top 10 movies 2022
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1.Top Gun:Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick was highly anticipated by movie theater executives and created a buzz at CinemaCon 2022 in April. The film had a successful preview period, earning $19.2 million in domestic previews, the highest gross in Paramount Pictures' history and the highest grossing Memorial Day preview ever. Its opening weekend was also a record-breaking success, earning $126.7 million domestically and breaking the 15-year record previously held by Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End for the biggest Memorial Day weekend of all time. This marked Tom Cruise's first film with a $100 million+ opening weekend and nearly doubled his previous best opening weekend with War of the Worlds in 2005 ($64.8 million). Top Gun: Maverick also had the smallest second-weekend drop of any film that debuted above $100 million. In July, it became Paramount Pictures' highest grossing domestic film and in September, it became the fifth highest grossing domestic film of all time. It is the only film in history to hold the top spot on both Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.
2.Avatar:The Way of Water
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After a 13-year wait, James Cameron released the first of his planned Avatar sequels, The Way of Water, which became the sixth biggest December opening in history and the largest outside of the Marvel and Star Wars franchises. It opened with a strong $134.1 million domestically and showed strong holds over the Christmas and New Year's holiday period, appealing to a wide audience. The film performed well on premium screens such as Imax, and its lack of competition in early 2023 means it will likely continue to do well at the box office. The Way of Water's strong performance follows several ups and downs in major releases throughout 2022.
3.Black Panther:Wakanda Forever
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4.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
5.Black Adam
Warner Bros.' DC Comics film Black Adam had a strong opening weekend, earning $67 million, the fifth highest October opening in history. This was 25% higher than the opening weekend of Shazam! in 2019, but just 1% lower than Aquaman's opening in 2018. However, Black Adam had a steep 59% drop in its second weekend, which was more severe than both Shazam! and Aquaman. Despite having a similar opening weekend gross to Aquaman, Black Adam's total gross was 47% lower by the end of its 17th day. Black Adam's second weekend drop was also steeper than other films starring Dwayne Johnson, such as Hobbs & Shaw and Jumanji: The Next Level. By the end of the year, Black Adam was in the middle of Warner Bros.' current DC Comics series in terms of box office, ahead of Shazam! and Birds of Prey, but behind The Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman 1984.
The Gray Man, an action thriller directed by the Russo brothers,
was released in theaters on July 15 and will begin streaming on Netflix on July 22.
The movie, which cost nearly $200 million to produce, is a major gamble for Netflix,
which has recently been struggling to maintain its dominance in the streaming industry.
If the film performs well, the Russo brothers have plans to expand it into a cinematic and TV universe.
The Gray Man, which was informed by the experiences of former CIA agents and the military and
law enforcement training of author Mark Greaney, deals with corruption within the CIA.
In the context of the last 60 years, the film represents a shift in the portrayal of the CIA onscreen.
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