The Dark Tower (2017) ranks second-worst, as Nikolaj Arcel condensed Stephen King's eight-novel magnum opus into a 95-minute film that satisfied neither fans nor newcomers. Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey deserved far better than a script that stripped King's rich mythology down to a generic action film. It falls short of even Eragon's ambition, scoring just 16% on Rotten Tomatoes—tied with that film—but its 29% audience score is 8 points lower than Eragon's 37%, and it made only $51 million domestically, less than half of the typical Stephen King movie's gross of $107 million.

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