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 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
The long-running Fox TV series came to the big screen in this feature following Homer Simpson on the run after he accidentally pollutes Springfield's lake. The film also gave us Homer’s Spider-Man theme parody "Spider-Pig," a song that fans will never forget.
“If this is in fact merely a longer Simpsons episode, it's a damn good Simpsons episode.” —Glenn Kenny, Premiere
Domestic gross: $183.1 million
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