RottenTomatoes.com surveyed hundreds of movie critics to determine the most anticipated movies of the year . . . even though your mother-in-law could’ve just TOLD them it was “Fifty Shades Darker”.  They crunched the numbers, and “Star Wars 8” came out on top, obviously.  The Top Five broke down like this:

1. “Star Wars: Episode Eight”
2. “Blade Runner 2049”
3. “Alien: Covenant”
4. “Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume Two”
5. “War for the Planet of the Apes”

The five most anticipated FAMILY movies are:

1. “The Lego Batman Movie”
2. The live-action “Beauty and the Beast”
3. “Captain Underpants”
4. “A Dog’s Purpose”
5. “Despicable Me 3”

The five most anticipated comic book adaptations are:

1. “Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume Two”
2. The Wolverine movie “Logan”
3. “Wonder Woman”
4. “Spider-Man: Homecoming”
5. “Thor: Ragnarok”

The most anticipated horror movies are:

1. “Alien: Covenant”
2. “It”
3. The M. Night Shyamalan movie “Split”
4. The “Flatliners” sequel
5. “Insidious: Chapter 4”

The most anticipated “reboots” and remakes are:

1. “Kong: Skull Island”
2. “Spider-Man: Homecoming”
3. “Beauty and the Beast”
4. “Murder on the Orient Express”
5. “The Mummy”

They didn’t ask what the LEAST anticipated movies are . . . but “Transformers: The Last Knight” might be a good bet.  That, or the kids movie “The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature”.  There’s also “The Emoji Movie”, and the fifth “Pirates of the Caribbean”.