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Back in 2017 this animated movie premiered to scathing reviews, seven years later and it's broken into the top 10 on Netflix.
2017 was a huge year for emojis. Among the 69 new ones released that year were icons like the 'being sick' face, two types of fairy and the 'mind blown' emoji.
But still, we couldn't get enough of the emoji.
That same year, Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures produced the infamous Emoji Movie to scathing reviews.
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The animation currently sits at a dismal 6% on Rotten Tomatoes 'tomatometer' and has an equally deflated audience score of 36%.
One review from 2018 is reminiscent of a lot of criticism at the time, savagely reading: "One wishes that this movie could be erased from existence - but for now, let's hope that the burning wreckage acts as a warning to never, ever do this again."
And many of us had forgotten about the existence of this fever dream of a movie, until it was added to Netflix earlier this month.
On Monday 12th August The Emoji Movie was sitting comfortably at the number one spot on US Netflix movie rankings, topping Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
It beat other animated movies including Nickolodeon's Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.
Comedy fans might be particularly horrified to know that The Emoji Movie also beat White Chicks on Monday, which came in at number eight.
From the week of August 5 - August 11, The Emoji Movie landed at number 10 on Netflix's top 10 movies in the US, trailing behind Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and new horror movie Tarot.
You might be wondering how and why The Emoji Movie has ended up in the top 10 if the reviews were so poor.
Well, while there was a hell of a lot of criticism, the movie didn't perform too badly in theatres. Plus, it had a pretty star-studded cast with the likes of James Corden, Anna Faris and Sofia Vergara on the list.
On its release in 2017 it earned a whopping $217.8 million against its $50 million budget, outgrossing its competitors like Pitch Perfect 3, John Wick: Chapter 2, and even Best Picture winner A Shape of Water.
One viewer even took to Reddit to confess his love for the movie with a post titled 'The emoji movie is probably my favourite movie of all time'.
The Reddit user continued: It was really funny and upbeat, i rewatch It from time to time because i like It that much (and this Is coming from someone who hates to Watch any kind of movies), you can't imagine my reaction when i discovered that no one liked it because i thought that it was one of the best animation movies ever. Am i Just completely insane?"
Replying to the controversial post, one user simply wrote: "you should watch more movies'.
