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 Home Entertainment
Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise teamed up for this science-fiction film where a futuristic police force can arrest murderers before they've committed their crimes. This film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s short story "The Minority Report" was initially planned as a sequel to the 1990 film Total Recall.
“It's a dark and dazzling spectacle.” —Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Domestic gross: $132.1 million
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