My main movie group wants to go watch this movie, while they declined a trip to the Flash 2 months ago. Both decisions were made due to a Rotten Tomato score.
God, I come before you here today. Humble and Humiliated. To ask you for one thing: Please Kill Rotten Tomatoes.
Guesstimated Tickets Sold for Hollywood Blockbusters
Barbie ~ 6.7M
Transformers: ROTB ~ 17M
Across the Spider-Verse ~ 10M
The Flash ~ 5M
Elemental ~ 3M
Indiana Jones ~ 622k
GOTG 3 ~ 16.35M
This is back when physical media sales were still strong, when television was at its peak, and things like Blockbusters were still a viable business.
Shawshank Redemption was Massive hit in that regard, despite bombing out in theaters.
Writers used to know how to write dialogue for actual human beings instead of a social media addict.
Directors used to let the music/silence and scenery sink in first, instead of moving the movie along to get the plot moving.
Youtube "Critics" like Cinemasins have also created a negative effect on movies.