Deep Dives
Longer reads from our data desk: what thousands of real reactions say that the ratings sites miss.
Marvel's Wolverine is a 75 from the people who played it. Critics said 6 out of 10, and the hype read agreed with them.
The pre-release read fell from 68 to 59 the night the reviews landed. Three days after launch the audience score is 75 from 990 reactions, gameplay came in twenty points over expectations, and performance on PS5 is the complaint that stuck.
Critics gave Practical Magic 2 a 39%. Verified ticket buyers gave it 92%. The conversation says 65, and climbing.
A 65 from 939 real reactions, up every morning of opening week from 49. Critics and the opt-in audience rating are 53 points apart; the people talking about it publicly land in between, and they agree on one thing: the stars carry a story that does not.
The Blood of Dawnwalker is an 81 from 3,440 reactions, and it went up every day.
Rebel Wolves' vampire RPG opened at 77 and climbed to 81, six points over what people expected before release. Story scores 91, performance 38, and Steam players past twenty hours recommend it 89% of the time.
Zero Company is an 80 from 3,153 reactions, and its loudest day didn't move it.
Bit Reactor's XCOM-style Star Wars tactics game opened at 84 and settled at 80. Gameplay and story both score 83, performance scores 18, and a 601-post spike on the day the studio's furlough news broke changed the score by nothing.
The movie they tried to delete is a 90. The studio that tried is a 9.
Shelved for a tax write-off, rescued, and finally in theaters: Coyote vs. Acme opened to 95% from critics and a 90 from 1,854 real reactions. The only numbers still in the red belong to the studio that shelved it and the executive who signed off.
Their audience score says Mutiny is an 85. People actually talking about it say 56.
Rotten Tomatoes' Popcornmeter reads 85%. Our nightly read of public conversation puts the new Statham vehicle at 56 from 481 reactions, and the aspect data shows exactly where the two numbers part ways.
Critics gave The End of Oak Street 86%. The audience is close behind, and the score keeps climbing.
A 75 from 1,142 real reactions, up every day of opening week. Anne Hathaway carries it, Ewan McGregor splits the room, and the one soft spot is the story.
The new Spider-Man opened huge at the box office. Here is what actual viewers thought.
The score dipped on opening day, then climbed every single day of opening week. Word of mouth is not just holding this movie up. It is lifting it.
Critics gave Obsession 94%. The audience says 52%. The gap is the story, not the cast.
Certified fresh, and the people who actually watched it are split down the middle. The most mentioned name in the conversation is a character only 9% of people like.
Critics gave The Odyssey 95%. The crowd says 69%. The whole gap is one complaint.
The biggest film of the year has a 26 point disagreement between critics and audiences, and it comes down to a single thing people keep saying.