Star Trek Into Darkness is the Year’s Best-Reviewed Blockbuster

The movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes indicates that so far this summer, Star Trek Into Darkness is the best-reviewed blockbuster release of the year.The film, the first follow-up to 2009’s Star Trek by J.J. Abrams, took in a disappointing $71 million at the domestic box office in its first weekend but had performed well internationally. Currently, its score is 87% – meaning that 87% of all the critics’ reviews have been positive. It also has a weighted average of 98%.The “weighted average” takes into account the sheer volume of reviews written about major motion pictures and tries to make some sense of what credible critics are actually saying.Iron Man 3 comes in second, with 78% positive reviews weighted up to 91%. Fast & Furious 6 started out the weekend with a “certified fresh” rating of 75% or more but has quickly dropped to 72%, with a weighted average of 78%.The Hangover Part III is the lowest-reviewed blockbuster release of the year, clocking in at just 21%, or 29% weighted. The film also failed to beat $50 million this weekend–a notable figure since box office analysts at one point were projecting the film to beat out movies like Thor: The Dark World and Man of Steel to be one of the year’s top-grossing movies.