FILMCHATTER

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

On the air since April 2022

425Films
308Episodes
337Hours of talk
1 yrsAvg. film age

LATELY

Recently covered

AnimolOct 29, 2026Is ANIMOL a breakout success? With ASHLEY WALTERS
GhostsOct 22, 2026Will Mark lose his head over the GHOSTS film? with Jim Howick & Laurence Rickard
WhalefallOct 15, 2026JOSH BROLIN and AUSTIN ABRAMS talk Whalefall
The UprisingOct 8, 2026Is THE UPRISING revolutionary or revolting? + PAUL GREENGRASS
DiggerOct 1, 2026Does Mark dig Digger? + AARON SORKIN
WeaponsSep 17, 2026Does RESIDENT EVIL equal WEAPONS? + JULIETTE BINOCHE

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Milestones

First filmCabaretMay 6, 2022
50th filmMoonage DaydreamSep 16, 2022
100th filmPiggyJan 6, 2023
250th filmWhat Happens LaterDec 15, 2023
LatestAnimolOct 29, 2026

WHO'S IN IT

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BY THE NUMBERS

How the films rate on TMDB

Median 6.8 out of 10 · 386 films with 50+ votes
2.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 1 film133.5 to 4.0: 0 films4.0 to 4.5: 1 film144.5 to 5.0: 7 films75.0 to 5.5: 5 films555.5 to 6.0: 29 films296.0 to 6.5: 79 films7966.5 to 7.0: 117 films1177.0 to 7.5: 96 films9677.5 to 8.0: 42 films428.0 to 8.5: 8 films888.5 to 9.0: 1 film19.0 to 9.5: 0 films92.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 1 film133.5 to 4.0: 0 films4.0 to 4.5: 1 film144.5 to 5.0: 7 films75.0 to 5.5: 5 films555.5 to 6.0: 29 films296.0 to 6.5: 79 films7966.5 to 7.0: 117 films1177.0 to 7.5: 96 films9677.5 to 8.0: 42 films428.0 to 8.5: 8 films888.5 to 9.0: 1 film19.0 to 9.5: 0 films9

Highest rated on TMDB

Project Hail Mary★ 8.6 / 10 · 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day★ 8.5 / 10 · 2026
The Wild Robot★ 8.3 / 10 · 2024

Lowest rated on TMDB

Melania★ 3.4 / 10 · 2026
Snow White★ 4.2 / 10 · 2025
The American Society of Magical Negroes★ 4.7 / 10 · 2024

Box office

A hit grossed 2.5× its budget. A flop grossed less than its budget.
$51.3BWorldwide gross
$19.9BCombined budgets
37% hits30% flops · 33% in between

Biggest hits

Spider-Man: Brand New Day$2.5B on a $225M budget
Avatar: The Way of Water$2.3B on a $460M budget
Inside Out 2$1.7B on a $200M budget

Biggest flops

Project Wolf Hunting$0.0M on a $9.0M budget
Cat Person$0.3M on a $12M budget
Alice, Darling$0.1M on a $4.0M budget

THE MIX

74% of the films are American and 141 are from the United Kingdom. 55 aren't in English, mostly French and Japanese. 410 were new releases when covered.

Genres

Drama209
Comedy127
Thriller95
Action74
Horror71
Science Fiction67
Adventure60

Release decades

1950s: 1 film1'50s1960s: 1 film1'60s1970s: 2 films2'70s1980s: 1 film1'80s1990s: 4 films4'90s2000s: 1 film1'00s2010s: 3 films3'10s2020s: 412 films412'20s

Franchises

28 Days/Weeks/Years Later2 of 4 films covered
Avatar2 of 5 films covered
Jurassic Park2 of 7 films covered
Mission: Impossible2 of 8 films covered
X2 of 3 films covered

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