Ari Aster Has the Best Outlook on Getting D+ CinemaScore: ‘God Bless Them’
No filmmaker wants his or her film to earn a D CinemaScore, but Ari Aster refuses to be disappointed by the letter grade. The writer-director’s feature debut “Hereditary” opened nationwide in June 2018...
View Article‘Tenet’ Gets a B CinemaScore, Christopher Nolan’s Lowest Since ‘The Prestige’
Audience word-of-mouth is in on Christopher Nolan’s time-bending return to screens “Tenet.” According to CinemaScore, which polls audiences to grade films on a scale from F to A+, “Tenet” has received...
View Article‘The Woman King’ Earns Perfect A+ CinemaScore Grade
After weeks without many exciting new film releases, Sony is hoping that Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King” can inject some energy into the box office. The Viola Davis-led period epic was a crowd...
View ArticleWorst CinemaScore Ratings: Movies With an ‘F’ From the Audience
Darren Aronofsky’s controversial new thriller joins the ranks of other titles that audiences have rejected, joining directors such as Steven Soderbergh, William Friedkin, and Robert Altman.
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Embrace the ‘F’: Why CinemaScores Don’t Matter If You Want More Great Movies
Hollywood is bonkers for metrics — there’s Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic rankings, and the classic CinemaScore, which provides a handy letter grade at the end of opening weekend for each big-screen...
View Article‘mother!’: Darren Aronofsky Reacts to ‘F’ CinemaScore, Says ‘Some People Are...
“mother!” isn’t exactly cleaning up at the multiplex, not that Darren Aronofsky seems terribly let down. His enigmatic thriller scored a rare “F” from CinemaScore, a dubious badge of honor shared with...
View ArticleBest CinemaScore Ratings: Movies With an ‘A+’ From the Audience
There are crowd-pleasers, and then there are these movies.
View Article‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Divides Fans: An ‘A’ CinemaScore, and a Negative...
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” may be one of the most critically acclaimed entries in the franchise (IndieWire gave it an A- and called it it the most satisfying “Star Wars” film in decades), but it’s...
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‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Proves Rotten Tomatoes User Reviews and IMDb Ratings are...
More than a month before Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” arrived in theaters, an “audience review” appeared on Rotten Tomatoes that offered an isolated comment from user “Jonathan G”: “Piece of shit...
View Article‘I Can Only Imagine’ Directors Join Spielberg, Zemeckis, and More as...
Hollywood is still bonkers for metrics — there’s Rotten Tomatoes to freshen up, IMDb stars to earn, Metacritic rankings to top, and the audience-friendly classic CinemaScore, which provides a handy...
View ArticleCinemaScore Fires Back at Martin Scorsese, Accuses Him of ‘Censoring His...
CinemaScore executive Harold Mintz is defending his company after receiving criticism from Martin Scorsese. The “Goodfellas” director slammed aggregator websites like Rotten Tomatoes and CinemaScore...
View Article‘Hereditary’ Receives a D+ CinemaScore, Which Could Mean Trouble at the Box...
“Hereditary” is many things — unsettling, bizarre, and, yes, terrifying — but one thing it isn’t is a crowdpleaser. Anyone who’s seen the new horror film starring Toni Collette already knew that, and...
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