Fandango can't be trusted to give an unbiased rating because they're trying to sell you tickets to the movie. On the other hand, movie studios have a lot to ga

Fandango can't be trusted to give an unbiased rating because they're trying to sell you tickets to the movie. On the other hand, movie studios have a lot to gain by gaming sites such as IMDB and rotten tomatoes while these sites wouldn't exist if their users knew their ratings were paid for. As others have pointed out, I have noticed that movies tend to be very highly rated on IMDB during the first week or two of a movie being released to theaters. With the amount of money on the line I wouldn't be surprised if movie studios were creating fake accounts and reviews on a massive scale in an effort to generate positive ratings, especially if review sites aren't accepting the movie studio's money to fake the rating.