Christian Bale's 8 Lowest-Scoring Movies

Christian Bale's floor is higher than most actors' ceilings. This is his bottom eight by movie.guru score, and the math is only half right.

Number one is his lowest score, and I'm defending it anyway.

1. 8
   3:10 to Yuma (2007)7.6

   His worst-movies list starts at a 7.6. Rude.

   89% on Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb 7.6, and $70M worldwide on a reported $48 to $55M budget. Bale out-stubborns Russell Crowe in every scene they share.
2. 7
   The Prestige (2006)7.4

   A bottom-eight slot for The Prestige is a crime.

   IMDb has it at 8.5 off 1.6 million votes. Metacritic gave it a 66. Critics missed the trick. My Guru's Take is 8.9.
3. 6
   American Psycho (2000)6.3

   Audiences gave it a D. Audiences were wrong.

   That D CinemaScore sits next to an 8.6 Guru's Take. A $7M satire that made $34.3M worldwide and turned business cards into a horror subgenre.
4. 5
   Equilibrium (2002)5.8

   Critics hated it. Gun-kata fans could not care less.

   Metacritic 33, IMDb 7.3. Critics beat just 14% of movies, audiences beat 80%. Then it made $5.4M worldwide on a reported $20M budget.
5. 4
   Public Enemies (2009)5.4

   Bale's lawman is the least fun guy in the room.

   Metacritic 70, but audiences beat only 43% of movies. Johnny Depp gets the swagger, Bale gets the paperwork. $214.1M worldwide on a reported $80 to $100M.
6. 3
   Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)5.2

   Bale was the best part. The movie fought him on it.

   $760.9M worldwide, a B+ CinemaScore, and a 3.9 Guru's Take. Bale shows up legit scary, then the movie cuts to screaming goats.
7. 2
   Terminator Salvation (2009)3.9

   The one where Bale is louder than the robots.

   33% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 3.9 movie.guru score, and $371.4M worldwide on a reported $200M budget. John Connor, played at maximum volume, all the time.
8. 1
   The Bride! (2026)3.7

   Lowest score, but it's the swing I respect most.

   Audiences beat just 23% of movies and gave it a C+. $23.9M worldwide on a reported $80 to $90M. Still, a 4.6 Guru's Take says the ambition deserved better than 3.7.

$318.53 says you defend The Prestige in the comments before you even scroll to #1.

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