Deep Water (2026)
Horror, Thriller
The Kernel take
A 53 Metascore ("Mixed or Average" across a comparatively thin 16 reviews) wasn't the problem — the real story is box office: on a reported $40M budget, Deep Water grossed just $5.31M worldwide, recovering only about 13% of its production cost before any marketing spend, making it one of the clearest outright flops in this set.
Director track record: Renny Harlin
Deep Water (53) comes in well above Renny Harlin's 38.7-point average across these 23 scored films, though still below his career peak, Die Hard 2 (67).
Lead track record: Aaron Eckhart
Deep Water (53) lands almost exactly at Aaron Eckhart's 53.5-point average across these 21 scored credits, far from his career-best, In the Company of Men (80).
Box office
Budget $40M · Box office $5.3M
A -60.0% second-weekend drop and a modest 2.1× domestic multiplier reflect a film that never found an audience beyond its opening frame.