© Courtesy of WKRN Nashville Year in Review: Highest-grossing film of 2022
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The 2022 roller coaster year in theaters is coming to a close.
From highly anticipated sequels like Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water to new superhero universes like The Batman, 2022 was a year full of anticipation of the known and excitement of the unknown.
As 2022 draws to a close, let's take a look at the latest box office reports.
According to IMDB, these are the highest-grossing films at the domestic box office:
- Top scorer: Maverick ($718,732,821)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($433,145,653)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411,331,607)
- Jurassic World Dominion ($376,009,080)
- Minions: Rise of Gru ($369,500,210)
- Batman ($369,345,583)
- Avatar: Waterway ($358,117,914)
- Thor: Love and Thunder ($343,256,830)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ($190,872,904)
- Black Adam ($167,873,355)
Here are the highest-grossing films in the world:
- Top shooter: Maverick ($1.4 billion)
- Avatar: The Waterway ($1.1 billion)
- Jurassic World Dominion ($1 billion)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($955,775,804)
- Minions: Rise of Gru ($939,433,210)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($808,448,513)
- Batman ($770,836,163)
- Thor: Love and Thunder ($760,928,081)
- Bridge Over Water ($626,571,697)
- Moon Man ($460237662)
Characteristic observations
Top Gun: Maverick grossed the most both domestically and internationally, becoming not only the highest-grossing film of 2022, but also the highest-grossing film of Tom Cruise's career.
Credit also has to go to James Cameron's Avatar: The Last Airbender for making $1.1 billion worldwide after hitting theaters just two weeks after its mid-December release. Avatar: The Last Airbender was also the fourth film released after the COVID-19 pandemic to gross over $1 billion, the others being Spider-Man: No Way Home, Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World period.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) appears to be a very reliable source of revenue, with three films ranking in the top ten national and worldwide grosses. The MCU is currently expected to release three films in 2023: Ant-Man and Ace: Quantum of Solace, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and The Incredibles.
All top 10 films, both domestic and global, are based on pre-existing intellectual property (IP). Additionally, eight of the top ten films at the box office in the country are direct sequels to previous films.
Black Adam managed to gross $1.67 million domestically despite negative reviews from critics. It's been a tumultuous year for the DC Universe, and no one knows what will happen. James Gunn and Peter Saffron have been appointed as directors of DC Studios following the merger from Warner Bros. and Discovery, and they seem to clean up the director's and creator's previous work; their most notable move so far was confirmation that Henry Cavill was exiting as Superman, as DC's new management hoped to take the character in a new direction.
It seems that the current trend for movies is to adapt a movie title by writing the title followed by a colon followed by a fancy sentence.
What will happen in 2023?
As mentioned above, the MCU is expected to release three films in 2023.
Horror film company Blumhouse Productions is making a film called M3GAN (pronounced "Megan"), in which Allison Williams plays a robotic expert who uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN (short for Model 3 Generative Android), a lifelike doll, to become the best child to be. . parents best friend and ally. However, things don't go as planned when Williams' character turns to M3GAN for help for his recently orphaned nephew, who lost his parents in a car accident. M3GAN will be released on January 6th.
John Wick: Chapter 4 was released on March 24. Starring Keanu Reeves, this film appears to continue the complex saga of its deadly namesake.
Super Mario Bros. Movies opens in theaters on April 7 with an ensemble cast that includes Chris Pratt as the voice of Mario. Of course, it would be hard to see Mario voiced by anyone other than Charles Martin, but this film is sure to delight Nintendo fans everywhere.
Indiana Jones and Dial of Fate hits theaters June 30. The fifth installment in the Indiana Jones franchise, Fate Dial will be the first Indiana Jones film not to be directed by Steven Spielberg. Instead, James Mangold, director of Logan and Ford. V. Gerary will take the director's chair. 15 years after the disappointing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it's hard to say whether this film will be as good as fans hope. However, the new Indiana Jones film with Harrison Ford is sure to keep moviegoers dreaming.
Director Christopher Nolan returns to the big screen with Oppenheimer. Not much is known about the film except that it involves a nuclear bomb and an ensemble cast. Catch it in theaters on July 21.
What did Oppenheimer put on screen on July 21? Of course none other than Barbie! Very little storyline has been released at this point regarding the Greta Gerwig film arc, but if you need more reasons to check out this film, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling star as Barbie and Ken.
Clearly, 2023 seems to have a movie for everyone. See you at the cinema!
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