Shang-Chi Is the Highest Rated MCU Movie Yet
In an article posted to GamesRadar on Tuesday, September 7th, 2021, it was reported that the Rotten Tomatoes score for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the newest Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, has earned the aggregate review site’s highest viewer’s score of any MCU movie EVER!
#ShangChi is now the highest-rated comic book movie of all time | GamesRadar https://t.co/U5uSg29AGN
— Asad Ayaz (@asadayaz) September 7, 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Marvel Studios’ newest blockbuster, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, was released in theaters this past Friday, September 3rd, 2021.
Starring Simu Liu in the eponymous role, the movie quickly shattered box office records for Labor Day weekend, quickly earning nearly as much as the previous record holder (2007’s Halloween) by the conclusion of the first day of the four-day weekend. And ultimately, whomping that film’s record by the time the final box officer numbers rolled in.
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But while plenty of people braved the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to see the movie in theaters, this analysis notes that viewers didn’t just watch Shang-Chi, they loved Shang-Chi!
The whopping 98% fresh score currently enjoyed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on RottenTomatoes.com comes from a whole slough of positive reviews. If you’d like to read some of them, I cherry-picked my very favorites already!
Katy, Jon Jon (Ronny Chieng) and Shang-Chi. Photo: Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios
And according to GamesRadar, that’s a big deal. It means that not only did Shang-Chi perform better than anything in the MCU so far (Spider-Man: Far From Home is the next biggest hit with audiences with a score of 95%), it also performed better than Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which earned a score of 93%, while Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight reached 94%.
Shang-Chi 2
With an amazing box office record-shattering premiere and an audience who has been completely won over by the newest Marvel superheroes, we’re frankly on the edge of our seats waiting for the official announcement that a sequel to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is on the way.
Xochitl Gomez and Benedict Wong attend Disney’s premiere of “Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings” at El Capitan Theatre on August 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Amy Sussman/WireImage
In the meantime, we’re going to be speculating on what’s next for the superhero, and whether or not he’ll be appearing the next time we see Wong (Benedict Wong)!
Everybody Loves Shang-Chi
Were you one of the people who flocked to theaters to see Shang-Chi over Labor Day weekend? What did you think of the newest entry in the ongoing saga of the MCU? We’re waiting to hear from you, Marvel Blog True Believers! Give us a shout-out in the comment section.
