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1Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitches2Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errors3Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteThunderbolts* does not have a 47% Rotten Tomatoes score. When checked on October 8, 2026, the film’s Rotten Tomatoes page showed an 88% Tomatometer from 385 critic reviews and a 93% Popcornmeter from more than 10,000 verified audience ratings. The 47% figure that circulates with the film comes from a box-office table: a daily domestic gross entry dated May 12, 2025, which recorded a 47% decline compared with the previous weekend. A gross decline and a review score measure different things, and the film’s reception and commercial performance need to be read separately.
What Rotten Tomatoes currently shows
Rotten Tomatoes reports two separate numbers, and both are strong for this film. Its critic score is a Tomatometer, and its audience score is a Popcornmeter. Both are live values that change as new ratings arrive, so treat them as a snapshot from October 8, 2026.
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- Tomatometer (critics): 88% from 385 reviews.
- Popcornmeter (verified audience ratings): 93% from more than 10,000 ratings.
- Critics Consensus: “Assembling a ragtag band of underdogs with Florence Pugh as their magnetic standout, Thunderbolts* refreshingly returns to the tried-and-true blueprint of the MCU’s best adventures.” This is Rotten Tomatoes’ published consensus, not the view of an individual critic.
- Audience summary: “With a team that can raise glory, Thunderbolts* is massively entertaining and delivers everything we love out of a Marvel outing.” This is the platform’s summary of audience sentiment, not a quote from a named viewer.
Rotten Tomatoes also lists Disney+ streaming and Fandango rental or purchase options for the film. Availability varies by territory and date, so check the service in your country before assuming a title is available.
Where the 47% number comes from
The 47% figure is a box-office movement, not a rating. The Numbers, a box-office database, publishes a daily domestic gross table. Its entry for May 12, 2025 shows the film’s gross down 47% from the previous weekend. Box-office drops are common in a film’s second and third weeks as audiences thin out, so a steep fall in one day’s table says nothing about how critics or audiences rated the movie.
#1 Best Overall
- After being ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes assembles and embarks on a dangerous mission. Forced to confront the darkest corners of their pasts, will the group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and prevail?
The confusion is easy to understand when a headline puts a percentage next to the word “Rotten Tomatoes.” It is not supported by the current critic score, and the article should not repeat it as one.
Box office: the totals as reported
The Numbers and the film’s listed production budget give the following figures. All were checked on October 8, 2026, and all are database values rather than studio financial statements.
Rank #2
- Can this disparate group of antiheroes overcome their difficult pasts and form a real team capable of stopping the Void and saving the world?
| Measure | Reported value | Source and qualification |
|---|---|---|
| Worldwide gross | $382,436,917 | The Numbers, MCU franchise table; cumulative total as displayed on the check date |
| Domestic gross | $190,274,328 | The Numbers, MCU franchise table; U.S. and Canada totals as displayed on the check date |
| Opening weekend | $74,300,608 | The Numbers, film page |
| Production budget | $180 million | The Numbers, film page; excludes marketing, distribution costs and exhibitor shares |
| Net profit or loss | Not stated | None of these sources report net results |
Gross is not profit. Studios and exhibitors split ticket revenue, and marketing and distribution costs are not included in a production budget. Dividing worldwide gross by the budget produces a ratio that looks impressive, but it does not establish whether the film made money. Reported figures for this title do not establish net profitability in either direction.
The “major global box office milestone” in the headline
The Numbers reports a worldwide total of $382,436,917, and that is the figure the headline appears to refer to. The reporting does not name a specific milestone, such as a record or a threshold reached on a particular date. Without that detail, the article cannot confirm a milestone claim, and it should not present one as a record.
Why the release dates differ
Two dates appear in the reporting, and they refer to different things. Give the geography whenever you state one.
| Date | What it refers to | Source |
|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | Listed release date in The Numbers’ franchise table; the film page also lists several international releases on this date | The Numbers |
| May 2, 2025 | U.S. theatrical release | Disney’s official film page |
The earlier date reflects international rollout, and the U.S. date is May 2, 2025. Saying the film opened April 30 without that qualifier would be misleading for U.S. readers.
Rank #4
Early critical reception in context
In May 2025, Rotten Tomatoes Editorial reported that the film was Certified Fresh at 88% during its opening period and called it the best-reviewed film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Spider-Man: No Way Home. That was an assessment made at the time of release. It is not a current ranking of the franchise, and it should not be read as one.
Film at a glance
- U.S. release: May 2, 2025 (Disney)
- Rating: PG-13
- Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
- Director: Jake Schreier
- Cast listed by Disney: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Hannah John-Kamen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer and Wendell Edward Pierce
Should the “bomb” label stand?
As a critical verdict, the label does not fit the reviews. Critics and audiences gave the film high scores, and the 47% number is a gross decline rather than a rating. As a commercial verdict, the label needs a financial measure that these sources do not provide. Calling a film a bomb is an editorial judgment, and if a writer uses the word, they should specify which measure they mean and avoid implying that a worldwide gross alone proves a loss.
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