I think that first result was produced when vops extension is not yet loaded. This problems is explained in VOPS documentation. Two possible workarounds:
Add VOPS to shared_preload_libraries list/.
Call vops_initialize() before any access to table with VOPS tiles.
[pgrel@centos01 ~]$ psql -h /pgreltmp/ postgres psql (9.6.2) Type "help" for help.
postgres=# select sum(review_rating) from vops_customer_reviews ; sum
(1 row)
postgres=# select sum(review_rating) from vops_customer_reviews ; sum
2602248 (1 row)