The most profitable and unsuccessful films of 2022 have been named

In the list of the most successful films, Illumination animation unexpectedly surpassed Marvel and DC blockbusters, but the leader turned out to be predictable.

Deadline has named the most profitable and flop films of 2022. To do this, journalists calculated the costs of producing blockbusters and correlated them with box office receipts worldwide.

The most successful, predictably, was James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. The film grossed $2.3 billion and brought its creators $531.7 million in net profit. The expenses for the blockbuster are also impressive: they spent $400 million on filming, $300 million on fees for the film crew, and $175 million on marketing. Total costs for the sequel amounted to almost $1.1 billion.

The second was “Top Gun: Maverick”. It brought in $391.1 million in net profit. One of the biggest expenses was the fee of Tom Cruise, who played the main role. For the film, he received from 100 to 200 million dollars.

The third was the cartoon “Minions: Gruvitation” – $382 million in net profit. It even beat out such highly-hyped blockbusters as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Batman.

The most profitable big-budget films of 2022:

1. Avatar: The Way of Water » ($531.7 million).
2. Top Gun: Maverick ($391.1 million).
3. Minions: Gruvitation ($382 million).
4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($284 million dollars).
5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($259 million).
6. Jurassic World: Domination ($229.7 million).

< li>Batman ($177 million).

7. Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish ($120 million).
8. Thor: Love and Thunder (103 million dollars).
9. “Smile” ($101 million).

The most profitable mid-budget films of 2022:

1. M3GAN ($78.8 million).
2. Where the Crawdads Sing ($74.7 million dollars).
3. “Black Phone” ($67.8 million).
4. “Scream – 5” ($56.7 million).
5. “ Everything everywhere and at once” ($32 million).

But the most disastrous last year was the Disney cartoon “Strange World”. The studio lost almost $200 million on it. Next come “Amsterdam”, which was not helped even by the star cast, and “Buzz Lightyear” – a spin-off of “Toy Story”.

The most failed blockbusters of 2022:

1. Strange World ($197 million in losses).
2. Amsterdam ($108 million in losses).
3. Buzz Lightyear ($106 million in losses).
4. “Double Loop” ($89 million in losses).
5. “Babel” ($87 million in losses).

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