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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:31 PM UTCPublished: Dec 16, 2016 3:54 PM UTC  Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:31 PM UTCPublished: Dec 16, 2016 3:54 PM UTC **Correction appended, Dec. 16, 2016** Movie and television review aggregator [Rotten Tomatoes](http://time.com/4173671/rotten-tomatoes-best-reviewed-movies-tv-2015/) has revealed its best and worst scored franchises—and, unsurprisingly, the nine-part [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/4598911/sorting-hat-spider-harry-potter-jk-rowling/)saga leads the rankings with an impressive average movie score of 84%. Not far behind is the [Marvel Cinematic Universe](http://time.com/4553909/doctor-strange-marvel-cinematic-universe/) (MCU) franchise with 82%, [_The Lord of the Rings_](http://time.com/4591437/lord-of-the-rings-behind-the-scenes-photos/) (including _The Hobbit_) with 80% and the five-part _Mission:Impossible_ movie series with 75%. The _Star Wars_ franchise, including the newly released [_Rogue One: A Star Wars Story_](http://time.com/4597915/rogue-one-review-star-wars-story/)_,_ has an above-average rating of 73%. Rotten Tomatoes aggregates reviews to give movies and shows ratings on a scale of 0 to 100%. The site calculated the ranking of major franchises by finding the average score of all the films in a movie series. To be included in the ranking, franchises needed to have a minimum number of five movies, as well as a new release in the past three years to qualify—which explains why Christopher Nolan’s popular _Dark Knight_ trilogy is not on the list. In the case of _Harry Potter_, for example, 2011’s _Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)_ received an extremely high score of 96%, whereas [_Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_](http://time.com/4571064/fantastic-beasts-harry-potter-leta-lestrange/), which was released earlier this year, scored 75%, with the total average rating of all nine movies working out at 84%. Toward the other end of the scale from _Harry Potter_ and _Star Wars_ were the _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_ (31%), _Fast & the Furious_ (54%) and _Planet of the Apes_ (63%) franchises. The five-part _Terminator_ movie series scored a just-above-average 64%, despite James Cameron’s 1984 movie _The Terminator_ receiving a perfect score of 100%; the average rating was brought down by 2015’s _Terminator: Genisys_, which received a lowly 25%. “_Terminator: Genisys_ is a lurching retread that lacks the thematic depth, conceptual intelligence, or visual thrills that launched this once-mighty franchise,” the [Critics’ Consensus](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator%5Fgenisys/) on Rotten Tomatoes reads. Check out the full list of Rotten Tomatoes’ best and worst-scored franchises below: **HARRY POTTER** – **84%** **No. of films:** 9 **Earliest film:** _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone_ (2001) **Most Recent Film:** _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_ (2016) **Lowest Scored Film:** _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_ – 75% **Highest Scored Film:** _Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2_ (2011) – 96% **MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE – 82%** **No. of films:** 14 **Earliest film:** _Iron Man_ (2008) **Most Recent Film:** _Dr. Strange_ (2016) **Lowest Scored Film:** _Thor: The Dark World_ (2013) – 66% **Highest Scored Film:** _Iron Man_ – 92% **LORD OF THE RINGS / THE HOBBIT – 80%** **No. of films:** 6 **Earliest film:** _Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_ (2001) **Most Recent Film:** _The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies_ (2014) **Lowest Scored Film:** _The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies_ (2014) – 59% **Highest Scored Film:** _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_ (2002) – 96% **MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – 75%** **No. of films:** 5 **Earliest film:** Mission: Impossible (1996) **Most Recent Film:** Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation (2015) **Lowest Scored Film:** Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) – 57% **Highest Scored Film:** Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) – 94% **THE BOURNE COLLECTION – 74%** **No. of films:** 5 **Earliest film:** _The Bourne Identity_ (2002) **Most Recent Film:** _Jason Bourne_ (2016) **Lowest Scored Film:** _Jason Bourne_ (2016) – 56% and _The Bourne Legacy_ (2012) – 56% **Highest Scored Film:** _The Bourne Ultimatum_ (2007) – 93% **STAR WARS SAGA – 73%** **No. of films:** 8 **Earliest film:** _Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope_ (1977) **Most Recent Film:** _Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens_ (2015) **Not Yet Scores:** _Rogue One: A Star Wars Story_ (2016) **Lowest Scored Film:** _Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace_ (1999) – 55% **Highest Scored Film:** _Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back_ (1980) – 94% **JACK RYAN – 72%** **No. of films:** 5 **Earliest film:** _The Hunt for Red October_ (1990) **Most Recent Film:** _Jack Ryan: Shadow Recrui_t (2014) **Lowest Scored Film:** _The Hunt for Red October_ (1990) – 86% **Highest Scored Film:** _Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit_ (2014) – 56% **X-MEN – 71%** **No. of films:** 9 **Earliest film:** _X-Men_ (2000) **Most Recent Film:** _X-Men: Apocalypse_ (2016) **Lowest Scored Film:** _X-Men Origins: Wolverine_ (2009) – 38% **Highest Scored Film:** _X-Men: Days of Future Past_ (2014) – 91% **STAR TREK – 70%** **No. of films:** 13 **Earliest film:** _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ (1979) **Most Recent Film:** _Star Trek Beyond_ (2016) **Lowest Scored Film:** _Star Trek V – The Final Frontier_ (1989) – 23% **Highest Scored Film:** _Star Trek_ (2009) – 95% **JAMES BOND – 69%** **No. of films:** 26 **Earliest film:** _Dr. No_ (1962) **Most Recent Film:** _Spectre_ (2015) **Lowest Scored Film:** _Casino Royale_ (1967) – 29% **Highest Scored Film:** _Goldfinger_ (1995) – 96% **ROCKY – 66%** **No. of films:** 7 **Earliest film:** Rocky (1976) **Most Recent Film:** Creed (2015) **Lowest Scored Film:** Rocky V (1985) – 39% **Highest Scored Film:** Creed (2015) – 94% **TERMINATOR – 64%** **No. of films:** 5 **Earliest film:** _The Terminator_ (1984) **Most Recent Film:** _Terminator Genisys_ (2015) **Lowest Scored Film:** _Terminator Genisys_ (2015) – 25% **Highest Scored Film:** _The Terminator_ (1984) – 100% **PLANET OF THE APES – 63%** **No. of films:** 8 **Earliest Film:** _Planet of the Apes_ (1968) **Most Recent Film:** _Dawn of the Planet of the Apes_ (2014) **Lowest Scored Film:** _Battle for the Planet of the Apes_ (1973) – 38% **Highest Scored Film:** _Dawn of the Planet of the Apes_ (2014) – 90% **THE FAST & THE FURIOUS – 54%** **No. of films:** 7 **Earliest film:** _The Fast and the Furious_ (2001) **Most Recent Film:** _Furious 7_ (2015) **Lowest Scored Film:** _Fast & Furious_ (2009) – 28% **Highest Scored Film:** _Furious 7_ (2015) – 79% **TNMT – 31%** **No. of films:** 6 **Earliest film:** _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie_ (1990) **Most Recent Film:** _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows_ (2016) **Lowest Scored Film:** _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III_ (1993) – 21% **Highest Scored Film:** _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie_ (1990) – 40% **Correction:** The original version of this story incorrectly stated which movies were used in calculating the _Star Wars_ franchise’s score. _Rogue One_ was included. It also misstated the criteria for franchise inclusion. Franchises had to have a release within the past three years in order to be included. The article also misstated the highest and lowest rated films in the Rocky franchise. 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