The 27 Greatest Summer Blockbusters of the Century, Ranked
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Julia Hays, for Metacritic
– August 14, 2017
Big-budget action flicks, family-friendly films and much-anticipated sequels are among the blockbusters that have had fans flocking to the theaters every summer.
But of those summer films grossing $100 million (domestically) or more, which have been the best? Find out as we rank the most critically acclaimed summer blockbusters of the 21st century by Metascore below.
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photo by Dreamworks Pictures
A bunch of birds hatch a scheme to fly the coop, and escape their owners, in this stop-motion feature. Mel Gibson stars as a Rhode Island Red named Rocky.
“There's nothing paltry about its poultry.” —Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Domestic gross: $106.8 million
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