Cinderella (1950)
Family, Fantasy, Animation, Romance
85Kernel Score — Universal Acclaim, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
Universal acclaim at 85 Metascore on a $2.9M budget that returned $263.6M worldwide is the kind of outlier economics that defines a studio era hit. Disney's animation division had cracked the code.
Director track record: Clyde Geronimi
Cinderella (85) sits well above Clyde Geronimi's own 74.1-point average across 8 other scored films — a +10.9 delta that marks one of his best-reviewed works, though it trails Sleeping Beauty's matching 85 score.
Box office
Budget $2.9M · Box office $263.6M