While there’s no way to know before the film’s release how “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” will stack up to its franchise counterparts, we can make educated guesses regarding its potential Rotten Tomatoes ranking.
Ahead of the feature’s long-awaited cinematic debut, it’s sitting at a 61% critical score with 105 reviews, so at this point, it’s considered the worst of the bunch by critics. That could change after it releases, but it has an uphill battle to fight if it wants to overtake the 77% score held by the current last place feature, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” At the same time, the real question is, how will “Dial of Destiny” fare with general audiences compared to the four films that came before it?
More than likely, if other beloved legacy franchises are of any indication, the latest “Indiana Jones” movie won’t overtake any of the “sacred” originals — “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” Although, “Crystal Skull” is where things get tricky. Either fans will adore “Dial of Destiny” and hail it as an improvement over “Crystal Skull” (think the response to “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” compared to that of 2016’s “Ghostbusters), or it’ll make fans appreciate the 2008 film more for one reason or another (think the “Star Wars” prequel revisionism in the wake of the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy’s completion).
We’ll just have to wait and see how “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” performs on Rotten Tomatoes when the film opens on June 30.
