Which studio comic book movies have the best ratings?

Which studio comic book movies have the best ratings?

For this article I am using Rotten tomatoes to decide, which Cinematic universe has the best Ratings based on what critics and audiences think. I wish this would end the debate once and for all...but it won't.

Editorial Opinion
By Trickwil - Jun 09, 2014 10:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Other

So for this exercise I will take an average for all films, I will also list the best and worst film rating. I will also show the average of what the fans thought too. Here are the lists for the different studios. I only used major cinematic releases, and live action hero comics. I did only films after 2000 because I didn't want to Include every single ridiculous film ever made. If I miss a film Please let me know 
 Source Rotten Tomatoes.com

DC/Warner Bros
Batman Begins, Batman the Dark Knight, Bat Man The Dark Knight Rises, Superman Returns, Superman The Man of Steel, Green Lantern, V for Vendetta, constantine
Best Score: Batman the Dark Knight-94
Worst Score: Green lantern- 26
Average Audience Score-78
Average Critic Score-64.25

analysis- Green lantern is by far the worst film and plumets their average score. That said outside of the Batman Trilogy all of the scores were pedestrian especially Man of Steel which actual scored lower than Superman Returns with Critics but slightly higher in Audience Score.

Spiderman/Columbia/Sony
Spiderman, Spiderman 2, Spiderman 3, The Amazing Spiderman, The Amazing Spiderman 2.
Best Score: Spider-Man 2
Worst Score: The Amazing Spiderman 2
Average Audience- 69.6
Average Critic-74.4

If I combined all of the Sony films Ghost RiderTASM movies they would have by far the lowest. the 3 Spiderman films made my Columbia were much better than what Sony has brought to the table overall as a studio.

X-Men/FF/ Fox
X-men, X-men 2, X-Men 3, DOFP, X-Men First Class, Fantastic 4, Fantastic 4, Fantastic 4 2, Wolverine, Wolverine Orgins
Best Score: Days of Future Past-92
Worst Score: Fantastic 4- 27
Average Auidience Score- 71
Average Critic Score-64.1

The Fantastic 4 movies greatly drop the average score but scores from the Wolverine films as well as X-Men Last Stand really drag down the average as well. From a cinematic standpoint the 2 newest films have completely changed the tragectory with Fox and I think people hope that they can make more solid films after DOFP. To those that argue that FF shouldn't be on there I didn't include Daredevil or Elektra which would tank these rankings.

Marvel
Iron Man 1, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Captain America:TWS, Thor 1, Thor 2, The Avengers
Best Score:93 Iron Man
Worst Score: 65 Thor: The Dark World
Average Audience Score: 80.9
Average Critic Score: 79.2


So the Highest Rated by critics and Audiences alike is Marvel. Now Some of you will say "Well the fantastic 4 movies brought down Fox's Score" so here are their scores with out Fantastic 4.

Average Critic Score: 73
Average Audience Score: 77  
still not as high as Marvel and this is only X-Men movies not tied with Daredevil or Elektra which was made by Fox as well.
Everyone has their opinions and the great/worst thing about America is everyone gets to voice their opinion no matter how little it is backed up by facts, evidence, or intelligence. Don't Hate me, Hate the numbers.

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Pasto
Pasto - 6/9/2014, 10:23 AM
I think you need to edit the title. You missed the part where it should say 'Flame Bait'...
Sumitsjc
Sumitsjc - 6/9/2014, 10:30 AM
wow someone really took time to think about this..
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 10:35 AM
It's an article because There are people that would argue for other studios.
GuardianDevil
GuardianDevil - 6/9/2014, 10:42 AM
"I really hope this ends the arguments. But I know it wont."

THIS is bullshit! So random critics somewhere on the other side of the world should decide the definitive opinion for EVERYONE?? What a load of shit!!! You're logic is so deeply flawed and wrong...okay so that means everyone should just cave in and concede that MS is Jesus Christ the savior and the rest are shit?! Hell no, [frick] no!

"Average Audience Score: 77 still no where near Marvel." 3 points away is nowhere even close? HAHAHAHAHA, get outta here man...

Come back when you have legitimate opinions on why MS is the best. Trust me, you can support your love for the studio without defaulting to RT. You could say that they embrace the comic book formula unlike anyone else so far, you could say you thought their influence did something amazing for the genre, you could say you love the star power behind RDJ, Evans, Hemsworth, etc. Hell you could just say that Winter Soldier was a brilliantly written film with innovative action, you could say Avengers was the dream come true.

And ALL OF THOSE would be legit opinions why you think MS is the best, try to actually support your views instead of defaulting to Internet critics...
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 10:49 AM
@GuardianDevil-People can always do that. I'm using a non biased source. There's obvious bias here from me, from you, from others, I'm using a non biased source to say with evidence, obviously marvel makes better movies so arguing the X-Men are better off with Fox, or that TASM movies are better, well not in my opinion in the internet's opinion you're wrong. It's called using real concrete unbiased evidence in an argument. because at the end of the day It doesn't matter what my opinion is. And those critics have a lot more power in hollywood than you do.
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 10:52 AM
sniktbub-I wasn't doing analysis I was reporting info. I can give analysis but the fact is people don't look at raw data. Make your own judgments but by your rational I should leave Incredible Hulk and Thor 2 off of Marvel's stats too.
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 10:52 AM
-Sniktbub-that's why included that audience rating.
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 11:03 AM
@sniktbub-A box plot would have been tough for most people to read. I can make the excel spreadsheets I made to do the math for me into a Boxplot or a scatter plot graph.
GuardianDevil
GuardianDevil - 6/9/2014, 11:17 AM
A non biased source? No its not, critics have as much bias and personal opinion as I do, and as anyone does. So what you're saying is that critic's opinions should be the definitive opinion of everyone.

And that's bull....Defaulting to RT is the biggest cop out argument ive ever seen.
GuardianDevil
GuardianDevil - 6/9/2014, 11:27 AM
And Daredevil and Elektra were not made by Sony....not like it matters but for future reference.
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 11:29 AM
GuardianDevil- I'm not copping out everyone knows my bias. And yes they do have biases, it's a poll of hundreds of critics nationally and thousands of people that saw the movie. It's not bull to defer to someone else's judgement it's called research...you no college huh?
GuardianDevil
GuardianDevil - 6/9/2014, 11:30 AM
And just for the record, I like all of the studios except Sony and that's just because they haven't made a decent CBM since '04.
GuardianDevil
GuardianDevil - 6/9/2014, 11:32 AM
@Trick
It is to defer to someone else who has just as much of a bias as anyone else. And it IS bullshit to say everyone should accept it as "fact"...a critics OPINION isn't a fact.
GuardianDevil
GuardianDevil - 6/9/2014, 11:33 AM
Anyways, this is flame bait and you know what? I coming close to biting, so I'm done.
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 11:35 AM
I never said it was a fact, I said it's numbers. SO instead of using my opinion which is obvious, I put in the data of thousands of other peoples biases, Because at a certain point if there is a lot of bias going one way, it's called public opinion.
tonytony
tonytony - 6/9/2014, 11:51 AM
If you are going to put dc you need to include v for vendetta and a history of violence too
BawbScharf
BawbScharf - 6/9/2014, 12:01 PM
MS/DISNEY and DC/WB ARE DOING TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THEIR FRANCHISES AND ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT COMPARABLE. In fact, the companies were NEVER comparable as Marvel's take on Super heroes in the comics has always been different from D.C ...just as WB's idea of super heroes in movies is completely different than what Marvel is doing. Sure, they are doing the cinematic universe (they would be stupid not to) but the tones and characters are VERY different and even the execution is VERY different.

Some people are going to like Marvel's brightly colored, comedic yet action packed and diverse approach at superheroes while others enjoy the dark and gritty tones of the current crop of D.C films. There is something for EVERYONE in comic book films these days.

The truth is, OF COURSE Marvel is going to do better than D.C in ratings. Marvel has a broader appeal because most of the time they make movies that the whole family can enjoy and can market their product to children due to that fact. I don't know if anyone noticed but most critics seem to lean towards movies that the whole family can enjoy together for the fact that it proves that is a film that can span generations. This, of course (M. Bison), means that they will do better at the box office on most outings because they firmly have the kids in their back pocket. WB is following Nolan's lead and creating something different, something grittier ...that isn't going to appeal to familie's. It doesn't make either franchise better than the other, it makes them DIFFERENT!

It really comes down to this:

Are you as a D.C fan happy with the movies they are putting out?

or

Are you as a Marvel fan happy with what the movies they put out?

And finally,

Are you as a CBM fan happy with the variety that we are being provided with by the movie studios?

IF the answer to those questions is yes ...who the hell cares what the other company is doing or what facts and figures say is better. When it comes to MS Vs. D.C/WB, its apples and oranges. They specialize in the same thing but are two completely different companies with two completely different mission statements. And no one can deny that both companies are making their different sets of fans (who have different values and opinions on what makes a good CBM) VERY happy with the current product.

If they weren't, we would not be having several articles where both sides 'debate' (I am being polite) which is better.
Pedrito
Pedrito - 6/9/2014, 12:06 PM
If the answer is Marvel, then I don't wanna hear it (read it).
I'm a huge Marvel Studios fan, but doing this is just asking for a flame war.
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 12:11 PM
This absolutely has nothing to do with Marvel vs DC. It was brought on more by the notion of who would do better with Spiderman/ Fantastic Four properties.
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 12:19 PM
I can't add history of Violence because it was produce by new line. I added V for vendetta and constantine Critic 64.25 and Audience 78
Lhornbk
Lhornbk - 6/9/2014, 12:20 PM
Yeah, this is just stupid. No, it is NOT unbiased, every critic has biases, and every fan who votes in Rotten Tomatoes does too. Plus there is the fact that millions of people watch these movies, and at best just a few thousand take the time to get on the internet and vote on RT. Of course this doesn't end the debate, it shouldn't end the debate. The plain fact of the matter is that there is no true objective way to evaluate films. The closest you can really come to an obective measurement of popularity is box office, but that doesn't really measure the quality of a film, because you never know how many of those people regret spending money on the ticket. So this was a dumb idea, it is flame bait, and to me there is no way to defend using this method except that you wanted some attention. (And yes, I have a college degree, and I'm not even slightly impressed by your methods here.)
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 12:23 PM
My method was public opinion. I never said this is the right answer I said public opinion and numbers don't lie.
GinjaNinja
GinjaNinja - 6/9/2014, 12:44 PM
Yup. I would rather look at IMDB overall, they seem to be more on par with what general people think. But I agree.
HulkOnion
HulkOnion - 6/9/2014, 12:47 PM
SniktBub

calm down bro...
HulkOnion
HulkOnion - 6/9/2014, 12:48 PM
and also


TheMexicanSuperman, id have to agree with you. Its what YOU think that matters
Enphlieuwince
Enphlieuwince - 6/9/2014, 1:40 PM
GuardianDevil - 6/9/2014, 11:33 AM

Anyways, this is flame bait and you know what? I coming close to biting, so I'm done.



Lmao! Sorry, but if this "flame bait" was a pizza, you ate all but the last bite of it before calling the restaurant to inform them that they got your order wrong.
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 6/9/2014, 1:43 PM

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Enphlieuwince
Enphlieuwince - 6/9/2014, 1:47 PM
I agree with much of what Objectivelybiased communicated. In the bigger scheme of things, it truly only matters what you think and how each studio/film makes you feel. 

One thing, however, that I wholeheartedly disagree with is that "these studios are not comparable because of their different approaches". That's the equivalent of saying you can't compare...IDK...professional boxers because they have different fighting styles. It's an overcomplicated kumbaya cop out to suggest that movies that obviously fall under the same genre with the same target audience, cannot be compared simply because they can be classified under different sub-genres. We certainly wouldn't look to compare Muhammad Ali to Michael Jordan before comparing him to Mike Tyson, right? Same principle with CBMs and their sub-genres, unless of course you were to go as far as to say that "no movie is comparable to another". IMO, yes, you most certainly can compare The Dark Knight to Captain America: The Winter Soldier and even A History of Violence to Howard the Duck simply because they all comic book/graphic novel adaptations.
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 2:06 PM
I love the "It only matters what you think" line. That's true. But then you can never argue or discuss anything. Because if your feelings are all that matter and no one else's matters than why do we even talk about it? This mentality is why politics in America is screwed up. I can show hard numbers to someone and tell them they are wrong and they will say "Well in my opinion I am right and that's how I feel" it's possible to feel and think something that is wrong and it's ok for people to correct them> I'm not saying these ratings are right but this is a pretty accurate barometer of public opinion.
BawbScharf
BawbScharf - 6/9/2014, 2:23 PM
Well, then if you wanted to REALLY research it you would go to more than just ONE source for said public opinion. Combine that data with, as one person suggested, IMDB or Meta Critic or compile the many youtube reviews of these movies made by average ordinary folk. Add that to the worldwide numbers and maybe you would have something a tad bit more concrete on what the general public think. This is the equivalent of research paper with only one source when to make a FULL paper, you would need more sources to prove your point. It would get you a D at best in community college ...would fail you out of any four year (yes, even state). Add THAT to the fact that you did not state the thesis properly to point where we, the reader, could not understand the overall point you were trying to make and this really is a flimsy article that can easily be debunked.

The added pretentious tone did not warm you to the reader as well. Nobody wants to be talked down to when reading an article ...especially when said article is incomplete.
Trickwil
Trickwil - 6/9/2014, 2:27 PM
touche ObjectivelyBiased- had I been doing it for a grade I would have combined sources, used my spreadsheet to give you guys some sexy scatterplot graphs and what not but I did it for fun at work and then got flamed. But you're right I don't disagree with anything you said. I did it to point out to people that have their own biases that they are in in the minority.
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 6/9/2014, 4:33 PM
You wrote it to prove a point. You said you wrote it to prove who makes the best movies. Now as people argue with you, your trying to change what you intended. I agree with the others. You should of used more than one source. RT by itself isn't an accurate enough tool to prove what you say. If your proud of your own wok dont back peddle though man. Stand your ground, and dont you dare delete this article. Lol
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 6/9/2014, 4:39 PM
And what about the Hellboy movies? Or Spawn? There's others out there besides Marvel and DC. You wanted a flame war, you got one.
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