Anyone but You (2023)
Romance, Comedy
The Kernel take
A 52 Kernel Score ("Mixed or Average"), with a mostly mixed critical spread (58% mixed, 38% positive), didn't stop Anyone but You from becoming a sleeper hit, returning roughly 8.8× its reported $25M budget (marketing spend undisclosed) — a clear case of audience word-of-mouth outperforming critical reception.
Director track record: Will Gluck
Anyone but You's 52 is right around Will Gluck's 49-point career average across these films — well below his best (Easy A, 72) but ahead of Annie (33) and Fired Up! (31).
Lead track record: Sydney Sweeney
Anyone but You (52) sits right around Sydney Sweeney's 53-point average across these roles — not a standout for her critically, well below Reality (84) but well above Madame Web (26).
Box office
Budget $25M · Box office $220.3M
Anyone but You actually grew +45.8% in its second week and grew again in week three (its true peak), rather than dropping — the opposite of the typical front-loaded wide-release pattern. A 14.7× domestic-to-opening-week multiplier is enormous, driven by a slow-building word-of-mouth run over the holidays that most studio comedies never get.