Many films have been released in theaters in this 2022, unfortunately the public has not forgiven some and they have been a failure in the collection
After the confinement due to COVID-19, many people have decided to go back to the cinema, mainly to enjoy the next releases that the big studios promised, but unfortunately some films were not up to par, so their collection is considered a flop, canceling the possibility of a sequel or spin-off.
In the capital We’ll tell you which movies didn’t achieve what was expected, many of these are due to poor plotting; others, due to bad special effects or simply lack of adequate publicity.
MORBIUS
When Sony Pictures announced a film about the antihero Morbius, everyone didn’t know exactly what it was, some thought the studio was exploiting Spider-Man villains for money, others said they were running out of money.
The main film Jared Leto, Matt Smith and Adria Arjona, was a total flop both critically and at the box office, grossing $163 million worldwide, on a budget of approximately $75 million. Its story, screenplay and special effects have drawn sharp criticism from pundits and the public.
BLACK ADAM
After several years of hiatus, finally Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson managed to step into the role of the anti-hero Teth-Adam, better known as Black Adam, for the film of the same name, many DC fans put hope in this film, because it shone a light in all the uncertainty that Warner Bros. sadly, its release in theaters as well as streaming, did not favor it.
Due Black Adam, It was a movie that wasn’t a hit but it wasn’t a failure either, it was left in limbo, so top executives decided not to give it a sequel, moreover, out of anger at ‘The Rock’, for allegedly lying in his collection in cinemas around the world.
AMSTERDAM
David O. Russell, has managed in his latest film to gather a cast made up of stars of the highest level, Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris RockAnya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldaña, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Timothy Olyphant, Andrea Riseborough, Taylor Swift, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alessandro Nivola, Rami Malek and Robert De Niro, were part of this odyssey portraying the Business Plot, a conspiracy of 1933 in the USA.
With a budget of $80 million, it only made $31 million, as it was heavily criticized for its mediocre screenplay, poor direction by Russell, as well as the cast that, although there were many Hollywood stars, the director does not know how to exploit them correctly.
STRANGE WORLD
It seems that 2022 has not been the year of Disney productions, Light year yes Pinocchio They let the audience down, despite having performances by Chris Evans and Tom Hanks respectively. On this occasion, Strange world It was the tape that was crowned the worst animated film of the year.
The exact reasons for its failure are not yet known, but it is speculated that it is due to its plot, which is a mixture of various science fiction stories, as well as the ban it had in several Middle Eastern countries because one of its protagonists are part of the LGBT community. What is true is that this tape did not get the necessary publicity, which caused it to go unnoticed by Disney+.
DON’T WORRY DEAR
Harry Styles’ debut as the lead was a disaster. Since its shooting, this film was doomed, its director Olivia Wilde, had problems with the actress Florence Pugh, moreover, to maintain a controversial romance with the Englishman Harry Styles, the latter, criticized for his bad acting and the nil chemistry he had with Pugh.
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