The Whale (2022)
Drama
60Kernel Score — Mixed or Average, 57 reviews
The Kernel take
The Whale turned a $3M budget into $57.6M — one of the best returns in this dataset — despite the most divided critical reception (60) of any Aronofsky film in over a decade.
Director track record: Darren Aronofsky
The Whale (60) sits noticeably below Aronofsky's 69-point career average — his most divisive reviews in over a decade, even as it revived Brendan Fraser's career and became one of A24's biggest specialty hits.
Box office
Budget $3M · Box office $57.6M