Percy Jackson & Olympians’ Audience Score Reveals People Love Disney Show More Than Movies

Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians has earned a higher Rotten Tomatoes audience score than the rest of the franchise. The live-action show, which stars Walker Scobell as the titular son of Poseidon, is a new adaptation of the young adult book series of the same name by Rick Riordan. The series was previously adapted into a pair of movies starring Logan Lerman, namely 2010’s Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief and 2013’s Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

Now that the two Percy Jackson and the Olympians premiere episodes have aired on Disney+ (with the first also being available on Hulu), Rotten Tomatoes has been able to aggregate an audience score for the show thanks to over 1,000 user ratings. While the score will fluctuate as the season continues, it is currently 91%, the highest of the franchise by a significant margin, perfectly aligning with the best-ever critic score it earned earlier in the month. Check out a comparison between the critic and audience scores for the Percy Jackson franchise below:

More to come…

Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Based on the novel series by Rick Riordan Percy Jackson & the Olympians is an action-adventure fantasy television series created for Disney+. When Percy Jackson is framed for the theft of Zeus’ almighty thunderbolt, Percy must clear his name, all while harnessing the powers inherited by his father, Poseidon, at a camp created for demi-gods.

Release Date

December 20, 2023

Cast

Walker Scobell , Leah Sava Jeffries , Aryan Simhadri , Jason Mantzoukas , Megan Mullally , Glynn Turman , Adam Copeland , Virginia Kull , Lance Reddick

Genres

Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Rating

TV-PG

Seasons

1

Story By

Rick Riordan

Writers

Rick Riordan , Jonathan E. Steinberg

Streaming Service(s)

Disney Plus

Franchise(s)

Percy Jackson & The Olympians

Directors

James Bobin , Anders Engström

Showrunner

Jonathan E. Steinberg , Dan Shotz