Ranking October 2016's Movies - From Worst To Best
7. Doctor Strange
RottenTomatoes Score: 90% (7.3/10)
Box Office: Marvel's latest $165 million "gamble" on a niche superhero made back over half its budget in its opening weekend internationally, and once it's opened in North America, it'll be an absolutely rock solid hit.
Verdict: Doctor Strange may not reinvent the Marvel formula as much as some may hope for, but it still does a terrific job introducing magic to the MCU, driven by a cracking lead turn by Benedict Cumberbatch and some eye-meltingly gorgeous visuals.
Touting a slightly more developed villain than some of the MCU's lesser entries and refusing to double down on a potential cliched romance (instead ditching it entirely), Doctor Strange rejects some of the franchise's more common flaws even if it's still fairly beholden to a well-worn template.
It's mid-tier MCU overall, and absolutely rock solid as a result.