3 Studios & Streamers Released ‘Rotten’ Movies On Average In 2024, Report Reveals

A new report has revealed that three studios and streamers released movies that were “rotten” on Rotten Tomatoes on average in 2024. The critics’ aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes scores movies based on the percentage of critics (for the Tomatometer) and audiences (for the Popcornmeter) who gave a film or TV show a favorable review. This approval is reflected as a percentage. тιтles that fall below a 60% Tomatometer are considered “rotten,” while those with 60% scores and over are considered to be “fresh” on the site.

A new analysis from Puck has revealed that three streamers and studios ended up with movies that were “rotten” on average in 2024. The report includes data from Netflix, Prime Video/MGM, Universal, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Apple Originals, Warner Bros., Disney, and Paramount. The scores consider every English-language narrative theater released in the United States, and incorporate divisions like Focus Features or Sony Pictures Classics within their parent studio. It also omitted documentaries and considered Apple movies released in a studio first to be for Apple. Results showed that Sony Pictures, Netflix, and Prime Video/MGM had “rotten” average scores.


Puck Who Releases the "Best" Movies chart showing average Rotten Tomatoes scores for 2024 films

What This Means For The Major Studios

Streamers Aren’t Producing Significantly Worse Content


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So, the results of this data showed that the bottom three producers had average fresh scores of 58% (Sony Pictures), 58% (Netflix), and 55% (Prime Video/MGM). One important takeaway from the data is that Netflix, despite its bad reputation, does not actually produce the “worst” movies on average. This, instead, goes to Prime Video. One factor to consider is the fact that Netflix put out far more тιтles than Prime Video in 2024, putting out 51 тιтles in comparison to Prime Video’s 25. In fact, Netflix released more than any studio.

Another major takeaway is that streamers are not, in general, producing movies that are so much worse than their studio counterparts. While Universal did have the highest average scores (73%), the gap between them and the streaming services was not chasmic. Rather, fewer than 20 percentage points separate them from the lowest-scorers. It was still a studio that came out on top in terms of the Tomatometer, but it disrupts the notion that streaming content is generally way worse than studio-produced content.

Our Take On This Streaming Report

Netflix’s Content Production Is Still Staggering

Beyond the Rotten Tomatoes score itself, I’m still struck by the sheer amount of content Netflix is producing. The score does not account for movies that did not generate a Rotten Tomatoes score, or non-English-language films, which account for another significant batch of releases, especially with their dense upcoming 2025 K-drama slate. Even though they are not producing the “worst” films, the streamer is still less discerning about what they will put out, leading to lower scores on average than a major studio like Universal, which only had 21 тιтles.

Source: Puck

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