This weekend we get the return of Pixar to the box office… but the critics aren’t impressed. Lightyear is their 26th feature film, however its current rating of 79% fresh would place it at only at #21 on the RT Tomatometer Pixar rankings, falling right bewtween Monsters University (80%) and Brave (78%). Is it really as bad as one critic calling it “empty and pointless overall”? Or another stating “Lightyear feels like that horrible moment when you broke a much-loved toy.” I guess someone needs a hug. In the immortal words of Sgt. Hulka…
Side note – who knew that all three Cars films were bottom-three on that list?? I call BS as the first one is MUCH better than some of the films ahead of it.
Boxoffice.com’s predictions for this weekend:
1) Lightyear – 84M (84M)
2) Jurassic World Dominion – 54M (150.4M)
3) Top Gun: Maverick – 40M (462.2M)
4) Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness – 3.8M (404.5M)
5) The Bob’s Burgers Movie – 1.5M (30.1M)
7) Downton Abbey: A New Era – 1.1M (42.5M)
Rotten Tomatoes freshness ratings (Critics / Audience Score):
Lightyear = 79% / 91%
Theater count:
Lightyear = 4255
CinemaScore ratings:
Lightyear = A-
– SB