Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Adventure, Fantasy
63Kernel Score — Generally Favorable, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A 63 Metascore on a $100M budget is respectable enough, though the film's $876.688M haul suggests audiences were far more enthusiastic than critics.
Director track record: Chris Columbus
Chamber of Secrets (63) sits well above Chris Columbus's own 48-point average across 14 scored films — a significant outlier in his filmography — though it trails his best work, Home Alone (63).
Lead track record: Daniel Radcliffe
Chamber of Secrets (63) sits below Daniel Radcliffe's own 65.4-point average across 18 scored films, and falls well short of his best-reviewed work, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (85).
Box office
Budget $100M · Box office $876.7M