Walt Disney Animation’s “Strange World” Has been awarded a ‘B’ CinemaScore’s Wednesday theatrical release was reported by CinemaScore.
According to one Twitter user, the grade marks the lowest ever for a Disney Animation title since 1991 when CinemaScore started polling audience reaction to the studio’s films.
The following is a list listing all CinemaScore scores for Walt Disney Animation Studios titles from 1991 to nowNotice: Fantasia 2000 didn’t receive a CinemaScore):
- Beauty and the Beast (91): A+
- Aladdin (1992): A+
- The Lion King (94): A+
- Pocahontas (1995): A-
- The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996):
- Hercules (1997): A
- Mulan (1998): A+
- Tarzan (1999): A
- Dinosaur (2000): A
- The Emperor’s New Groove (2000): A
- Atlantis, The Lost Empire (2001: A)
- Lilo & Stitch (2002): A
- Treasure Planet 2002: A-
- The Brother Bear:
- Home on the Range (2004) A-
- Chicken Little, 2005: A-
- Meet the Robinsons (2008): A-
- Bolt (2008): A-
- The Princess and The Frog (2008):
- Tangled (2010): A+
- Winnie The Pooh (2011):
- Wreck It Ralph (2012):
- Frozen (2013): A+
- Big Hero 6 (2014): A
- Zootopia (2016):
- Moana (2016): A
- Ralph Hacks the Internet (2018):
- Frozen 2 (2019): A-
- Raya and “The Last Dragon” (2021):
- Encanto (2021): A
A representative for CinemaScore did not immediately return The Wrap’s request for comment.
CinemaScore’s grades for major movie releases in the U.S. and Canada, which range from A+ to F, are calculated by polling a “regionally-balanced and statistically robust sample of opening night moviegoers,” According to their website.
Pollsters provide audience members a ballot with six questions — including the grade scale, purchase and rental interest and demographic data — which are answered by bending back the ballot’s tabs. The audience returns the ballots after the movie is over to the pollsters who then tabulate and submit the results to CinemaScore.
CinemaScore doesn’t automatically monitor or report social media on movies with less than 1500 screens. CinemaScore can conduct an anonymous survey for producers or film studios that uses the same method as the public survey. CinemaScore cannot release the score to the public without consent from the contracting party.
While CinemaScore’s polling measures a movie’s appeal among theater audiences, it does not definitively indicate whether a film will be successful or not at the box office.
“Strange World” The opening day of the show, Wednesday at 4,174 venues in America and Canada, saw a $4.2 million gross.
The film received an additional CinemaScore B rating. It also has been praised by critics at 75% and audiences at 59%. Rotten Tomatoes Press time