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 ...
While critics generally embraced the Melissa McCarthy-led remake, something that drove its "sexist haters" batty, audiences didn't fully buy in. The sci-fi comedy probably won't gross enough to break even, or inspire a sequel.
“Ghostbusters is back, it's not bad, get used to it.” —Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times