Trolls Try to Stop 'Captain Marvel' From Flying High on Rotten Tomatoes | THR News - video Dailymotion

Despite the site's attempts to subvert the trolls, the film has a 33 percent audience score from more than 58,000 reviews.

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00:00It didn't take long for the trolls to descend upon Captain Marvel.

00:08The female-fronted superhero movie had been in theaters for just hours on Friday

00:12when it was torpedoed on Rotten Tomatoes.

00:21As of 8 a.m. Friday, the film starring Brie Larson had a 33% audience score

00:25from more than 58,000 reviews.

00:28That is more than the total of audience score reviews for Avengers Infinity War

00:31for its entire theatrical run.

00:33Rotten Tomatoes recently retooled its scoring system in an effort to combat trolls from

00:37sandbagging scores for movies they believed inferior and hadn't necessarily seen.

00:41A film now can no longer be reviewed by audiences before it is released.

00:51Online trolls have attacked a number of films via the site's audience score system in the past,

00:55including 2017's Star Wars The Last Jedi.

00:58On the other side, Captain Marvel holds an 81% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.

01:02Would you like to know what you really are?

01:08The movie marks the 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,

01:11and it launched to more than $20 million in Thursday night previews.

01:15For more on all things Captain Marvel, head to THR.com.

01:18And be sure to tweet me and let me know if you plan on seeing the film opening weekend.

01:21Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

01:24I'm Tiffany Taylor.