Two years ago, in the midst of a pandemic, the fear of theaters was never to rise again. Fear that persisted even after the reopening, with a slow start. But in 2021, “Spider-Man: No Way Home“and the sequel to James Bond,”No Time to DieThey provided glimmers of hope.
But it was not until this year 2022 that the rooms really restored their billing. And for the first time in a long time, it wasn’t just superheroes that kept the box office going. In fact, the most profitable film of the year that closed was “Top Gun: Maverick“, the sequel to a story that premiered three and a half decades ago, with an imprint that just refers to golden times. And behind the biopic “Elvis”.
Of course, not everything is applause and Hollywood suffered more than one setback. The failure of “lightyear” Y “Strange WorldDisney’s “casts serious doubts about the future of family films in theaters. The US box office grossed $7.4 billion in 2022 according to Comscore, and those sales show a significant drop compared to 2019: 33% below $10.6 billion This decrease is partly due to the fact that the studios released fewer films in 2022, and that many premieres occurred simultaneously with streaming, marking a change in consumption habits.
Disney
The entertainment giant had several box office goals in 2022: “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ($955 million), “Thor: Love and Thunder” ($760 million), “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” ($800 million and counting), “Avatar: The Way of Water“($955 million and counting). But it also ran afoul of high stakes like “Lightyear” (it grossed just $226 million domestically), “Amsterdam” ($31 million),”Strange World” ($54 million), and “Death on the Nile” ($137 million).
In 2019, Disney set records with jaw-dropping blockbusters totaling $7 billion. In 2022, none of his films have reached those volumes, although it is discounted that “Avatar: The Way of Waterwill top $1 billion. And only two other movies this year have managed to reach that milestone, with three Marvel movies on the schedule falling just short.
The studio’s new CEO, Bob Igerit certainly has many adjustments to adjust: in 2022 it scores a series of embarrassing big-budget flops, where it worries that Pixar, the acclaimed factory of children’s films, has not achieved either billing or emotions.
paramount
The study scored the great success of 2022 in theaters: “Top Gun: Maverick”, with a collection of US$1,488 million. And among his successes are also “Sonic 2” (US $ 402 million); “Smile” (US$216 million); “Lost City” (US$190 million); “scream” (US$140 million); and the crazy “jackass forever” (US$ 80 million with minuscule spending). Only “Babylon” (US$5.3 million) is an unappealable flop.
The studio enjoyed a near-perfect run with back-to-back hits across all genres. Paramount appealed to lovers of rom-coms (“The Lost City”), slapstick (“Jackass Forever”) and war action with “Top Gun: Maverick,” the sequel that took decades to develop and became popular far beyond. of the fans of the original, turning Tom Cruise in the new god of the box office: as a producer he understood that some changes are good but that the essence of old-school cinema should not be betrayed, a lesson for the rest of the industry.
sony
He had his hit at the beginning of 2022 with the adaptation of the video game “Uncharted” (US$401 million), and closed the year with Brad Pitt and “Bullet Train” ($293 million). But beyond the event of “The Woman King” ($92 million profit with limited spending), had several low points: the Spider-Man spinoff, “Morbius”, barely raised $167 million; “Father Stu” brought in $21 million; “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” amassed $87 million; and “Devotion” only $17 million.
Sony was unable to replicate the success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, which was released in December 2021, but managed to balance by keeping the budgets of his films under control: “Morbius”, the Marvel vampire movie (with Jared Leto) did not bleed them as it cost 75 million dollars, a smaller amount for a film of the genre. And the studio took some risks that paid off, like Viola Davis’ action epic “The Woman King” and the literary adaptation “Where the Crawdads Sing“.
Universal
He had a billion dollar tank with “Jurassic World Dominion”, and came close with “Minions: The Rise of Gru” ($939 million). And he scored several low-cost box office performers; “The Black Phone” ($161 million), “Ticket to Paradise” ($165 million), “Halloween Ends” ($104 million), and “No” ($171 million). But she collided with “The Northman” ($69 million), “Bros” ($14 million), “She Said” ($10 million), and “The Fabelmans” (US$10.5 million).
Universal went for volume and variety in 2022, releasing movies across a wide range of budgets and genres. And the results were mixed. Franchises like “Jurassic World” and “minions“generated the dollars, propelling the studio to gross more than $3 billion worldwide. And horror movies like “The Black Phone” and “No,” far outperformed investments.
But Universal’s efforts to open up to more adult plots failed to pay dividends. Oscar nominees like “The Fabelmans” (by Steven Spielberg) and “she said” (about the journalists who unmasked Harvey Weinstein) failed despite good reviews.
Warner
With a new corporate leader at Warner Bros. Discovery, the studio embarked on a spree of cost cutting, layoffs and canceled projects. Consequence of the disparate results of 2022, where he had good results with “batman” ($770 million),”Elvis” ($286 million), and “DC League of Super-Pets” ($220 million), but failed with “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” (the prequel to the Harry Potter saga barely grossed $405 million in the United States), and “Black Adam” ($389 million).
“The Batman”, under the orders of the director Matt Reevesfound a new way to enter the oft-told story of the masked avenger, and “Elvis” replicated the triumph of musical biopics like those of Elton John (“Rocket Man”) and Freddie Mercury (“Bohemian Rhapsody”).
But in other lines things did not go as planned: “fantastic animals” seems to have lost its magic, while “Black Adam” scored another flop for DC that already ruled out Dwayne Johnson’s anti-hero, the muscular actor who seemed unbeatable at the box office.
by RN
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