Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
67Kernel Score — Generally Favorable, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A 67 Metascore on a $460M budget represents a cautious critical reception for what's already the second-highest-grossing film ever made; the $2.3B+ haul suggests audiences were far less conflicted than critics.
Director track record: James Cameron
Avatar: The Way of Water trails James Cameron's best-reviewed work, The Terminator (84), sitting right at his 67.3-point average across 12 scored films—a middle ground in a director's filmography defined by peaks and valleys.
Lead track record: Sam Worthington
Sam Worthington's 67 Metascore marks a career high relative to his 50.7-point average across 19 scored films, though it still falls short of his best-reviewed performance in Somersault (73).
Box office
Budget $460M · Box office $2,334.5M