Big Hero 6 (2014)
Adventure, Family, Animation, Action, Comedy
74Kernel Score — Generally Favorable, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A 74 Metascore on a $165M budget that's grossed nearly $658M worldwide suggests Disney found the sweet spot between critical approval and commercial appetite—a rare alignment in tent-pole animation.
Director track record: Chris Williams
Big Hero 6 (74) sits above Chris Williams's own 70.5-point average across his other scored films, though it trails The Sea Beast (74) as his best-reviewed work to date.
Lead track record: Scott Adsit
Scott Adsit's voice work here (74) towers 23.4 points above his 50.6-point average across 14 other scored films, marking his best-reviewed credit and a stark outlier in a largely modest filmography.
Box office
Budget $165M · Box office $657.9M