Based entirely on its existence, writer and director Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was always going to become an internet sensation, thanks to the reinvention of 100 Hundred Acre Wood’s wholesome residents as bloodthirsty and crazed mass murderers.
Properties enter the public domain all the time – with the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, and Robin Hood being just three of the most prominent examples – but only recently has the craze for slapping iconic characters with a coat of claret red paint become a thing. Based on the profit margins of Blood and Honey, it’s unfortunately shaping up to be one with legs.
Made for just $100,000, the unrepentantly awful crime against cinema earned upwards of $4 million at the box office, and looking at how it’s been performing on-demand, it continues to rack up profits among at-home audiences. Per FlixPatrol, Blood and Honey is one of the most-watched movies on Rakuten around the world, where it’s even sidled up to secure the number one spot in the United Kingdom.
As thrilled as everyone involved no doubt is over seeing the film end up so deeply in the black. Blood and Honey has also secured the rare distinction of being named as one of the worst features the world has ever seen. Rotten Tomatoes recently inducted it into the Hall of Shame as one of the aggregation site’s 100 most reprehensible projects celluloid has ever been unfortunate enough to bear witness to, but we’re still likely to get at least one sequels and perhaps even an inanely insane crossover or two.