While there are some “hard number” metrics to cite when it comes to how a movie is received, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, IMDB, there’s one that gets circled back to more than others when it comes to audience reception: Cinemascore.

This usually measures what’s a “crowd pleaser,” skewing higher in terms of blockbusters a lot of the time as it tries to measure audience satisfaction. Now, Captain America has the lowest Cinemascore in MCU history, a B-, which may not sound that bad, but in context, it definitely is, especially when you see the overall chart. That would be:

edit: the list is missing some entries and has the ratings wrong for others, so I’ve redone it.

  • A+
    • The Avengers
    • Avengers: Endgame
    • Black Panther
    • Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • A
    • Ant-Man
    • The Avengers: Age of Ultron
    • Avengers: Infinity War
    • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    • Captain America: Civil War
    • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    • Captain Marvel
    • Deadpool & Wolverine
    • Doctor Strange
    • Guardians of the Galaxy
    • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
    • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
    • Iron Man
    • Iron Man 2
    • Iron Man 3
    • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
    • Spider-Man: Far From Home
    • Spider-Man: Homecoming
    • Thor: Ragnarok
  • A-
    • Ant-Man and the Wasp
    • Black Widow
    • Captain America: The First Avenger
    • The Incredible Hulk
    • Thor: The Dark World
  • B+
    • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
    • Thor
    • Thor: Love and Thunder
  • B
    • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
    • Eternals
    • The Marvels
  • B-
    • Captain America: Brave New World

Initial box office receipts are pretty good, and better than other low-scored MCU movies, but this still has to be somewhat alarming for Marvel to have a movie received this poorly. As it stands, this is the third lowest scored film on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest scored film on Metacritic and the lowest scored on Cinemascore now.

  • @[email protected]
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    811 hours ago

    While I’ve yet to see it, I refuse to believe it’s worse than Thor 4. A god butcher who is seen killing only one god? Oof.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPM
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      311 hours ago

      I enjoyed that one - it is a bit slack in the middle but ends strongly with Taika Waititi clearly having a blast.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPM
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    712 hours ago

    It’s not correct and is missing some:

    • All Guardians of the Galaxy: A
    • Captain Marvel: A
    • Thor & Thor: Love and Thunder: B+
    • Captain America: The First Avenger: A-
    • Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War: A
    • @9point6
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      512 hours ago

      I was gonna ask what happened to that godawful Thor film I had the misfortune of catching

      I’m impressed they’ve managed to surpass that

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPM
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        411 hours ago

        I think Thor: Dark World getting an A- is borderline a crime. Perhaps we were less fussy back then.

        Anyway, the list is updated.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPM
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      211 hours ago

      Yeah, partly because it wasn’t right. I’ve fixed it.

      My quibbles:

      • Should go down one or two: Thor: Dark World, GotG2, BP:WF, perhaps IM2 and 3.
      • Should go up one or two: DS2, The Marvels
  • @Exeous
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    213 hours ago

    Movie ok, not very good. It miss some thing no can say.

    List miss some movies? Captain America Civil War? Guardians 3?