How Much Do Reviews Predict Box Office Performance?

While some fans think that reviewers and critics hate popular entertainment like Batman v Superman as a rule, it turns out the tastes of the critics and the people align more often than one would think.

[...] critical reception can often predict whether a big movie will be a blockbuster or a flop.

The review aggregator Metacritic compared movie scores against box office receipts for all major nationwide releases in the past decade, and found that good movies make more money over time than bad ones.