X-Men: First Class (2011)
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
65Kernel Score — Generally Favorable, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A 65 Metascore on a $160M budget isn't the prestige validator studios hope for, though the $353.624M gross suggests audiences were less concerned with critical favor than the numbers look.
Director track record: Matthew Vaughn
X-Men: First Class (65) sits well above Matthew Vaughn's own 55.4-point average across his other 7 scored films — a notable outlier for the director — though it trails his best-reviewed work, Layer Cake (73).
Lead track record: James McAvoy
X-Men: First Class (65) sits above James McAvoy's own 61.9-point average across his other 19 scored films, though it trails his best-reviewed work, Atonement (85).
Box office
Budget $160M · Box office $353.6M