Rotten Tomatoes Announces New "Verified Hot" Audience Badge And Changes To Critic/Audience Scores

Rotten Tomatoes Announces New "Verified Hot" Audience Badge And Changes To Critic/Audience Scores

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes has announces some updates, including a new "Verified Hot" designation that will complement the site's "Certified Fresh" rating...

By MarkCassidy - Aug 21, 2024 03:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool & Wolverine

While it's certainly true that a lot of people pay little to no attention to Rotten Tomatoes, the review aggregator remains “the world’s most trusted destination for entertainment reviews and recommendations,” and the site has now implemented some key updates to its system which will also change the way movie's RT scores are reported on.

First and foremost, RT has launched a new "Verified Hot" designation, which will serve as the audience equivalent of the Certified Fresh Tomatometer badge.

"For more than 25 years, critics have been at the very core of Rotten Tomatoes – and that’s not changing. But, starting today, movies that score higher than 90% with verified* audiences will be granted the elevated status of “Verified Hot.” (*What counts as a “verified” review? An audience rating or review is considered “verified” when Rotten Tomatoes can confirm that the person rating the film has purchased a ticket to that film on Fandango.)

Verified Hot is to the Popcornmeter and audience reviews what Certified Fresh is to the Tomatometer and critic reviews – an elevated status that celebrates the most beloved titles on Rotten Tomatoes."

Recent Verified Hot movies now include Deadpool & Wolverine, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Fly Me to the Moon, Inside Out 2, Twisters and It Ends with Us. From Wednesday on, if you visit the site you will see a full red popcorn bucket with a ‘Hot’ label if 60% or more of the audience rates the title with 3.5 stars or higher, while a green tipped-over popcorn bucket will now be labeled ‘Stale,’ when less than 60% of the audience provides a rating of 3.5 stars or higher.

In addition, the thresholds that dictate when Tomatometer and Popcornmeter scores show up have been altered to "provide a more accurate reflection of critical and audience sentiment."

A lot of sites tend to report on initial RT scores after only a handful of verdicts have been added, but the thresholds for when Tomatometer and Popcornmeter scores populate will now be based on domestic box office projections.

"As more critics and audiences contribute their reviews to Rotten Tomatoes, it’s clear that scores need more time to marinate before they populate. That’s why we’re introducing review thresholds: Both the Tomatometer and the Popcornmeter will need to meet a new minimum number of reviews added to RT before movies’ scores will populate. The threshold for each new release will be determined by its total domestic box office forecast provided by an independent outside source.

Rotten Tomatoes scores are and always have been living documents – they fluctuate as critics and audiences continue adding their reviews. Our new thresholds will allow time for critic reviews and verified audience reviews for new releases to be added to Rotten Tomatoes before scores appear on the site."

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Lisa89
Lisa89 - 8/21/2024, 3:48 PM
So, less tomato imagery on Rotten Tomatoes. Brilliant.
MapleTheSyrup
MapleTheSyrup - 8/21/2024, 3:52 PM
@Lisa89 - that's not what it says. Only audience scores can be hot. Critiv reviews are still tomatoes
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 8/21/2024, 3:56 PM
@MapleTheSyrup - Yes. Exactly. Less tomato imagery. Precisely what I wrote. Well done.
TheCoonII
TheCoonII - 8/21/2024, 4:02 PM
@Lisa89 - good it takes more power away from the corrupt CBM hating critics
Luigi
Luigi - 8/21/2024, 4:47 PM
@TheCoonII - Aquaman 2, Black Adam, Shazam, The Flash and Quantamania all have over 80% audience scores. Space Jam 2 is higher than Uncut Jems. There's a reason people don't take audience scores seriously.
HistoryofMatt
HistoryofMatt - 8/21/2024, 4:49 PM
@Luigi - Still more honest and forthright in the end than the bought and paid-for critics reviews.
TheCoonII
TheCoonII - 8/21/2024, 5:08 PM
@Luigi - well they shouldn’t take critic scores seriously cause they’ve been unfair to comic book movies
TheRogue
TheRogue - 8/21/2024, 5:54 PM
@HistoryofMatt - Nah bs. Most of them are hick fanboys that upvote all stuff no matter how bad they are. Man people are naive these days.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 8/21/2024, 6:04 PM
@TheCoonII - Does it give it back to us...the people?

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/21/2024, 7:13 PM
@TheCoonII - Rotten Tomatoes is an aggregate to trick people into watching garbage. They arent a rating system, all you have to do is mark your review as a 60% or higher and mark it fresh. If you're using RT to find a good movie you're doing it wrong. IMDB is my preference and mostly falls in line with how I feel. Literally anything other than RT is a better choice, but it's easier to peddle trash and hide for studios this way lol
TheCoonII
TheCoonII - 8/21/2024, 9:45 PM
@bobevanz - i support whatever helps to flood the market with comic book movies
MapleTheSyrup
MapleTheSyrup - 8/21/2024, 11:55 PM
@Lisa89 - audience scores already didn't have tomatoes is my point. But good job being a smarta$$
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/22/2024, 8:48 AM
@Lisa89 - But the audience scores never had tomatoes. And the critic scores aren't replacing tomatoes with popcorn. They are staying tomatoes.

So, how is it LESS tomatoes if no tomatoes are being removed? It isn't less, it's the same amount.
Humperdink
Humperdink - 8/22/2024, 8:53 AM
@Lisa89 -

"Less tomato imagery."

It's exactly the same amount of tomato imagery as before. Nothing was added or taken away.
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 8/22/2024, 10:49 AM
@Humperdink - @CorndogBurglar - @MapleTheSyrup -

They had a golden opportunity to replace the popcorn imagery (why does spilled popcorn represent stale popcorn, anyway?) with tomato imagery and they failed.

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CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/22/2024, 4:09 PM
@Lisa89 - That I agree with. But it still isn't less tomatoes.
TheClungerine
TheClungerine - 8/21/2024, 4:05 PM
Time for studios to start bribing the audience 💰💸
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/21/2024, 4:07 PM
This is gonna be a popular tattoo isn't it?
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/21/2024, 4:08 PM
perfect tramp stamp, lol, 'Verified Hot!'.
Itwasme
Itwasme - 8/21/2024, 4:07 PM
I like verifying the audience reviews, but would like for them to have more ticketing partners involved. Still Fandango is likely a large enough sample size.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 8/21/2024, 4:14 PM
@Itwasme

Who uses Fandango to order tickets? I haven't used them in like 20 years.
Itwasme
Itwasme - 8/21/2024, 4:40 PM
@regularmovieguy - I assume they are big enough to partner with on this, but I'd like to see them branch out because to your point, ticketers can come and go.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/21/2024, 7:14 PM
@regularmovieguy - that's like using movietickets.com lol
McMurdo
McMurdo - 8/21/2024, 10:38 PM
@Itwasme - yeah right now it sounds like an advertisement for Fandango
BackwardGalaxy
BackwardGalaxy - 8/21/2024, 4:30 PM
"In response to review bombing, we are trying something new."
Forthas
Forthas - 8/21/2024, 4:30 PM
They should have made it certified Salsa!

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JFerguson
JFerguson - 8/21/2024, 4:51 PM
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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/21/2024, 4:53 PM
Ok , cool I guess…

Do they have any plan to stop the pathetic review bombers though in regards to the shows audience scores (I know they are saying they will verify audience scores for movies through Fandango if the person has bought a ticket which still seems a bit flawed to me)?.

If so then they can make as many changes as they want.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 8/21/2024, 5:07 PM
RT's system is flawed, but I will always generally put more stock on the critics score than the audience one.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/21/2024, 7:15 PM
@FinnishDude - as you should, they get paid for a reason lol
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 8/21/2024, 5:27 PM
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TheRogue
TheRogue - 8/21/2024, 5:55 PM
@Nomis929 - See I feel like 14 percent isnt honest.I know people dont like it, but 14 percent. Come on.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/21/2024, 7:08 PM
@TheRogue - that doesn't mean the rating is a 14, it means 14% of people rated it a 60% or higher and marked it fresh
McMurdo
McMurdo - 8/21/2024, 10:38 PM
@TheRogue - yeah shoulda been 13 % ;)
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 8/21/2024, 5:49 PM
Why keep the name, then?
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 8/21/2024, 5:56 PM
Rotten Tomatoes guys: This oughta fix our credibility
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Moriakum
Moriakum - 8/21/2024, 6:16 PM
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billnye69
billnye69 - 8/21/2024, 6:27 PM
There's only one opinion that matters when I watch a movie and it's mine.
Razorface1
Razorface1 - 8/21/2024, 7:26 PM
@billnye69 - kinda egocentric, isnt it?
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