Hollywood needs a big year.
After the last two years of the dismal pandemic, Hollywood is praying for a box office comeback. Both 2020 and 2021 were box office poison, with people reluctant to crowd in public spaces thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak. We saw numbers severely drop, with the only hope coming in late December, with the record release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which easily became the highest-grossing movie of the year.
So how can 2022 improve on last year?
Well, people need to go to the movies and see things theatrically. A lot of that depends on the waning pandemic finally being over. But a lot also depends on what Hollywood delivers.
Over the last two years, titles were pulled because of the virus. Now, we’re getting a bevy of new releases that fall under the “blockbuster” category: Avatar 2, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love & Thunder, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Sonic the Hedgehog 2; Top Gun: Maverick; The Batman, Fantastic Beasts: the Secrets of Dumbledore, and many other titles.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
