Depends on your definition of "worse". If you are going by the definition in Merriam-Webster, "of more inferior quality, value, or condition" then THE CORE is by far the worse film. But to know which film is worse, we must determine which film is better.

First and foremost, if you are going by "quality", then ARMAGEDDON wins this round. Shot by cinematographer John Schwartzman and directed by Michael Bay, the film is visually beautiful. THE CORE is visually boring. Shot by cinematographer John Lindey and directed by Jon Amiel, the picture has the look and feel of an amateur.

Secondly, the "value" is also surpassed by ARMAGEDDON. With a worldwide gross of over $550 million dollars, it easily made a massive profit over the $140 million dollar cost to make the film. THE CORE only cost $60 million to make, but it was a major loss, only grossing slightly over $30 million dollars worldwide.

And lastly, the film with the superior "condition" (for this i shall refer to the people's ratings) is ARMAGEDDON. It scored a 6.0 on IMDB while THE CORE was only able to scrounge up a 5.3 rating. But with box office scores alone, ARMAGEDDON is a clear winner, being the better of the two films.

To further my point, ARMAGEDDON has spawned endless parodying/satires securing it's seat in our pop culture. THE CORE is not even worthy of mockery... it's just that bad.
Source(s):
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worse
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006701/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298814/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTBZSbAaLSk


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