Well, it’s a little bit over average, isn’t it ? What are the figures for IV-V-VI ? (in order to normalize the results, we will consider V to be 100%).
edit:
Rotten tomatoes:
IV: 94/96
V: 94/97
VI: 80/94
IMDB:
IV: 87
V: 88
VI: 84
VII: 84
So, if you normalize if V taken as 100%:
I : 74
II : 76
III: 86
IV : 99
V : 100
VI : 95
VII: 95
So, yeah: people do prefer the OT (and OT related, i.e. Ep VII), but they also like the PT.