CinemaScore, PostTrak, etc.

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

I know that some forum members have mentioned CinemaScore's "grades" when discussing movies. Here's a great article about how CinemaScore and other companies assess audience reactions:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...os-turn-648341

CinemaScore uses audience reactions from basically one or two screenings at only FIVE theaters. That is not a reliable gauge of how people in general will respond to the movie.

PostTrak looks at audience reactions at twenty theaters for ten days. That makes much more sense.

[chris_sc77]

Well that explains how Man of Steel got that A- cinemascore then

[Chaotic]

Kick Ass 2 performed more like a D+ movie than a B+ movie. i guess this article has a point.

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

Originally Posted by chris_sc77

Well that explains how Man of Steel got that A- cinemascore then

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Kick Ass 2 performed more like a D+ movie than a B+ movie. i guess this article has a point.

Yeah. I never understood the point of asking people who rushed to see the movie on opening day if they liked it. They're already predisposed to like it. Also, there are lots of free advance screenings these days, and when you leave the theater, you can hear people saying, "I'm going to see it again on opening day." Well, if that's the case, they will bias the CinemaScore sampling even further.

[Chaotic]

Another example

Baggage Claim got an A- cinemscore and opened a bit higher than Don Jon which got a C+ cinemscore but Don Jon is making more money.

[Buscemi]

Originally Posted by chris_sc77

Well that explains how Man of Steel got that A- cinemascore then

Just because you didn't like it doesn't mean everyone else is required to hate it.

Anyway, Cinemascore for the most part has been a very good predictor of how a film will hold in future weeks (a recent example being The Butler). Though the company has acknowledged in the past that some rabid fans will skew a score (the first case of this was on the 1980 film The Black Marble, which flopped at the box office but got a B+ score due to Joseph Wambaugh fans filling the theatres on opening weekend), they might as well be the Nate Silver of the film industry.

[Buscemi]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Another example

Baggage Claim got an A- cinemscore and opened a bit higher than Don Jon which got a C+ cinemscore but Don Jon is making more money.

But Baggage Claim was aimed towards a smaller audience and opened in a lot fewer theatres. When comparing the two by theatre, Baggage Claim has fared better against a film that had a much bigger marketing budget and a bigger star in Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

[JediJones77]

Someone made a list of DC and Marvel film Cinemascores a couple years ago. I copied it here and added in movies from some other comic companies as well. The list is in order by score, and then year. Note that many older films, and some recent films, such as The New Mutants, do not have Cinemascores.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards...eater/78094358

Any film's Cinemascore can be looked up here. Feel free to use this to add other themed lists of Cinemascores to the thread:

https://www.cinemascore.com/

DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image Comics and some other comic book-based films:

The Avengers (2012): A+
Black Panther (2018): A+
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): A+
Avengers: Endgame (2019): A+

Batman (1989): A
X2 (2003): A
Batman Begins (2005): A
Iron Man (2008): A
The Dark Knight (2008): A
Iron Man 2 (2010): A
The Dark Knight Rises (2012): A
Iron Man 3 (2013): A
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): A
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014): A
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): A
Big Hero 6 (2014): A
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): A
Ant-Man (2015): A
Deadpool (2016): A
Captain America: Civil War (2016): A
Doctor Strange (2016): A
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017): A
Wonder Woman (2017): A
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017): A
Thor: Ragnarok (2017): A
Avengers: Infinity War (2018): A
Deadpool 2 (2018): A
Captain Marvel (2019): A
Shazam! (2019): A
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019): A
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021): A

Batman Forever (1995): A-
Blade (1998): A-
X-Men (2000): A-
Spider-Man (2002): A-
Spider-Man 2 (2004): A-
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006): A-
300 (2007): A-
Stardust (2007): A-
The Incredible Hulk (2008): A-
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010): A-
RED (2010): A-
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): A-
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012): A-
Thor: The Dark World (2013): A-
Man of Steel (2013): A-
The Wolverine (2013): A-
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016): A-
The Lego Batman Movie (2017): A-
Logan (2017): A-
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018): A-
Aquaman (2018): A-
Black Widow (2021): A-

The Mask (1994): B+
Men in Black (1997): B+
Blade II (2002): B+
Men in Black II (2002): B+
Road to Perdition (2002): B+
The Punisher (2004): B+
Blade: Trinity (2004): B+
V for Vendetta (2006): B+
Superman Returns (2006): B+
Spider-Man 3 (2007): B+
Wanted (2008): B+
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009): B+
Thor (2011): B+
X-Men: First Class (2011): B+
Men in Black 3 (2012): B+
RED 2 (2013): B+
Kick-Ass 2 (2013): B+
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014): B+
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015): B+
Suicide Squad (2016): B+
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017): B+
Justice League (2017): B+
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018): B+
Venom (2018): B+
Joker (2019): B+
Birds of Prey (2020): B+
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020): B+
The Suicide Squad (2021): B+
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021): B+

Batman Returns (1992): B
Tank Girl (1995): B
Judge Dredd (1995): B
Steel (1997): B
Daredevil (2003): B
Bulletproof Monk (2003): B
Catwoman (2004): B
Elektra (2005): B
Constantine (2005): B
Sin City (2005): B
Fantastic Four (2005): B
Ghost Rider (2007): B
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007): B
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008): B
Watchmen (2009): B
Kick-Ass (2010): B
The Losers (2010): B
Green Lantern (2011): B
Dredd (2012): B
300: Rise of an Empire (2014): B
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): B
Men in Black: International (2019): B
Eternals (2021): B

Howard the Duck (1986): B-
Hulk (2003): B-
Hellboy (2004): B-
Son of the Mask (2005): B-
Punisher: War Zone (2008): B-
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014): B-
Dark Phoenix (2019): B-
The Kitchen (2019): B-

Batman & Robin (1997): C+
Spawn (1997): C+
Mystery Men (1999): C+
A History of Violence (2005): C+
The Spirit (2008): C+
Jonah Hex (2010): C+
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011): C+
R.I.P.D. (2013): C+

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987): C
Virus (1999): C
Hellboy (2019): C

Fantastic Four (2015): C-

[StarWarsIsAwesome123]

Mmkay.