'Final Destination: Bloodlines' Earns Rotten Tomatoes Score in Franchise History
It's like the old saying goes, the sixth time is the charm. Or, at least it seems to be for the Final Destination movie series.
The marketing blitz ahead of the Friday, May 16, 2025, premiere of Final Destination: Bloodlines generated plenty of buzz around the movie. And if the early returns are any indication, the film has a very good chance of living up to the hype it built.
This marks the sixth installment in the series, and based on the reviews out of the gate, Final Destination: Bloodlines could prove to be the most popular film of the bunch.
Although it's early, the film, starring Tony Todd, Brec Bassinger and Richard Harmon among others, has earned high marks from both critics and fans on Rotten Tomatoes. It currently has 108 critic reviews with an impressive score of 93% and over 500 fan reviews, earning an 89% rating on the Popcornmeter.
As impressive as those marks are, as Collider detailed, they check in as far and away the highest received by any film in the Final Destination series.
For comparison's sake, the debut film of the franchise, Final Destination, received a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 40%. Although Final Destination 2 was slightly better at 52%, the ratings fell to 44% for Final Destination 3 and 28% for the fourth film. Following a bounceback showing for Final Destination 5, earning a score of 63%, it seems the series may have found its groove, even with nearly a 14-year gap between the fifth and sixth installments.
Even if Final Destination: Bloodlines were to hypothetically take a significant tumble in ratings, the movie is primed to remain the highest-rated in series history, and it likely won't even be close.
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