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The Original Exorcist Leads Franchise Ranking With a 78% Rotten Tomatoes Score
A ranking of five Exorcist films puts the 1973 original first by Rotten Tomatoes score.
The original, directed by William Friedkin, follows a girl whose mother turns to two priests after medical treatment cannot explain her condition.
The Exorcist III ranks second with 60%, followed by Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist at 29%, The Exorcist: Believer at 22% and Exorcist: The Beginning at 10%.
The scores range from 78% to 10% across the films listed.
The ranking comes as Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist: Martyrs is on the way, with Scarlett Johansson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Leguizamo and Sasha Calle among its cast.
The new film’s release date is not given.
The 1973 film The Exorcist ranks first among the franchise films listed, with a 78% Rotten Tomatoes score.
The ranking was published by Koimoi on October 13, 2026.
The Exorcist III (1990) ranks second with 60%.
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005) ranks third with 29%.
The Exorcist: Believer (2023) ranks fourth with 22%, while Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) ranks fifth with 10%.
- Who
- The Exorcist franchise films are ranked by Koimoi.
- What
- The 1973 original leads the ranking with a 78% Rotten Tomatoes score.
- When
- The article was published on October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- The article compares franchise films by their Rotten Tomatoes scores ahead of the planned The Exorcist: Martyrs.
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- Top-ranked film
- The Exorcist (1973)
- Rotten Tomatoes score
- 78%
- Second place
- The Exorcist III (1990), 60%
- Third place
- Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005), 29%
- Fourth place
- The Exorcist: Believer (2023), 22%
- Fifth place
- Exorcist: The Beginning (2004), 10%
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