Housefull 2 crosses 100 crore mark but IMDB score is quite low!!

Housefull 2 might have crossed 100 crore mark, but it has not only got poor reviews from critics nationwide, also its IMDB rating is mere 5.3 at this juncture. 100 Crore mark is an undeniable symbol of acceptance from its audience, especially for a movie which wasn't released on any festive occasion, didn't have any long weekend, had tough competition with IPL and regional movies, and most importantly none of the lead actors in the movie had crossed 100 crore mark before. It has entered 4th week, a rare phenomenon for movies these days, and as per exhibitors it is still going strong. But then why IMDB rating is so low??

Does this rating mean that movie isn't good?Lets analyze these ratings. 450 out of 1279 votes given to this movie is 5 or below, but if we read the reviews then 5/10 could mean a 'decent-attempt' from someone and 'rubbish' from another. This concludes an obvious that - people not only have different tastes, preference, and expectation but also different metrics, measures, experience, and expertise in reviewing/rating. Some people may review the movie for fun factor, some for its technical achievements, and some for the performance of their favorite/most-despicable actor, which means that IMDB ratings is certainly not an indication of the quality of the movie on its own.

Why do we look at these ratings?There could be number of reason why people may not like even a highly rated movie like 'The Dark Knight' too. Off course we all know that, but then why do we look at these ratings? Some of us see these ratings to just solidify our gut feeling as we probably would have made our mind (that we want to watch this movie or not) before and some of us judge the movie's quality on the basis of its IMDB rating and then decides whether to watch it or not. There could be other reasons as well, but what does IMDB ratings mean on its own?

What does these ratings mean?Important question indeed! These ratings are mere indication of 'X number of visitors on this website shares common taste in this movie to Y extent', with X being the number of votes and Y being its final rating. People who called this movie a trash would argue that movie deserves low rating, but others who have loved it would certainly disagree. 'The Dark Knight' got more 17 thousand votes of 1 out of 10 but critics gave it excellant ratings. Should we just ignore these 1's because of our prejudice and say ratings from these people don't mean much, just because we don't agree with them? Because the same argument would apply for 'Housefull 2' as well!!