The 28 Biggest Summer Blockbusters of 2016, Ranked From Worst to Best
Was Suicide Squad really that bad? Was its Marvel rival, Captain America: Civil War, really that good? Was this really a "miserable summer of box-office bombs"?
To answer these questions and more, we looked at the biggest moneymakers of the summer season to date—films released from May through mid-August—and ranked them by Metascore. We found nearly a third of these blockbusters received good reviews, roughly half got mixed reviews, and a tiny minority—just four films—flunked the critical-consensus test.
Check out our complete rundown, ranked from the duds to the studs ...
This wasn't the biggest or best-reviewed Zac Efron comedy of the summer, but no matter. This was a studio-cheap, $33 million flick that got enough laughs and made enough money to get it in the blockbuster discussion.
“Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates lopes along with bumptious likability but no real energy, urgency, structure, or wit.” —Ty Burr, Boston Globe
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