We need to talk about the Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score


Very strange goings on.

................................IMDB.....RT/audience
TFA .........................7.9............86%
TLJ ..........................7.0...........43%
RoS..........................6.9...........86%
Rogue One..............7.8...........86%
Solo.........................6.9...........63%

At first glance Solo seems to have a somewhat high RT score compared to its IMDB score. But remember that the RT score is measuring something different to the IMDB score. It measures how many people thought the film was at least OK, not the average rating. For example 18% of IMDB users rated TLJ lower than 5/10 compared to only 8% for Solo, despite Solo having a lower average score. However TLJ and RoS have similar distributions, with 15% rating RoS lower than 5/10.

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I've seen a video detailing that 86% for TFA, which was earned, but then passed onto TROS by the manipulators. I believe the score for Rogue One was earned too, however. Disney and Lucasfilm will do anything to get bums on seats in the cinemas.

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