Fandango can&#x27;t be trusted to give an unbiased rating because they&#x27;re trying to sell you tickets to the movie.<p>On the other hand, movie studios have a lot to gain by gaming sites such as IMDB and rotten tomatoes while these sites wouldn&#x27;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&#x27;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&#x27;t accepting the movie studio&#x27;s money to fake the rating.