Knives Out (2019)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
82Kernel Score — Universal Acclaim, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
Universal acclaim and an 82 Metascore justify the $40M budget handily: Knives Out has grossed nearly $313M worldwide, making it a rare whodunit that cracked the mainstream. Critic and commercial success aligned here.
Director track record: Rian Johnson
Knives Out (82) sits well above Rian Johnson's own 69.5-point average across his other scored films — a career-best for the director, though it trails Looper's 84.
Lead track record: Daniel Craig
Knives Out (82) sits well above Daniel Craig's own 58.5-point average across his other 23 scored films — his best-reviewed work to date, in a filmography that has skewed toward Skyfall's 81 until now.
Box office
Budget $40M · Box office $312.9M