Talk to Me (2023)
Horror
The Kernel take
A 76 Metascore ("Generally Favorable", 93% positive across 44 reviews) came on a tiny $4.25M budget (marketing undisclosed) — the film's $91.96M worldwide gross is roughly 21.6x the budget alone, an enormous multiple that made this one of the most profitable horror films of its year.
Director track record: Danny Philippou
Talk to Me's 76 is almost identical to Danny Philippou's only other feature in this list, Bring Her Back (75) — a remarkably consistent track record across just two films.
Lead track record: Sophie Wilde
Talk to Me's 76 sits right around Sophie Wilde's 77-point average across her other two listed roles (Babygirl 79, Bring Her Back 75) — a consistently well-reviewed run so far.
Box office
Budget $4.3M · Box office $92M
A 4.6x domestic multiplier and just a -39.4% second-weekend drop are unusually strong holds for a horror film, a genre that typically front-loads hard on opening weekend — word of mouth clearly kept audiences coming back.