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 ...
Wait, there was a new Tarzan movie this summer? Yes, yes, there was. While it performed passably, the Alexander Skarsgard vehicle was one of the summer blockbusters basically lost in a glut of summer blockbusters.
“While it looks great..., the story focuses too much on its stiff hero and a one-note villain rather than the big-picture ideas it raises in passing.” —Brian Truitt, USA Today
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