The ‘Scary Movie,’ ‘Masters Of The Universe’ Rotten Tomatoes Scores Are In

InnovationGamingThe ‘Scary Movie,’ ‘Masters Of The Universe’ Rotten Tomatoes Scores Are InByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorJun 05, 2026, 10:57am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Scary Movie/Masters of the UniverseParamount/MMOnce again, for roughly the 50th time, we have Hollywood adapting an old, beloved, nostalgic property in the form of Masters of the Universe, spawned from the original He-Man. A movie version has already happened once with a Dolph Lundgren in 1987, but now, 40 years(!) later, it’s being attempted again. Masters of the Universe makes its way to theaters this weekend, and we’re tracking its box office results, as well as its critic and audience scores, alongside the other big film out this weekend, Scary Movie.Over 150 critics have chimed in about Masters of the Universe already, giving it a fresh-but-not-amazing 69% Rotten Tomatoes score. Audiences are now showing up to theaters, and their take is much higher, currently at an 88% score instead.Meanwhile, Scary Movie is out the same weekend, going for the comedy crowd and hoping that audiences are still high on horror after Obsession and Backrooms. Those scores? Dismal for critics with a 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, though that’s no surprise given rotten scores for almost all past movies in the series. Audiences, however, believe it’s better than that, giving it a 69% score.There is some trepidation that Masters of the Universe could end up being a flop, positive scores or not. The most recent tracking for the film per Variety, is a $30 to $35 million domestic opening weekend, which is not terribly good against a reported $200 million budget. Masters of the Universes is coming out at a very inopportune time, on the back of aforementioned horror box office miracles...