The Last Jedi (2017)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
The Kernel take
The best-reviewed film here (84) also returned the smallest multiple of combined spend (~2.9×) — critical acclaim, commercial success, and audience sentiment all moved independently of each other.
Director track record: Rian Johnson
The Last Jedi (84) ties Looper as Johnson's best-reviewed film to date — this wasn't a director having an off year critically, whatever happened with the audience score.
Lead track record: Daisy Ridley
The Last Jedi (84) is by far Daisy Ridley's best-reviewed film — more than 22 points above her career average, and nothing else in her filmography comes close.
Box office
Budget $262M · Marketing $190M · Box office $1,322.6M
A -67.5% second-weekend drop is among the steepest of any Star Wars release — ticket sales showed something was off before RT's audience-score controversy ever went public.