Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Animation, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
The Kernel take
An 87 Metascore ("Universal Acclaim", 98% positive across 50 reviews) matched a genuine box-office hit: $394.9M worldwide on a $90M budget (marketing undisclosed) is roughly 4.4x the budget alone, an unusually strong outcome for an animated film outside the Pixar/Disney mainstream at the time.
Director track record: Bob Persichetti
Into the Spider-Verse is the only directorial credit for Bob Persichetti in this dataset, so there's no career average to weigh it against — the 87 simply stands as one of the best-reviewed animated films of its era.
Lead track record: Shameik Moore
Into the Spider-Verse's 87 is well above Shameik Moore's 60.7-point average across these roles — his best-reviewed credit here, just ahead of Across the Spider-Verse (86).
Box office
Budget $90M · Box office $394.9M
A 5.4x domestic multiplier held up despite a steep -53.5% second-weekend drop, with grosses bouncing back over the winter holidays (week three and week twelve both climbed versus the week before) — durable legs for an animated release built on word of mouth rather than franchise pull alone.