mother! (2017)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
The Kernel take
Critics were broadly positive (76, "Generally Positive") but mother! grossed under 1.5× its production budget alone — before marketing or the distributor's cut are even counted. A clear box-office bomb despite the reviews.
Director track record: Darren Aronofsky
mother! (76) actually lands above Aronofsky's own 69-point career average — one of his better-reviewed films, despite bombing at the box office. Critical and commercial performance moved in opposite directions here.
Lead track record: Jennifer Lawrence
mother! (76) is one of Jennifer Lawrence's best-reviewed films — comfortably above her 61.7-point average across 24 films, even though it barely made back its production budget at the box office.
Box office
Budget $30M · Box office $44.5M
A -64.8% second-weekend drop, on top of a shrinking theater count (2,368 down to 106 by weekend 5), confirms the F CinemaScore wasn't a fluke — audiences who saw it opening weekend did not send others.