How did Tom Cruise, James Cameron, and Dinosaurs Defeat Marvel in 2022?
In the last decade, Marvel movies dominated the box office, with eight films crossing the one-billion-dollar worldwide gross and two crossing the two-billion-dollar worldwide. In 2022, 3 of the most anticipated Marvel movies were released (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever). Fans had high expectations with all of these movies. Additionally, box office analysts had predicted high box office numbers because in 2021, Spider-man: No Way Home made a whopping 1.9 billion dollars without releasing in China, Multiverse of Madness was rumored to include various characters from pre-MCU movies, Thor: Love and Thunder being the fourth standalone Thor movie; starting Chris Hemsworth with Christian Bale playing the villain and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continuing without late and great Chadwick Boseman. However, in the end, one must ask what happened.
None of the Marvel movies released in 2022 made it to the top three highest-grossing films, and none even crossed the billion-dollar mark, even though each had the hype and potential. Instead, these movies received some criticism for quality…
