It opened in Boston, but the audiences hated it at first.
They worried about the darker movie's reception: if the audience hated it, that could kill off both franchises.
The movie also works because Paramount spent $1.3 million to shoot a new ending after audiences at two test previews hated the film.
And if the audience hated it it should be allowed to boo them.
But choosing films that audiences will love or hate has helped give this festival its sense of energy.
Brad Wright was convinced that the audience would hate it.
The audience may hate the character, but the intensity of feeling is much stronger than when the character caused pain without meaning to.
You might have what it takes and the audience can still hate you.
With the exception of a few sad, tired old boys at the back of the hall, the audience hated trains.
The audience hated his poem but loved his incompetence.