Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
75Kernel Score — Generally Favorable, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A Metascore of 75 on a $102M budget justified itself five times over: $517.779M worldwide represents the kind of box-office muscle that studio tentpoles dream of, even accounting for inflation and re-releases.
Director track record: James Cameron
Terminator 2 (75) sits well above James Cameron's own 66.5-point average across 12 scored films — a career-high achievement, though it trails his best-reviewed work, The Terminator (84).
Lead track record: Arnold Schwarzenegger
The film vaults Arnold Schwarzenegger's reputation: a 75 score represents a +25.3 delta above his 49.7-point average across 26 scored films, yet it falls short of his own peak, The Terminator (84).
Box office
Budget $102M · Box office $517.8M