In all fairness, this is what we get for driving the market into the streaming platform.
Its the only thing they have to measure success, since ticket and dvd sales mean nothing now.
Netflix did the same thing when they spent millions on Amy Shumer and they got rid of the 5 star system.
They know yes, you can hide ratings and reviews that sit on your servers, but you can't hide ticket and dvd sales.
Boondock saints is a good example. Limited theater release, but when dvd sales blew up they knew they had something.
Shot Caller is example of what happens to a good , budget movie now. Forgotten because reviewrs dont think its black enough.