Honest Trailer - Gotti
Click to viewCheck out the poor man's Godfather that tried to manipulate its Rotten Tomatoes score to get people to see it before getting called out on it by the actual Screen Junkies crew when it was released:
Look how many users left a rating for Gotti. Now look at how many left one for Incredibles 2. These numbers shouldn't be on par with each other. Incredibles 2 did over 100 times the business Gotti did - and opened in 3500 more theaters. pic.twitter.com/oeVFrhnNvv
- Dan Murrell (@MurrellDan) June 19, 2018
For comparison, the film Beirut opened in a similar number of theaters, to a similar amount at the box office. Total user ratings: 708 over two months. Just over 10% what Gotti has received in four days. pic.twitter.com/kvo4a9ETSP
- Dan Murrell (@MurrellDan) June 19, 2018
Maybe Gotti has a really outsized, passionate fanbase that loved the film an abnormal amount. But it's also possible these numbers are being goosed. Just a reminder that ratings aren't everything, and should always be taken with a grain of salt. Or a shaker of salt, in this case
- Dan Murrell (@MurrellDan) June 19, 2018
Source 1, 2 (beginning of tweet thread)