Most people are smarter than the formula of
$$$ = good movie
no $$$ = bad movie.

Otherwise, the best movies ever are the ones which made the most money...

So why give out awards or talk about which movies are the best or our favorites? We may as well just look at the numbers.

It's basically like saying the top-selling CD was the best album that year. Maybe some people are that simple, I don't know.

I do know that I've never seen anyone whose "best movies" list or "best albums" list is the same as the list of top money-makers.
So obviously no one actually thinks that way.