The new Lord of the Rings film is now the third film in the franchise to achieve rotten status on Rotten Tomatoes

The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim is struggling on Rotten Tomatoes. Animated in the traditional Japanese anime style, the film is set relatively early in The Lord of the Rings' timeline, having occurred 183 years before Frodo's adventures. It depicts the war between Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox) and the Dunlendings. Alongside Cox, the film stars Gaia Wise as Héra, Luke Pasqualino as Wulf and Miranda Otto as the narrator, Éowyn.

Despite being a big Lord of the Rings release, Rohirrim is proving to be divisive. Next to 1978 The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), Rohirrim is one of only three Lord of the Rings movies to earn a Rotten Tomatometer score Rotten tomatoes common 52% score. Among top critics, that score drops to just 35%. Despite its low critical score, it secured a 85% on audience-led Popcornmeter. Check out the graph below, which compares the three films with the lowest scores:

What the Rotten Tomatoes score means for the Rohirrim War

The film is not expected to achieve box office success

While RohirrimThe ending of Promises a sequel, its box office results make this unlikely. The film is expect to earn less than $10 million during its first weekend despite its $30 million budget. It should end with the lowest box office results of any film in the franchise's history. Even the 1978 film ended with $30 million at the box office, which would be $151 million today. Common Rated B on CinemaScorealso opens with the lowest rating of any modern Lord of the Rings adaptation:

Without positive responses, the film will likely continue to struggle at the box office. After all, negative reviews have been the most consistent problem. Many critics argue that the story is generic, the animation doesn't fit the narrative, and the entire production seems like a desperate search for money that didn't need to be earned. Our own Rohirrim review was an exception, as Rant' ScreenAlex Harrison gave the film 7 out of 10 stars, saying:

The War of the Rohirrim It's a film I'd be happy to return to. If Warner Bros. continue to exploit this property for all its worth, as it undoubtedly will, I hope they continue to adopt this approach, ideally with less of a mandate for callbacks. It would be nice to see more animators getting the chance to filter this and other franchises through their imaginations.

Our Take on War of the Rohirrim's Rotten Tomatoes Score

This shouldn't be a surprise

Unfortunately, there was little chance of success. The animation style provides a very generic representation that Doesn't fit with the aesthetics of Peter Jackson's films. The War of the RohirrimJackson's trailers have attempted to tie into Jackson's work by showing scenes from older films, but instead they serve as reminders of how different they really are. The film was also released just two months later The Rings of Power season 2 has ended. With an abundance of The Lord of the Rings available content, War of the Rohirrim it simply couldn't be the spectacle that Warner Bros. created.

Source: Rotten tomatoes