The year 2022 has passed half way and let’s take a look at Game4V to see the outstanding names that have entered the top 5 highest-grossing movies of the first half of this year.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – $930 million
Top 5 highest-grossing films globally in 2022 so far: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Unsurprisingly, at the top of the list of the highest-grossing movies of 2022 is Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. With the current revenue of more than 900 million USD, Doctor Strange 2 can completely reach 1 billion USD in sales after completely leaving theaters. Currently, the film is still in the top of the most watched works of the week in North American theaters, and sales are still growing, although quite slowly.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is an American superhero film released in 2022, based on the Marvel Comics character Doctor Strange. The film, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, is the sequel to The Ultimate Wizard (2016), and the 28th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Director Sam Raimi takes over the role of director with the script penned by screenwriter Michael Waldron. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange, alongside Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Rachel McAdams. In this movie, Strange must protect America Chavez (Gomez), a teenager with the ability to travel through the universe, from Wanda Maximoff (Olsen).
The Batman – 769 million USD
Top 5 highest-grossing movies globally in 2022 so far: The Batman
Although it did not have an impressive sales like the Marvel movie, The Batman is a new beginning for DC when the success of the film becomes a solid premise for the DC Universe standalone movies to be released in the future. . Even more special when the film is the extremely successful debut of actor Robert Pattinson with the superhero movie genre.
The Batman, produced by DC Films, 6th & Idaho, and Dylan Clark Productions and released by Warner Bros. in 2022, stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / Batman, along with actors Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis and Colin Farrell. The film sees Batman, who has been fighting crime in Gotham City for two years, uncovering corruption while pursuing Riddler (Dano), a serial killer who targets Gotham’s elite. Part 2 is currently in development.
Top Gun Maverick – 737 million USD
Top 5 highest-grossing movies globally in 2022 up to now: Top Gun Maverick
Following the huge success at the box office in 1986 of Top Gun, after 36 years, a new film called Top Gun: Maverick has returned to the big screen with the story of Colonel Pete “Maverick”. Mitchell (Tom Cruise) in the role of training a group of young pilots of the Topgun program to prepare for a special mission like never before. The film had a very successful premiere with 100% Rotten Tomatoes (50 reviews). It was highly praised by critics and considered to be one of the best films of Tom Cruise’s career.
Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski. The screenplay of the film was written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, from the original idea conceived by Peter Craig and Justin Marks. The Top Gun sequel stars Tom Cruise as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, an accomplished pilot, along with Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer. Cruise and Kilmer return to the film in their old roles from the first film. Top Gun: Maverick is also dedicated to Top Gun’s first director, Tony Scott, who passed away in 2012.
– 626 million USD
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长津湖之水门桥 or roughly translated as “The Battle at Lake Changjin II” (English: The Battle at Lake Changjin II) is a 2022 Mainland Chinese historical war film, the sequel to the series. 2021 film “Changjin Lake,” starring Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, and directors Lin Chaoxian, Wu Jing, Yi Yang Qianxi stars, and Duan Yihong makes a cameo appearance. The film, which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, is based on the Battle of Changbin Lake during the Korean War. The film was officially released on the 1st of the Lunar New Year (February 1), 2022.
Uncharted – $401 million
Top 5 highest-grossing movies globally in 2022 so far: Uncharted
Although rated as a “bomb”, Uncharted also helped the producer to bring 401 million USD with a budget of 120 million money to produce the film. However, with not so positive reviews from critics and the mass audience, the chance for Tom Holland to re-appear as Nathan “Nate” Drake is not high.
Uncharted is a 2022 American action-adventure film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Rafe Lee Judkins, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, based on the video game franchise developed by Naughty Dog and published by Naughty Dog. Sony Interactive Entertainment. It stars Tom Holland as Nathan Drake and Mark Wahlberg as Victor Sullivan, with Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle and Antonio Banderas in supporting roles. In the film, Drake is recruited by Sullivan in a race against corrupt billionaire Santiago Moncada (Banderas) and mercenary leader Jo Braddock (Gabrielle) to locate the legendary treasure of the Magellan expedition.
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