Dwayne Johnson Once Surprised Everyone by Calling His $58.7M Worth Film a ‘Stinker’ Thirteen Years Later After It Failed Miserably at Box Office

Dwayne Johnson has an extensive filmography, with certain movies enjoying greater popularity than others. The 51-year-old actor began his career as a pro-wrestler but later transitioned into acting, to become one of the highest-paid stars in the industry. In Johnson’s array of films lies Rampage. The 2018 movie is based on a 1986 arcade video game of the same name.

Recently, Dwayne Johnson took to Twitter to share interesting news about the film. Although the update had nothing glorifying in it, it was still special because of a certain reason. Rampage was on its way to earning a special achievement, and Johnson could not control his excitement. However, in the process of appreciating Rampage, he also berated a past film of his.

What film did Dwayne Johnson call a stinker during the process of praising Rampage?

Much like the other films of Dwayne Johnson, Rampage does not provide any cinematic brilliance, but it served its purpose of entertainment and did entertain the fans. The film earned a massive $428 million worldwide.

In 2018 Johnson took to Twitter to share an achievement of Rampage. He claimed that the video-game-based film was on its way to becoming the highest-rated video-game film of all time with 53% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, tweet, he also called a former video-game-based film, ‘Doom’ a “stinker”.

Johnson starred in the 2005 film, Doom which miserably failed in front of the fans and the critics. The film only managed to secure an 18% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was star-studded with names such as Karl Urban and Rosamund Pike. Still, it managed to secure only $58.7 million on a budget of $60–70 million.

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Johnson used his sense of humor and trolled his own film after a span of 13 years after it had failed miserably at the box office. One of the highest-paid actors, Johnson may not have a list of critically acclaimed films, but he knows how to entertain his fans.

What are the top-ten highest-rated video game-based films of all time?

Video games are one of the most popular segments of the entertainment and pop-culture industry. And often video games and movies go hand in hand. Similar to Rampage and Doom, there have been several other video-games-based films as well.

While back in 2018, Rampage was on its way to becoming the number 1 video game film, it surely is not right now. The Rotten Tomatoes list is currently topped by WEREWOLVES WITHIN with 86%, followed by The Angry Birds Movie with 74%, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with 69%.

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Rampage is on the list at number nine with 51%, and Mortal Kombat on 10 with 45%.

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