The Cat in the Hat (2003)

The Cat in the Hat (2003) took third place by turning Dr. Seuss's beloved children's book into a vulgar, innuendo-laden Mike Myers vehicle. The result was so offensive to Theodor Geisel's widow that she permanently blocked all future live-action adaptations. It holds a lower critical score than Percy Jackson's 49%—just 10% on Rotten Tomatoes—and its 50% audience score is 22% worse than the average family film's 72%, proving that 80% of moviegoers surveyed regretted spending money on this catastrophe.