Morbius' Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Beat Critics More Than MCU Movies

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Morbius' theatrical release was met with an abysmal 17 percent Rotten Tomatoes score from critics, but the Fresh audience score beats the critic score more drastically than any MCU movie. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe is known for its nearly flawless track record in Rotten Tomatoes, Sony's Marvel movies have struggled with critic reviews a lot more, particularly the Venom movies.

Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage were big box office hits despite taking a lashing from critics, likely due to their much stronger reception with audiences. Both Venom movies earned Rotten Tomatometer scores, butVenom earned still saw a positive 81 percent audience score, while Venom: Let There Be Carnage earned a 73 percent score. Venom: Let There Be Carnage actually saw an even higher audience score under Rotten Tomatoes' «Verified Audience» system, but since the first Venom and most MCU movies released prior to the creation of the Verified Audience system, we'll make all comparisons using the original «All Audience» score for the sake of parity.

Related: How Morbius' Rotten Tomatoes Compares to MCU & Sony's Marvel Movies

Morbius continues Sony's Spider-Man Universe Rotten Tomatoes trend, earning just 17 percent on the critic Tomatometer with audiences scoring it 49 points higher at 66 percent, a wider audience favored gap than any MCU movie. With an overall Rotten Tomatoes average score of 84 percent from critics and 83 percent from audiences, the MCU is actually typically reviewed (barely) better by critics than by audiences by an average of just one point. Of the MCU's 27 installments, only 12 MCU movies have seen their Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score beat the critic score, 11 of which saw a margin of 9 points or less. The biggest