History CriticalDissonance / Film

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', a 2023 movie produced by {{Creator/Illumination}} in conjunction with {{Creator/Nintendo}}, received mixed critical reception (currently a barely Rotten 58% on Website/RottenTomatoes), but was massively praised by the majority of audiences who saw it in theaters (95% on Rotten Tomatoes, 8.3 on Metacritic, and a [=CinemaScore=] rating of A). The movie has also been extremely successful at the box office so far, as a few days after the movie was released in Korea and Japan, it already cashed in a billion dollars (and later went on to become Illumination's highest-grossing production, overthrowing ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'', and the fifth highest-grossing animated movie, as well the highest-grossing one not made by Disney or Pixar). As of June, it is now the third highest-grossing animated movie, overtaking ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', and second behind its sequel if ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'' is not counted as animated movie.

** Bay's ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' is the exemplar of this trope for him. While the [[Film/Transformers2007 first one]] has its defenders, the critical reception of the sequels was scathing, and fans of [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers the original cartoon]] and [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} the broader franchise]] likewise despise them for the [[AdaptationDecay many liberties taken]] with the material. Only with ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', which Bay wasn't involved in, did any film in the franchise get positive reviews -- and that was the lowest-grossing film in the series (though its smaller budget helped to soften the blow). They were also among the biggest box-office successes of the 21st century, with the third and fourth films, ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'' and ''[[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction Age of Extinction]]'', each making over a billion dollars worldwide and the latter being the highest-grossing film of 2014 (the second time a Bay film scored that honor, after ''Armageddon''). However, by the fifth film, ''[[Film/TransformersTheLastKnight The Last Knight]]'', popular opinion fell more in line with that of critics. Although far from a flop, it made the least money of any film in the series, with even the usually lucrative Chinese market drying up unusually quickly. The blame can be pinned on a failed attempt at PanderingToTheBase by including copious ProductPlacement for Chinese products and services that even Chinese audiences knew weren't sold or marketed in the United States.

** ''Film/Aladdin2019'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'' both met with mixed reviews from professional critics (Tomatometers of 56% and 52% respectively) and scathing ones from Disney fans... but also enjoy A Cinemascores and audience Tomatometers of 94% and 89%. Notably, ''Aladdin'' released during the first weekend in which Rotten Tomatoes began requiring that people verify their ticket stubs (and thus [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch confirm that they saw the movie]]) in order for their reviews to be counted towards the audience Tomatometer.
** ''Film/Mulan2020'' got great reviews, praising its visuals and performances, but audiences found it a very underwhelming update to [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} a beloved animated feature]] (and particularly not a film worth spending $30 plus a Creator/DisneyPlus subscription for), criticizing it for removing what made the original memorable in the first place, with almost no humour, Mushu being completely absent and Mulan lacking an arc of development. It has a 75% approval of Rotten Tomatoes, but the audience score is at a mediocre 51%, and the Website/IMDb rating is a meager 5.4\10.
** ''Film/PeterPanAndWendy'' received overall positive reception from critics, with a critic score on Rotten Tomatoes at around 67%, but was hated by the fanbase, with a 19% audience rating, and the audience panned the dull and repetitive color palette, the addition of girls to the Lost Boys, the castings of some of the actors (including an Indian boy to play Peter Pan and a black actress for Tinker Bell) and the alterations to the Native Americans, mainly Tiger Lily.

** WesternAnimation/Wish2023 received mixed reviews from critics with a score of 48% on Rotten Tomatoes. And while audiences still seem mixed on the film, it's audience score is much more positive, getting an 81%, and it has an A- on Cinemascore.

* Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023 was eviscerated by critics who were highly critical of the film's plot, pacing and lack of scares. Critics and audiences not familiar with the source material were also dissapointed over the film's [[BloodlessCarnage PG-13 rating]] despite the game's dark and gruesome nature. With the film having a 32% critics score. Unsurprisingly, given how its based on a [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys successful franchise]] its fans came in droves to defend the film, giving it a 87% audience score. This is also partly due to the fact the film's main (and perhaps only) appeal was that it was loaded with easter eggs and references to the games [[PanderingToTheBase for fans to find]].

* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 2016}}'' has a mild case of this; critics gave the film largely mixed to positive reviews, and the film's Rotten Tomatoes [[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ghostbusters_2016/ page]] reflects this with a 74% Certified Fresh rating, whereas audiences were more mixed, with 49% on the same site. However, taking only the top critics' reviews into account gives a similarly-mixed 59%. And in spite of opening atop the charts, the film's big budget also made it a BoxOfficeBomb, largely because of the severe online backlash.