'Captain Marvel' Smashes Box Office Record, Laughs Off Review-Bombing Trolls

'With a $302 million international gross, Captain Marvel has earned $455 million overall to date, the largest ever global opening for a March release and the sixth highest of all-time,' reports the Wrap. The superhero movie raked in $153 million just in America, reports Collider, 'Suggesting that a sad, extremely vocal minority of idiots on the internet don't actually matter in the slightest.'
They're referring to another Rotten Tomateos review-counting glitch Friday morning, as covered by the Hollywood Reporter:
The Disney film had only been in theaters for hours on Friday when the female-driven superhero picture was torpedoed online via Rotten Tomatoes. As of 8 a.m., the film had more than 58,000 reviews. That is more than the total of audience score reviews for Avengers: Infinity War for its entire theatrical run.
Rotten Tomatoes explained in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter that a glitch was responsible for thousands of reviews showing up on the site when they shouldn't have. According to Rotten Tomatoes, it had included audience reviews given before the film was released, something which is no longer allowed.
Movieweb believes those pre-release reviews were generated by bots, suggesting a small handful of review-bombers who were attempting to amplify their impact. Yahoo Entertainment believes the attempted review-bombers were angry with the film's star 'for, well, not giving a crap about what the trolls say. Perhaps that's the best superpower of all.'
When asked about the attempt to review-bomb Captain Marvel, the film's star Brie Larson smilingly replied, 'Oh... who cares?'
'Love what you love! Who cares what other people think?'

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