A red tomato with “certified fresh” written in a yellow banner around it means that over 75% of critical reviews were positive, and at least five of those positive reviews have come from “top critics” ...

While “fresh,” “rotten,” and “certified fresh” will continue to refer to professional reviewers vetted by Rotten Tomatoes, their audience score will now take on popcorn terminology ...

Rotten Tomatoes' audience scores have now become part of the Popcornmeter. Audience scores of 90% and above that meet certain criteria can earn movies Verified Hot badges on the review aggregator ...

Rotten Tomatoes’ new Popcornmeter is hard at work with one surprising movie, Unsung Hero, at 99% from audiences.

Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango today though are rolling out a new rating that could address that and give truly popular movies a much needed word-of-mouth boost. It’s called “Verified Hot.” ...