CinemaScore has surveyed audiences coming out of movie theaters to see what their reactions are after the film using a letter grade system since 1978. The results are then used to forecast box office performances. Sometimes, the data would reflect how majority of audiences will receive the film and thus, be a great predictor of how the film will fare throughout its run. However, that doesn't always happen. But there are a select few movies which have been given the rare "F" rating, and The Music Box Theatre in Chicago will be screening some of these movies again starting on December 5th.
Currently, there are 22 films which have received the "F" rating, and one might think that it means those are some of the worst movies ever made. However, Jeremy Marder and Matt Cipolla from The Music Box beg to differ. They argue that the CinemaScore rating simply reflects how audiences reacted to the film, and how they fared compared to people's expectations. They think that it is a testament of some brazen filmmaking, and that filmmakers should embrace the "F" rating as a badge of honor. For some cool stats on the CinemaScore ratings, you may check out this thread on Reddit by SanderSo47.
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