X, a low-budget slasher film directed by Ti West, brought in $14.8 million worldwide. X may have rekindled the venerable tradition of horror series with the release of a surprise prequel only six months later and the development of a third movie.
20th Century Studios' No. 1 blockbuster of 2022 was this whodunit follow-up to 2017's Murder on the Orient Express, which brought in $137 million globally. Kenneth Branagh, a director and actor, started the great mustache craze of 2022.
This wild independent film, which starred Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis and reintroduced Ke Huy Quan to the public, was lauded and highly recommended for months.
The big-budget, high-octane action thriller from the Russo brothers will make its streaming premiere on Netflix in the summer of 2022.
Alexander Skarsgrd was cast by director Robert Eggers as a Viking prince on a violent vengeance crusade in the film The Northman, which increased his fan base on a global scale.
The sequel to Black Panther has the second-largest opening weekend of 2022 with a global gross of $331 million.
Top Gun: Maverick, which received acclaim from both audiences and critics, raked in a staggering $1.4 billion at the global box office.
At the international box office, Marvel's God of Thunder brought in $760 million thanks to shrieking goats and Jane Foster's comeback.
In 2022, The Sorcerer Supreme generated Marvel's highest-ever global box office haul (though Wakanda Forever is in pursuit).
In this dark detective thriller, director Matt Reeves returned the DC Comics legend to his roots. Thanks in part to the impressive ensemble, which featured Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano, and an unrecognizably young Colin Farrell as The Penguin, The Batman won over both critics and fans.