_66df4af1	comment	The Secret Life of the American Teenager largely got mixed to negative reviews from critics decrying the series as feeling like a melodramatic after-school special. It still received the highest premiere viewership ratings ever for an ABC Family original program, getting five seasons (with 121 episodes in total) and served as a Star-Making Role for Shailene Woodley.
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Critic-Proof / int_69b389ee	comment	Rambo: First Blood Part II was savaged by critics, but made triple its budget domestically and triple that internationally; Rambo III was only slightly better reviewed and didn't do so well domestically, but still did pretty well internationally.
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Critic-Proof / int_6c47db4e	comment	Dynasty Warriors (and by extension, almost any Warriors game) is hated to death by critics. While not necessarily as popular as some other examples, the series does sell well enough constantly to justify translating another game in the series.
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Critic-Proof / int_6ca56a0a	comment	Invoked by name by the 2004 edition of The New Rolling Stone Album Guide in its review of Ratt's Out of the Cellar.
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Critic-Proof / int_6fb96d13	comment	A Star Is Born (1976) received mixed to terrible reviews from critics upon its original release. For starters, critics thought the casting of Barbra Streisand as a rock star was ridiculous. Even today the movie has a 36 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating. Nevertheless, it was the second highest-grossing film of 1976, and the signature tune from the movie, "Evergreen," won the Oscar for Best Song.
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Critic-Proof / int_72d80683	comment	Frogger (1997) sold over 6 million copies despite middling to negative reviews.
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Critic-Proof / int_745b2bfa	comment	Most EA Sports franchises, though FIFA Soccer and NHL Hockey have been acclaimed in later years. Part of FIFA's success should be credited to the poor job Konami did with Pro Evolution Soccer on the last couple years.
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Critic-Proof / int_74677280	comment	Reviews for the Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games titles were generally mixed to average, but the general public still bought them in droves anyway. Most of the derision comes not from the quality of the actual games, but rather from the fact that fans of both franchises would have preferred if the characters crossed over in Platform Games instead.
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Critic-Proof / int_74ca38b	comment	Richman 10 is rated negatively by both the critics and most of the fans of the series for being an outright stepback from previous installments with many reasons like a lot of core features being cut for no reason, the graphic being too weird and utilizing a "Release now, finish later" model (even then, the game was finished in one year after re-release with no brand new characters or cards, and a handful of filler maps), but it sold very well, selling one million copies across all platforms by the end of 2021.
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Critic-Proof / int_755fadab	comment	Haruhi Suzumiya: The much-reviled Endless Eight episodes of the second season were released across four DVDs in Japan. Given that said arc consisted of the same episode eight times in a row, it's surprising that the first DVDs sold (relatively) well. Though the later ones to a lesser extent; the second and third sold only half the amount the first one did. On the other hand, the North American licensors of Season 2 knew very well that they would not be Critic Proof (plenty of fans had already vowed a boycott due to the extreme unpopularity of Endless Eight), and simply released all 14 episodes in a single set.
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Critic-Proof / int_79a5c5e0	comment	Twilight might cross over into So Bad, It's Good territory; many who really do hate the writing style read it as a Guilty Pleasure, and there are all the people who plow through it just so they can bash it without being accused of complaining about books they haven't read.
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Critic-Proof / int_7aaf9e41	comment	Batman comics have a large chunk of fans for whom him and Bat-family books are the only DC books (if not the only comics altogether) they will follow. Consequently, as Evan Dworkin noted, even the biggest Audience-Alienating Era is unlikely to force the title book to stray far from the top 10 charts.
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Critic-Proof / int_7d122312	comment	The Flintstones: From its 1960 inception, critics and Golden Age Animation purists hated it because it's, well, Hanna-Barbera. And Hanna-Barbera has always had a large segment of detractors. But that didn't stop The Flintstones from enjoying a six-year primetime run, various spinoffs, and two theatrical movies, and Hanna-Barbera staying in operation for over four decades as the biggest studio in television animation.
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Critic-Proof / int_80dd8f2a	comment	The Eagles: One of the most popular rock bands of all time, and one of the most universally critically reviled. Allmusic is one of the few review sites that has anything good to say about them.
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Critic-Proof / int_81341360	comment	The original Ice Age movie was well-received, but most agree it suffered Sequelitis each passing installment. In contrast, every new movie made more money than the last... until the critically-thrashed Collision Course came around, although that film still ended up grossing $408.5 million worldwide (which is more than the original) thanks to the international market.
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Critic-Proof / int_83b57b51	comment	Minions was considered a pretty mediocre installment of the Despicable Me franchise by critics with only a 56% rating on RT. The box office on the other hand...
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Critic-Proof / int_85a9b36f	comment	The Emoji Movie: Hard to believe given all of the bile it received from critics and the internet (including This Very Wiki), but the film was a box office hit, making $217 million worldwide on a $50 million budget.
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Critic-Proof / int_86061aff	comment	The first several entries of the Neptunia franchise received terrible reviews. It went on to become its developer's flagship series, with various adaptations and multiple games per year.
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Critic-Proof / int_86904ab8	comment	2008: Iron Man
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Critic-Proof / int_86d9455	comment	Critics and audiences considered the first The Nut Job to be mediocre at best with a Tomatometer of just 13%. Regardless, it went on to become a financial success anyway.
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Critic-Proof / int_8910a978	comment	In Another World with My Smartphone is viewed by many as one of, if not the worst, isekai series of all time thanks to its generic setting, overpowered protagonist and harem of bland love interests, and a plot that not only has no meaningful conflict, but seemingly goes out of its way to destroy any possible tension or threat to its heroes as often as it can. The anime adaptation has received similar criticisms, as well as for its middling production values. Despite all the critical panning, the light novels show no sign of slowing down, having reached over 20 volumes and being popular enough to be licensed in English, and the anime adaptation made back more than enough money to receive a second season years after the first season aired.
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Critic-Proof / int_898bd243	comment	Armageddon (1998) was internationally the highest-grossing film of 1998 against a backdrop of mediocre-to-frosty reviews from critics, though it seems largely forgotten now.
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Critic-Proof / int_89f61c67	comment	Mission: Impossible II received middling reviews from critics and is considered by fans to be worst movie in the franchise, but it still managed to gross $546.4 million and was the highest-grossing movie of 2000.
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Critic-Proof / int_8f8e48de	comment	The remake of The Lion King was widely perceived as unnecessary and misguided even compared with Disney's other attempts, and indeed reviewers and American audiences were not positive about telling the same story again only with new graphics. Audiences in China and Europe still made it a billion dollar behemoth.
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Critic-Proof / int_961b37e0	comment	DC Extended Universe: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice combines this with Presumed Flop. It did underperform relative to expectations, but it still grossed $870 million worldwide and handily made its money back. It was one of the most successful films of its year; it is mainly remembered as doing poorly because it also suffered a precipitous second-weekend drop when most speculation was that the film would easily crack a billion. Suicide Squad was critically trashed but managed to churn out profits, grossing $746 million worldwide compared to a $175 million budget.
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Critic-Proof / int_9814dae8	comment	Annabelle, The Nun, and The Curse of La Llorona are less-welcomed entries in The Conjuring Universe. That didn't stop them from raking up as much money as other films in the franchise that did earn praise.
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Critic-Proof / int_987ae287	comment	Cars 2 is Pixar's worst-reviewed animated film (sitting at an even 40% at Rotten Tomatoes), but that hasn't stopped the film from making huge bucks at the box office (though it was Pixar's lowest-grossing movie at the box office until The Good Dinosaur came along). The Cars franchise managed to make a whopping ten billion dollars in merchandise, although they're not as liked as other Pixar works. Despite Disneytoon Studios' Spin-Off Planes being derided as a Merchandise-Driven cash grab by critics and audiences alike, it made back its budget more than four times over and got a sequel.
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Critic-Proof / int_995d37c6	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_995d37c6	comment	SCOOB! got very mixed reviews from critics. That didn't stop it from being #1 in VOD sales for 3 weeks straight, though.
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Critic-Proof / int_99885b85	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_99885b85	comment	Velma was near-universally panned by viewers and critics alike, with it being one of the lowest rated shows on IMDB, yet it received a high amount of viewers during its premiere and has became one of the most watched shows on HBO Max, possibly because of its negative reception.
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Critic-Proof / int_99f7471e	comment	Jommeke is among the best-selling Flemish comic strips of all time, but has hardly had any serious critical attention or praise, mostly because it's a pure formulaic children's comic. Author Jef Nys was interviewed just a few times throughout his career and only received exhibitions, awards and a biography in the final decade of his life.
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Critic-Proof / int_9ab064e6	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_9ab064e6	comment	Les MisÃ©rables: It was panned by critics after the first performance in the 1980s. The cast expected empty seats at the next performance. It is now the longest-running musical in the world. Les Mis received negative reviews in the U.K. at the beginning but that American critics and audiences were united in application, with the musical making the cover of Newsweek and getting much press, thus making it an Inverted Trope/Played Straight depending on the location.
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Critic-Proof / int_9b891ef2	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_9b891ef2	comment	The only entry in the Scary Movie series to not get overall negative reviews was the first one. This didn't keep the others from making money, albeit not as much as the first.
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Critic-Proof / int_9d41fc3d	comment	Critics were lukewarm towards Despicable Me 3, feeling the franchise had run its course and had little to add except the same old slapstick and jokes, and was clearly made just to appeal to small children. Nonetheless, the film was massively successful, grossing over one billion at the box office, making it the franchise's second most successful installment as well as one of the highest grossing animated films ever.
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Critic-Proof / int_9f89a5f0	comment	PokÃ©mon has increasingly become that, especially since the Switch era, which has come to be considered the Audience-Alienating Era of the franchise by some, as the technical quality of the main games delivered dropped due to a mix of their very tight schedules and Game Freak's increased ambitions for the franchise. PokÃ©mon Scarlet and Violet may be the most glaring example; launched riddled with bugs and glitches, it garnered mixed reviews critically and by the core fans of the franchise, becoming the lowest ranking title of the main games in Metacritic, but still went on to become not only the biggest launch in the franchise's history, but Nintendo's biggest launch ever, as well as the biggest launch for any console-exclusive, raking in twice the amount of copies sold to the critically and publically acclaimed God of War RagnarÃ¶k.
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Critic-Proof / int_a01f0764	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_a01f0764	comment	Little Indian, Big City was critically lambasted both in France and abroad (Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel roasted it). That didn't prevent it from being the second biggest grosser at the 1994 French box office (7.87 million cinema admissions) behind only The Lion King (10 million). Ebert bizarrely and infamously attributed its success to "French unemployment rates" at the time.
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Critic-Proof / int_a0c5d5b2	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_a0c5d5b2	comment	Bad Boys II, which Bay directed four years before Transformers (2007), actually used all the same conventions. Critics hated it while the audience ate it up.
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Critic-Proof / int_a552d172	comment	ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister! was torn apart from western critics and audiences for its unorthodox premise and elements, but became the best selling and top rated anime of its respective anime season in Japan.
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Critic-Proof / int_a5f67b7c	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_a5f67b7c	comment	The Tsugumomo manga has always been bashed by critics who have considered it a cheaply-made series with a plot that is little more than a paper-thin ecchi vehicle, but those same ecchi elements made it popular enough with fans to sell many volumes of the manga and spawn two profitable anime series.
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Critic-Proof / int_a825da3e	comment	Magic: The Gathering falls under this at times: Even discounting the impact the COVID-19 Pandemic had on the game, 2020 was a rough year for Magic; Standard that year put out some of the most broken cards in recent memory— between half a dozen Game Breakers being printed in Throne of Eldraine alone, the Companion mechanic in Ikoria warping every single format in the game, and Zendikar Rising basically causing everyone to build a '4 color goodstuff' archetype thanks to Omnath, Locus of Creation being an incredible build-around, people were complaining that the design team had gone off the rails. Despite this, 2020 was said to be one of Magic's most successful years in terms of sales. The Secret Lair product line is derided for its lack of quality control, capitalizing on FOMO to sell overpriced products, and willingness to tie into non-Magic intellectual property, but it is objectively one of the most profitable products Wizards puts out.
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Critic-Proof / int_ab67d84	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_ab67d84	comment	Ctrl+Alt+Del. Despite, or perhaps because of, the group of detractors that the webcomic and its proprietor accrued, it maintains a solid following.
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Critic-Proof / int_ac13f866	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_ac13f866	comment	My Kitchen Rules is a very huge target of mockery; almost every recap articles of the episode would contain not-so-subtle insults regarding the contestants' fake personalities and their cooking skills. Even on its own FB fan page, a lot of viewers would spew their hate for the show's exaggerated drama and the painfully obvious fake dialogue, giving the show the nickname "My Kitchen Rigged". The show itself has consistently placed as #1 in terms of viewing figures in Australia.
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Critic-Proof / int_af21d690	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_af21d690	comment	TV Guide had a review disparaging a Goosebumps (1995) special. Kids watched it anyway.
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Critic-Proof / int_afb7052	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_afb7052	comment	Batman & Robin is one of the most mocked movies ever made, even suffering from Creator Backlash, but it did gross $238.2 million (although its high budget made it not very profitable).
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Critic-Proof / int_b08200f3	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_b08200f3	comment	Transformers: Age of Extinction got the worst reviews of any installment in the Transformers Film Series, but it was 2014's only film with a ten-digit gross worldwide.
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Critic-Proof / int_b0e1bc07	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_b0e1bc07	comment	Big Brother is a reality TV series condemned by almost all TV critics worldwide in all countries, yet had some of the highest viewerships of all time.
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Critic-Proof / int_b3919367	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_b3919367	comment	The Jungle Book 2 was one of the worst Disney sequels as it replays a lot of the same scenes and character exchanges from the first film, especially considering there were plenty other elements of the novels' mythos or even just the original film that they could have expanded on. However, in spite of receiving a 18% on the Tomatometer, it still became a box office success just like the original film.
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Critic-Proof / int_b4996199	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_b4996199	comment	Spider-Man has been featured a lot of bad stories in recent years. The Clone Saga was universally reviled, One More Day was crucified by critics and fans alike, and Spider-Man: Chapter One is one of those stories even Marvel has insisted they never speak of again. Despite it all, Spidey still remains Marvel's mascot and biggest cash cow, something that likely won't change anytime soon.
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Critic-Proof / int_b5a25132	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_b5a25132	comment	The live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks movies (the latter three in particular) have received nothing but hate from most critics. That hasn't stopped either from being huge successes... at least until the last one was scheduled for the same release date as The Force Awakens.
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Critic-Proof / int_b855ac1d	comment	The mostly negative critical reviews for The Hangover Part II didn't keep it from being hugely successful at the box office, largely due to goodwill from the critically-acclaimed original. However, Part III (which received even worse reviews), while still a box office success, faced a large drop-off from the second movie, making about $200 million dollars less than Part II had two years prior.
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Critic-Proof / int_b8d8ef94	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_b8d8ef94	comment	The Emperor's New School was bashed by critics and fans for re-using gags from the films and by Moral Guardians for "minimal educational value and frequent displays of socially aggressive behavior", but kids still watched it.
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Critic-Proof / int_ba58e347	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_ba58e347	comment	In the 1980s, Stevie Nicks was commonly dismissed by 'highbrow' rock critics (Rolling Stone was particularly egregious in this regard) who fawned on her former lover and current bandmate Lindsey Buckingham, notwithstanding that his albums were only a fraction as popular as hers. Many of those same critics did a perfect about-face and hailed her as an elder stateswoman of rock and roll in the late 1990s and 2000s.
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Critic-Proof / int_ba6a3880	comment	Ouija is a formulaic horror movie and disliked by virtually everyone, but grossed over twenty times its budget.
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Critic-Proof / int_babaf895	comment	SHUFFLE! got panned by review sites as just another annoying harem show, and even when it was first licensed, the overwhelming opinion was that Funimation must like losing money, because nobody would buy it. The DVD sales in North America were a surprising success, to the point that Funi produced a collector's box with the final volume.
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Critic-Proof / int_bb32bd9f	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_bb32bd9f	comment	Nekopara was savaged by critics for its Excuse Plot and short length, with the clean version being criticized for being diabetes incarnate, but went on to become one of the most successful doujin visual novels of all time, spawning multiple sequels, an OVA, and an anime adaptation, which also sold well despite critical thrashing.
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Critic-Proof / int_bc1dc95a	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_bc1dc95a	comment	The Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, especially Dead Men Tell No Tales, were lukewarmly received by critics but they made even more money than the significantly better-reviewed Curse of the Black Pearl.
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Critic-Proof / int_be03a5ee	comment	The Left Behind series. The books are generally poorly written, and there have been many articles written that give specific examples of just how stupidly the characters act. Even from the perspective of Evangelical Protestant Christianity, the theology behind it is suspect. Yet the target audience strongly believes in the books' message and likes them anyway.
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Critic-Proof / int_becb80d	comment	The anime adaptation of KanColle has been panned by fans and reviewers as mediocre and having a wildly inconsistent tone, but sales figures indicate Studio Diomedea isn't going to be hurt in the slightest.
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Critic-Proof / int_bff78dfe	comment	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice combines this with Presumed Flop. It did underperform relative to expectations, but it still grossed $870 million worldwide and handily made its money back. It was one of the most successful films of its year; it is mainly remembered as doing poorly because it also suffered a precipitous second-weekend drop when most speculation was that the film would easily crack a billion.
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Critic-Proof / int_c058b00a	comment	The Twilight films were regularly ravaged by critics, with Roger Ebert's reaction to New Moon being a commonly cited example. The series' highest Rotten Tomatoes rating was the 49% received by Eclipse. This didn't stop the films from being unusually consistent box office hits - all four sequels grossed between $280-$300 million domestically and ranked in the top ten films of the year.
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Critic-Proof / int_c0b99d18	comment	Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) got largely negative reviews from critics and audiences not familiar with the source material. But as expected from its connection to a popular and successful video game franchise, die-hard fans heaped praise on it, and it had the best opening weekend of any film from Blumhouse Productions (despite also releasing simultaneously on Peacock!), with the second-best opening weekend domestic gross ever (only slightly behind Black Widow (2021)).
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Critic-Proof / int_c1bf1af4	comment	Two and a Half Men. Despite getting largely mixed reviews and critics expressing disgust at the often sexist humor and unlikable characters, it still had a following substantial enough to earn it twelve seasons (262 episodes in total).
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Critic-Proof / int_c1d0f909	comment	Suicide Squad was critically trashed but managed to churn out profits, grossing $746 million worldwide compared to a $175 million budget.
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Critic-Proof / int_c299eb95	comment	The Sniper: Ghost Warrior series sells very well (by January 2021, the entire series had sold 11 million units with every game selling at least over a million) despite consistently mediocre to bad critic and user reviews.
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Critic-Proof / int_c3210502	comment	Hulk Hogan has long been criticized by Smart Mark fans and journalists for being boring, formulaic, and a politicking glory hound. None of this stopped Hogan from becoming the top draw in WWF from the mid-80s to the early-90s and one of the most famous pro wrestlers of all time, with only "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, The Rock and John Cena obtaining a similar amount of success in the company as the Hulkster (and Cena received similar criticism by smark fans as well).
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Critic-Proof / int_c353ea41	comment	Jurassic Park: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom received the worst Rotten Tomatoes score of any film in the franchise at the time, and overall middling reviews from critics and audiences alike, with general agreements that the series had run its course, but that didn't stop the movie from grossing over $1.3 billion worldwide. Jurassic World Dominion received even worse critical reviews than Fallen Kingdom on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, and lukewarm reception from general audiences, but it nonetheless opened to a half-billion dollar box office gross in its opening weekend. It would also eventually go on to gross a billion dollars, being only the third movie released during the COVID-19 Pandemic to do so after Spider-Man: No Way Home and Top Gun: Maverick, both of which were much better-received.
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Critic-Proof / int_c687a4bd	comment	2006: Jaws Unleashed
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Critic-Proof / int_c832776	comment	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny is very popular among the Japanese audiences and even won the Anime Grand Prix award for Most Popular Anime in 2004 and 2005. Western reviewers liked the series but not as much as its prequel. However, if you ever ask this to a Gundam fan prepare to hear how this series is one of the worst things Sunrise ever created.
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Critic-Proof / int_ca8aa2a6	comment	God's Not Dead, a Christian propaganda film chronicling a devoutly Christian college freshman's bout with a snide atheist professor, was pummeled by secular and Christian movie critics alike. Yet it grossed more than $60 million in the U.S., which is both very rare for a propaganda film (of any kind) and actually pretty remarkable given the film's shoestring budget of two million dollars.
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Critic-Proof / int_cdbcc337	type	Critic-Proof
Critic-Proof / int_cdbcc337	comment	Haydee: Game reviewers and twitter "pundits" were very quick to dismiss the game because of its blatant Fanservice in the form of Haydee, considering it out of place as well as Fetish Retardant for various reasons. However, most casual gamers who enjoy the game do so in large part because of said fanservice, and Haydee is quite a popular Rule 34 target. If nothing else, it was succesful enough to receive a sequel despite the negative reviews.
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Critic-Proof / int_d0cc7e8a	comment	The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. All three films were heavily panned by the critics and given very low scores on popular websites like Rotten Tomatoes. However, this hasn't stopped each film from being a huge financial success.
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Critic-Proof / int_d117a53a	comment	In spite of the criticism Dude, What Would Happen? got, it somehow lasted for 2 years. The same goes for Destroy Build Destroy, but was received a little better than the former due to it having Andrew W.K..
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Critic-Proof / int_d148f51d	comment	Early reviews for The Looney Tunes Show ripped it apart, calling it an insult to the Looney Tunes franchise, but that didn't stop the show from gaining (at least at first) huge ratings and a sizable Periphery Demographic, including classic Looney Tunes fans.
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Critic-Proof / int_d1fbfbbc	comment	The various books in The Twilight Saga: Twilight might cross over into So Bad, It's Good territory; many who really do hate the writing style read it as a Guilty Pleasure, and there are all the people who plow through it just so they can bash it without being accused of complaining about books they haven't read. Breaking Dawn. Despite the frequent hate you see, the earlier books got some decent reviews when they were released, it was later that the group of detractors grew as large as it did. Breaking Dawn, however, was actively disliked by many fans of the series, and still sold incredibly well.
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Critic-Proof / int_d3502348	comment	Doug's 1st Movie was hated by critics for looking like a direct-to-video film, but did okay at the box office despite this. With that said, the studios clearly didn't think a sequel would be worth the risk, as Doug's first movie was also his last.
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Critic-Proof / int_d4fe0152	comment	Oz never got the kind of acclaim that other HBO shows like The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, and The Wire did. Nevertheless, it had (has) one of the staunchest fan bases and was one of the network's highest-rated shows.
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Critic-Proof / int_d5ddd6c1	comment	PokÃ©mon: The Series: Despite not having any international theatrical releases since the Johto era (the live-action PokÃ©mon Detective Pikachu notwithstanding), in Japan, the twelfth film, Arceus and the Jewel of Life, has become the highest-grossing anime film of 2009. People complain about the anime itself. Although it has lost some popularity, it's still extremely popular. The Rotten Tomatoes critical score for PokÃ©mon: The First Movie is a very low 17%, and states that "Audiences other than children will find very little to entertain them". However, since it came out in the franchise's peak in popularity, the film was a huge financial success. Many schools admitted that hundreds of their students called in sick on opening week to see the movie, and the film is remembered somewhat fondly by the fandom. Also, most of the criticisms stem from the dumbed-down 4Kids Entertainment dub; the original Japanese movie was well-received.
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Critic-Proof / int_d8040caa	comment	Space Jam was pilloried by critics as a cynical cash-grab for being based on a marketing campaign for Nike sneakers. However, the film was based on a very popular ad campaign that helped revive the popularity of the Looney Tunes characters in The '90s, and starring superstar basketball player at the time Michael Jordan As Himself playing a larger-than-life game of hoops. As a result, it was a box-office hit.
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Critic-Proof / int_dac2531c	comment	Baywatch was much-hated and was once voted the worst TV show exported to Britain, but it was a huge success when it first aired and is fondly recalled even to this day.
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Critic-Proof / int_dc4363c5	comment	True Blood became increasingly derided in its later seasons but that didn't seem to make a dent in the ratings.
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Critic-Proof / int_dd638dbf	comment	Shark Tale ended up being the worst reviewed Dreamworks movie of all time, but ended up as a box office success. However, it wasn't enough to turn the film into a franchise.
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Critic-Proof / int_ddd4b174	comment	Contemporary reviews of the 1935 game Monopoly are largely negative, with common complaints including the runaway leader problem, its implementation of Player Elimination, the amount of luck, and the game being too long for what it is. It still sells a ton of copies and is a frequent Themed Stock Board Game. In fact, it's the fourth best-selling board game of all time, only behind Backgammon, Checkers and Chess (all of which have centuries-long histories and are still well-regarded).
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Critic-Proof / int_dfbb441c	comment	Every Witch Way on Nickelodeon likewise got huge episode orders and enough viewership to justify a spin-off despite nearly every critic who screened it claiming it was almost unwatchable.
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Critic-Proof / int_e4732abc	comment	Critics were largely dismissive of Stargate Atlantis, regarding it as a pale imitation of Stargate SG-1. Nevertheless, it was an excellent ratings performer for Sci-Fi Channel.
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Critic-Proof / int_e8970723	comment	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom received the worst Rotten Tomatoes score of any film in the franchise at the time, and overall middling reviews from critics and audiences alike, with general agreements that the series had run its course, but that didn't stop the movie from grossing over $1.3 billion worldwide.
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Critic-Proof / int_ea1566dc	comment	It seems like nothing can dent the fanbase of the Alpha and Omega films — critics dismissed them as mediocre, general animation fans dismissed them as mediocre, and wider audiences dismissed them as mediocre. However, the fanbase of the films is composed mostly of wolf lovers and furries. Given the undiscerning taste of both groups, it should probably come as little surprise that the series has seven (Direct to Video) sequels.
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Critic-Proof / int_ed2a7866	comment	Sword Art Online: Reviewers feel that the anime is anywhere from bad to mediocre, at best, but not a great show. It was the most popular anime of 2012. A second season premiered in summer 2014, retaining its popularity. In addition, other works from the Sword Art Online franchise began to make it overseas in that same year: a PS Vita game called Hollow Fragment got an English release around the same time, and Yen Press began to publish English translations of the light novels beginning April 2014.
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Critic-Proof / int_eddc4ca3	comment	Hogwarts Legacy was slammed by critics and many others for, among other things, supporting J. K. Rowling, who has become quite controversial in the late 2010s and early 2020s. This didn't stop it from being one of the best-selling games of 2023.
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Critic-Proof / int_eeccee57	comment	My Family was slaughtered by critics, and the stars outright refused to film one episode because it was so bad. Yet it was one of the UK's top-rated sitcoms and aired over ten series.
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Critic-Proof / int_f16adb7	comment	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull grossed $101 million in its first weekend, the third-widest opener of all time, despite highly polarized reviews (Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin liked it, most other big-name critics did not).
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Critic-Proof / int_f2935a62	comment	Wii Party received mixed-at-best reviews from critics, but sold 9.3 million copies worldwide and spawned a sequel.
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Critic-Proof / int_f3464a68	comment	Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen is currently the worst-reviewed movie ever to earn $400 million at the U.S. box office. And it actually made over $800 million worldwide, the first movie of 2009 to do so (even beating at least one of The Dark Knight's records), so it will take some beating. It also won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, becoming the highest-grossing movie to ever win the award.
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Critic-Proof / int_f78e69f	comment	Although Chicken Little is disliked by a large portion of Disney fans, with a 36% rating on RT, it managed to become a modest success at the box office. On the other hand, Chicken Little didn't become a franchise like Cars did (excluding a cameo of the title character in Kingdom Hearts II).
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Critic-Proof / int_faed6ad0	comment	The American remake of One Missed Call got universally horrendous reviews from critics (including a rare 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes from 81 reviews, making it the second-worst reviewed film on the site) and audiences alike, but nonetheless made back more than twice its budget, making it a moderate financial success. Nonetheless, it provided to be the final nail in the coffin for the fledging trend of J-horror remakes of the time.
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Critic-Proof / int_fb4e4429	comment	Bestselling author of the Mike Hammer series Mickey Spillane can't be harmed by critics. He also admits that he's Only in It for the Money:
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Critic-Proof / int_fb873b86	comment	None of the Saw instalments after the first three films and Saw X received much praise from critics, many of whom regard the franchise as mindless Torture Porn. They still made millions of dollar profits regardless.
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Critic-Proof / int_fe6cdec	comment	Nickelback can be seen as the modern-day version of Grand Funk Railroad in this respect. They have been widely panned by critics, were once voted the worst band of all time, countless YouTube videos are devoted to picking apart how all their songs sound the same, and a Finnish university student even wrote a paper dedicated to figuring out why they're hated by many. It hasn't stopped the band from selling more than 50 million albums worldwide. As Chad Kroeger once noted, "Yeah, everybody hates us. We suck. Sure. But you know, somebody out there is buying our albums anyway."
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