Ready Player One (2018)
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
64Kernel Score — Generally Favorable, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A $175M spectacle that pulled in $607M worldwide, Ready Player One earned a respectable 64 Metascore—solidly profitable, if not quite the critical darling its budget might have demanded.
Director track record: Steven Spielberg
Ready Player One's 64 Metascore trails Steven Spielberg's 70.2-point average across 27 scored films, falling 6.2 points below his established standard and well short of his best-reviewed work, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (92).
Lead track record: Tye Sheridan
Tye Sheridan's 64 Metascore stands 10 points above his 54-point average across 15 scored films, marking a career-best showing for the actor—though it still trails his highest-reviewed work, The Tree of Life (85).
Box office
Budget $175M · Box office $607.3M