Special Report

Worst Disney Movies of All Time

Walt Disney Studios may have quality entertainment down to an exact formula these days, but that’s only after decades of practice. Along the way, there have been plenty of box office duds and critical misfires. 

Most of these bombs have been lost in time, remembered only by a few modern moviegoers, though some have endured as classic examples of cinema gone wrong, such as “Super Mario Bros.” or “Corky Romano,” to name just a few examples. To remind audiences of these films, 24/7 Tempo compiled a list of the worst Disney movies of all time. 

Some might be asking, “Corky Romano” was a Disney film? Well, it was produced by Touchstone Pictures and distributed by Buena Vista, both of which are Disney-owned companies, and therefore it fit our inclusion criteria. Though Disney may not directly deserve the blame for this one and its similarly terrible brethren, let’s call it guilt by association. (Looking for more dreck? Check out this list of the worst animated movies of all time). 

Of course, there are still plenty of outright turkeys that came straight off the Disney lot. The vast majority of the movies on this list are from the 1990s, which seems to be the decade when the studio honed its skill. Far fewer are from the 2000s, and none are from the last decade. 

From 1973’s “The World’s Greatest Athlete” to 2009’s “Old Dogs” and more, these theatrical abominations could barely entertain young kids, let alone entire families. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be celebrated in their own unique way, which is exactly what we’re doing now. (Interestingly, only a few are among the worst G-rated movies ever made). 

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To determine the worst Disney movies of all time, 24/7 Tempo created an index composed of each film’s rating on IMDb, an online movie database owned by Amazon, as well as its audience score and Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes, an online movie and TV review aggregator. Data on worldwide ticket sales came from The Numbers, an online movie database owned by consulting firm Nash Information Services, and figures are adjusted for inflation. 

We considered movies that were directly made and distributed by Disney or by one of its subsidiaries. Foreign-made films where a Disney subsidiary was involved only in U.S. distribution were not considered in our ranking.

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50. The Country Bears (2002)
> IMDb rating: 4.2
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 33
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $26.8 million
> Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Diedrich Bader, Candy Ford, James Gammon

In this movie, based on a Disney theme park attraction, a young bear convinces a broken-up band of bears to reunite for a concert to save Country Bear Hall. Though some critics praised the technical skills and some enjoyed the surprising appearances by the likes of Elton John and Queen Latifah, most have questioned the unnecessary cross-promotion and found the film dull.

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49. Old Dogs (2009)
> IMDb rating: 5.4
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 44
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $116.2 million
> Starring: Robin Williams, John Travolta, Seth Green, Kelly Preston

John Travolta and Robin Williams play bachelors business partners, who become the unexpected guardians to a pair of twins. Tasteless jokes and poorly executed coming-of-age themes make this one a must-miss.

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48. Doug’s 1st Movie (1999)
> IMDb rating: 5.0
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 28
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $35.2 million
> Starring: Thomas McHugh, Fred Newman, Chris Phillips, Constance Shulman

Once a classic animated TV show on Nickelodeon, “Doug” lost some of its edge when it was picked up by Disney for the later seasons. This subsequent film adaptation doubled as a series finale and disappointed pretty much everyone. It follows Doug and pal Skeeter to Lucky Duck Lake, where they befriend a monster.

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47. The Rich Man’s Wife (1996)
> IMDb rating: 5.2
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 38
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $17.7 million
> Starring: Halle Berry, Christopher McDonald, Peter Greene, Clive Owen

Even Halle Berry’s most devoted fans may struggle to remember this glacial thriller, in which she plays the unhappy wife to a major movie producer (Christopher McDonald). After she expresses her situation to a dangerous man, things get deadly.

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46. The Big Green (1995)
> IMDb rating: 5.6
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 46
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $37.3 million
> Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Olivia d’Abo, Jay O. Sanders, John Terry

Blending fish-out-of-water comedy with underdog sports tropes, this Disney flick puts a British exchange teacher (Olivia d’Abo) in charge of a fledgling soccer team. It tries to capture the same magic as previous films like “The Mighty Ducks” and thus comes off as little more than a second-rate imitator.

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45. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
> IMDb rating: 4.8
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 39
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $150.3 million
> Starring: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd

Tim Allen’s popular film series concluded with this lifeless installment, which was nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards. Big on special effects and product placements but short on everything else, it depicts the showdown between Santa (Allen) and Christmas villain Jack Frost (Martin Short).

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44. Playing God (1997)
> IMDb rating: 5.6
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 33
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $8.8 million
> Starring: David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, Angelina Jolie, Michael Massee

TV star David Duchovny’s film ambitions came to a screeching halt with this underperforming crime drama. He plays disgraced surgeon Eugene Sands, who becomes the personal doctor to an underworld mob boss (Timothy Hutton).

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43. College Road Trip (2008)
> IMDb rating: 4.3
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 50
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $64.9 million
> Starring: Raven-Symo, Martin Lawrence, Kym Whitley, Adam LeFevre

An overprotective father (Martin Lawrence) drives his daughter (Raven-Symo) to a college interview in this gag-ridden road comedy. The theme of learning to let go basically writes itself, yet the movie still fails to land its emotional punches.

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42. The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
> IMDb rating: 5.4
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 30
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $212.6 million
> Starring: John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Tony Jay, Mae Whitman

While technically a box office success, this animated sequel to 1967’s “The Jungle Book” was largely forgotten soon after it arrived. Mowgli (voiced by Haley Joel Osment) is all grown up and living in a human village when he decides to journey back into the jungle. Originally conceived as a direct-to-video release, it often feels like one.

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41. Born Yesterday (1993)
> IMDb rating: 5.2
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 27
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $39.3 million
> Starring: Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson, Edward Herrmann

This remake of a 1950 Oscar-winning comedy stars John Goodman as a businessman and Melanie Griffith as his ditzy girlfriend. With help from a reporter (Don Johnson), the girlfriend receives an impromptu education and turns out to be smarter than she appears. An inferior copycat of its acclaimed predecessor, the movie never really finds a voice of its own.

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40. Bad Company (2002)
> IMDb rating: 5.6
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 35
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $109.2 million
> Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Peter Stormare, Gabriel Macht

Featuring big-name talent both in front of the camera and behind the scenes, this action comedy nevertheless fails to rise above its many contrivances. Chris Rock plays small-time hustler Jake Hayes, who assumes the identity of his dead twin brother for a deadly CIA mission.

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39. Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
> IMDb rating: 5.1
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 38
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $36.8 million
> Starring: William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, Julian Fellowes

In this dark adventure fantasy, a married couple must protect a baby brontosaurus from deadly hunters. Creatives brought the dinosaur to life using a combination of animatronics and puppetry. “No plot, no heart, no soul,” wrote critic Marie Mahoney for the Austin Chronicle.

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38. Breakfast of Champions (1999)
> IMDb rating: 4.6
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 32
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $0.3 million
> Starring: Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney, Barbara Hershey

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s iconic novel laid the groundwork for this messy adaptation, which quickly loses the plot. An erratic portrait of small-town American life, the movie depicts quirky characters in various states of mental disarray.

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37. Another Stakeout (1993)
> IMDb rating: 5.6
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 28
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $44.5 million
> Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O’Donnell, Dennis Farina

Despite the return of all the major players — including director John Badham — this shoddy sequel suffers from a case of cash-grab-itis. Rosie O’Donnell brings her unique energy to the fold as an assistant district attorney, who joins Detectives Leece (Richard Dreyfuss) and Reimers (Emilio Estevez) on their latest stakeout.

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36. Man of the House (1995)
> IMDb rating: 5.3
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 33
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $84.3 million
> Starring: Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, George Wendt

A lawyer (Chevy Chase) is up against two foes in this campy comedy. One of them is his girlfriend’s son (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), and the other is a deadly criminal on the path for revenge. Were this movie released a full decade earlier, Chase might have been able to make it slightly less terrible.

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35. In the Army Now (1994)
> IMDb rating: 5.0
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 44
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $64.8 million
> Starring: Pauly Shore, Lori Petty, David Alan Grier

America was still suffering from Pauly Shore fever (the on-air MTV VJ was starring in “Totally Pauly”) when this obnoxious comedy rolled into theaters nationwide. He and fellow has-been Andy join the Army as a way to make money and soon find themselves fighting on the front lines. This flick makes “Stripes” look like “Citizen Kane” by comparison.

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34. Primeval (2007)
> IMDb rating: 4.8
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 32
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $20.4 million
> Starring: Dominic Purcell, Orlando Jones, Brooke Langton, Jurgen Prochnow

This R-rated action flick sends a journalist and his cameraman into the heart of Africa, where they search for a man-eating crocodile. As if that wasn’t dangerous enough, they must also face the wrath of a local warlord. “Primeval” was loosely based on a real life Nile crocodile, Gustave, that reportedly killed over 300 people.

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33. Metro (1997)
> IMDb rating: 5.5
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 27
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $63.9 million
> Starring: Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, Kim Miyori, Art Evans

Eddie Murphy channels familiar persona tropes to no avail in this mediocre action comedy. He plays hostage negotiator Scott Roper, who must track down a criminal he once put behind bars.

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32. Terminal Velocity (1994)
> IMDb rating: 5.5
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 22
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $37.0 million
> Starring: Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini, Christopher McDonald

One of at least two skydiving-themed action movies from 1994 (the other being “Drop Zone”), this convoluted mystery borrows plot points from classic Hitchcock. When one of his pupils falls to her death, instructor Richard Brodie (Charlie Sheen) gets embroiled in a criminal conspiracy.

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31. Blank Check (1994)
> IMDb rating: 5.3
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 34
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $68.6 million
> Starring: Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, James Rebhorn, Jayne Atkinson

A crafty kid named Preston Waters scores a blank check in this critically reviled comedy. Little does he realize that his subsequent spending spree comes courtesy of the local mob. Skip this one and rewatch 1990’s “Home Alone” instead.

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30. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
> IMDb rating: 4.7
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 35
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $48.9 million
> Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Megan Fox, Adam Garcia, Glenne Headly

Released just months before “Mean Girls,” this similarly-themed musical stars Lindsay Lohan as aspiring teen actress Mary Elizabeth Steppe. Upon moving to the suburbs of New Jersey, Steppe tries to become the most popular girl in school.

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29. The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)
> IMDb rating: 5.1
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 25
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $52.7 million
> Starring: Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby, Susan Anspach, Adam Rich

A corrupt landlord (Elliott Gould) makes a pact with the devil (Bill Cosby) in this somewhat controversial comedy. It was dragged over the coals for lifeless performances and the Disneyfication of an otherwise dark premise. Cosby was cast against type at the time, though there’s plenty to say about the role in retrospect.

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28. Spy Hard (1996)
> IMDb rating: 5.4
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 31
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $55.8 million
> Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden

Leslie Nielsen’s hit-or-miss streak of 1990s spoofs continued with this send-up of James Bond and other spy flicks. It was co-conceived by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the same comedy team behind later parodies such as “Meet the Spartans” and “Epic Movie.”

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27. The Haunted Mansion (2003)
> IMDb rating: 5.0
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 30
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $236.6 million
> Starring: Eddie Murphy, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly, Terence Stamp

A beloved Disney theme park ride inspired this slog of a fantasy film, starring Eddie Murphy as realtor Jim Evers. En route to a much-needed vacation, Evers and his family stop over in a haunted manor. Expect neither laughs nor scares.

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26. The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973)
> IMDb rating: 5.8
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 34
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $121.4 million
> Starring: John Amos, Jan-Michael Vincent, Tim Conway, Roscoe Lee Browne

A struggling college coach (John Amos) travels to Africa and discovers a Tarzan-type athlete (Jan-Michael Vincent) in this family sports drama. Disney-owned Hollywood Pictures later rehashed its premise in the 1994 basketball movie “The Air Up There.”

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25. Celtic Pride (1996)
> IMDb rating: 5.3
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 31
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $19.1 million
> Starring: Damon Wayans, Daniel Stern, Dan Aykroyd, Gail O’Grady

Judd Apatow and Colin Quinn co-wrote the script for this sports-themed comedy, which takes place during the NBA playoffs. Determined to swing the odds in their favor, two die-hard Celtic fans (Daniel Stern and Dan Aykroyd) kidnap the opposing team’s star player (Damon Wayans).

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24. My Favorite Martian (1999)
> IMDb rating: 5.1
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 30
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $66.7 million
> Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Hurley, Daryl Hannah

A fledgling reporter (Jeff Daniels) lands the scoop of his dreams when he uncovers a visiting martian (Christopher Lloyd) in this family comedy. Despite a relatively talented cast, the film was both a critical and commercial disaster. It’s based on a 1960s TV series of the same name.

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23. Father Hood (1993)
> IMDb rating: 4.9
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 34
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $7.2 million
> Starring: Patrick Swayze, Halle Berry, Sabrina Lloyd, Brian Bonsall

Loosely inspired by actual events, this disjointed comedy stars Patrick Swayze as small-time crook Jack Charles. After breaking out of prison, Charles kidnaps his two children and takes them on a cross-country crime spree.

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22. Fire Birds (1990)
> IMDb rating: 4.8
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 35
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $32.0 million
> Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young, Bryan Kestner

This shameless “Top Gun” rip-off swaps out military jets for Apache helicopters and follows their pilots on a mission to South America. Negative reviews pointed to the film’s video game-style action sequences and its outdated Reagan-era philosophizing.

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21. Play It to the Bone (1999)
> IMDb rating: 5.5
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 25
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $15.3 million
> Starring: Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Lolita Davidovich, Marie Park

From the director of “White Men Can’t Jump” comes this forgotten sports dramedy, in which two aging boxers (Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas) step back into the ring. “As empty as a Don King pay-per-view bout,” wrote critic Lawrence Terenzi of Mr. Showbiz.

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20. Corky Romano (2001)
> IMDb rating: 4.7
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 39
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $40.7 million
> Starring: Chris Kattan, Peter Falk, Vinessa Shaw, Peter Berg

Intended as a breakout vehicle for SNL member Chris Kattan, this crime comedy did precious little for the career of its lead star. He plays the witless title character, who’s recruited by the mafia to steal evidence from the FBI.

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19. Super Mario Bros. (1993)
> IMDb rating: 4.1
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 28.9
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $46.1 million
> Starring: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis

Hollywood’s first video game adaptation draws from a host of additional influences, veering too far from its Nintendo roots. Plumber brothers Mario and Luigi (Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo) travel to an alternate dimension and attempt to save the princess.

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18. The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag (1992)
> IMDb rating: 5.1
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 26
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $7.9 million
> Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Thal, Alfre Woodard, Julianne Moore

A small-town librarian (Penelope Ann Miller) thrusts herself into the limelight by confessing to a crime she didn’t commit. Failing to reap originality out of its farcical premise, the screwball comedy landed with a mere whimper.

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17. Boys (1996)
> IMDb rating: 5.0
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 26
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $1.1 million
> Starring: Winona Ryder, Lukas Haas, John C. Reilly, James Le Gros

Winona Ryder was at the height of her career when she starred in this box office dud, which reportedly suffered from studio interference. It centers on the relationship between a jaded prep student (Lukas Haas) and a young woman with a troubled past (Ryder).

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16. Krippendorf’s Tribe (1998)
> IMDb rating: 5.0
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 24
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $14.8 million
> Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne, Gregory Smith

Professor Krippendorf (Richard Dreyfuss) misappropriates grant money and tribal culture alike in this lame-brained comedy. When he can’t find a lost tribe of New Guinea, he decides to make one up instead.

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15. The Tie That Binds (1995)
> IMDb rating: 5.0
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 32
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $12.1 million
> Starring: Daryl Hannah, Keith Carradine, Moira Kelly, Vincent Spano

“One of the sleaziest movies of the year and certainly the most unpleasant,” wrote critic Mike Clark of USA Today of this pulpy thriller. When their daughter is adopted by a loving couple, two ruthless criminals (Daryl Hannah and Keith Carradine) enact a plot to get her back.

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14. Gone Fishin’ (1997)
> IMDb rating: 4.9
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 37
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $39.4 million
> Starring: Joe Pesci, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield

Friends Joe Waters (Joe Pesci) and Gus Green (Danny Glover) just want to go fishing in this road trip comedy gone awry. Like its two main characters, the film underwent harrowing obstacles on its way to the big screen. Pesci and Glover reunited the following year in “Lethal Weapon 4.”

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13. An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
> IMDb rating: 5.1
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 30
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $53.0 million
> Starring: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf, Phil Buckman

A sequel to the 1981 cult classic “An American Werewolf in London,” this horror comedy sets the action in Paris. It runs over similar ground as its predecessor but gets “lost in an orgy of special effects and general mayhem,” to quote critic Roger Ebert.

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12. Cold Creek Manor (2003)
> IMDb rating: 5.0
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 23
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $32.5 million
> Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis

A married couple (Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone) renovate their new country home to the chagrin of its former owner in this rote thriller. Numerous critics cited the film’s overuse of predictable plotlines and sub-genre cliches.

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11. Holy Man (1998)
> IMDb rating: 4.9
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 24
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $23.6 million
> Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia

TV evangelist G (Eddie Murphy) breathes new life into a home shopping network in this toothless turkey. Obvious satire is baked into the premise, making the film’s lack of bite all the more disappointing.

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10. Meet the Deedles (1998)
> IMDb rating: 4.1
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 38
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $8.5 million
> Starring: Paul Walker, Steve Van Wormer, A.J. Langer, John Ashton

This laugh-free comedy chronicles the wild exploits of two surfers turned Yellowstone Park rangers. When not battling prairie dogs or riding the local rapids, they square off against an embittered former employee. Star Paul Walker soon went on to much greater things.

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9. That Darn Cat (1997)
> IMDb rating: 4.7
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 23
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $36.5 million
> Starring: Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug, Dean Jones, George Dzundza

This screwball comedy puts a bored teenage girl (Christina Ricci) and her cat on the trail of two bumbling kidnappers. It remakes a 1965 Disney film of the same name, which was based on a novel called “Undercover Cat.”

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8. Inspector Gadget (1999)
> IMDb rating: 4.2
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 18
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $176.3 million
> Starring: Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, Michelle Trachtenberg

Matthew Broderick plays the title role in this adventure comedy, loosely adapted from an animated TV series. As the subject of a robotics experiment, security guard John Brown (Broderick) becomes a cybernetic law enforcer. It was later followed by a direct-to-video sequel, which starred only one member of the original cast.

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7. A Kid in King Arthur’s Court (1995)
> IMDb rating: 4.7
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 27
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $28.9 million
> Starring: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Joss Ackland, Art Malik, Paloma Baeza

Disney reimagines Mark Twain’s classic novel “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” which has inspired a number of other films. Awkward teen Calvin Fuller (Thomas Ian Nicholas) journeys way back in time and comes of age in a heroic quest.

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6. Holy Matrimony (1994)
> IMDb rating: 5.1
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 25
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $1.6 million
> Starring: Patricia Arquette, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tate Donovan

“Star Trek” veteran Leonard Nimoy directed this lackluster comedy, which follows criminals Havana and Peter (Patricia Arquette and Tate Donovan) into a religious community. When Peter dies in a car accident, Havana is forced to marry his 12-year-old brother (Joseph Gordon-Levitt).

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5. Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
> IMDb rating: 4.2
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 31
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $0.0 million
> Starring: Dave Sheridan, Cameron Richardson, Randy Quaid, Dolly Parton

Overzealous insurance agent Frank McKlusky (Dave Sheridan) must break free from his risk-averse lifestyle when his partner is killed in the line of duty. So goes this tasteless comedy, which tries — and fails — to capture the same energy as movies like “Ace Ventura.”

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4. Mr. Wrong (1996)
> IMDb rating: 3.9
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 26
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $26.5 million
> Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Dean Stockwell

A nadir of the “crazy lover” sub-genre, this dark comedy depicts the ill-fated romance between a desperate woman (Ellen DeGeneres) and a mysterious man (Bill Pullman). What seems like love at first sight takes a dark turn when the man reveals himself to be a bona fide sociopath. DeGeneres would later poke fun at the film on her daytime talk show.

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3. Mr. Magoo (1997)
> IMDb rating: 4.0
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 24
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $57.7 million
> Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund

A clumsy cartoon character gets the live-action treatment in this slapstick comedy, starring Leslie Nielsen in the title role. In his absurd and unwitting manner, Mr. Magoo outmaneuvers government agents and scheming jewel thieves.

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2. Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
> IMDb rating: 5.0
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 18
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $4.3 million
> Starring: Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Stephen Lang

Shot on an estimated budget of $37 million, this political thriller opened to terrible reviews and dismal box office numbers. It stars Charlie Sheen as presidential aide Bobby Bishop, who’s in a race against time to stop a deadly assassin.

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1. Kazaam (1996)
> IMDb rating: 3.0
> Rotten tomatoes audience score: 20
> Worldwide ticket sales, adjusted for inflation: $39.1 million
> Starring: Shaquille O’Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, James Acheson

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal plays a 5,000-year-old genie named Kazaam in this famous flop. Chock-full of tone-deaf stereotypes and rote cliches, the film is somehow even worse in retrospect. Shaq went on to headline the superhero flick “Steel” before calling it quits on his career as a leading man.

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