Amph The 2022 Box Office Blood Booster

The Blood Bath began in 2015...
The rain of the Bloodshower poured through 2016...
With the Bloodsplatter staining 2017...
And washed away by the Blood Ocean in 2018....
To consume the Blood World in 2019...
A world that, in 2020, found itself orbited by the dreaded Blood Moon...
...but then the Blood Moon got sick and was forced into the Blood Quarantine...
Then, the battle to save the theater industry began with the Blood Vaccine in 2021...
And, now, the battle continues with the 2022 Blood Booster!



Some highlights of major (and some minor) releases:

Notable Releases:
Jan: The 355, Scream, The King's Daughter, Cyranno, Morbius
Feb: Moonfall, Marry Me, Jackass Forever, Death on the Nile, Blacklight, Uncharted, The Devil's Light, Studio 666
Mar: The Batman, Turning Red, Operation Fortune, Downton Abbey, The Lost City, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Apr: You Won't Be Alone, The Contractor, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Bullet Train, Ambulance, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, The Northman, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Thirteen Lives, Memory
May: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, League of Super-Pets, Top Gun: Maverick, Bob's Burgers
Jun: Jurassic World: Dominion, Lightyear, Oh Hell No, The Black Phone, Elvis, Shotgun Wedding
Jul: Minions: The Rise of Gru, Thor: Love and Thunder, Nope, Under the Boardwalk
Aug: The Expendables 4, The Man From Toronto, Secret Headquarters, Samaritan
Sept: Salem's Lot, Dark Harvest, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Don't Worry Darling, Mission: Impossible 7
Oct: Black Adam, Halloween Ends
Nov: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, She Said, Creed III, The Fabelmans
Dec: Shazam!: Fury of the Gods, Avatar 2, The Nightingale, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Babylon

There are quite a few "untitled" placeholder films that are currently TBD and other films that have a "sometime in 2022" release date that I've left off the list for now. If there's anything notable that I've overlooked (big or small) let me know and I can add it. The list isn't meant to be 100% comprehensive, but rather show most of the major releases and some smaller highlights that might have a notable factor that could play into box office trends.

 

I can't believe WB is throwing that up against Avatar 2 in the same weekend (and without the HBO Max deal to fall back on). Even if Avatar 2 isn't the 2 billion dollar film the first one was, that's a really huge risk given that A) While many would find it very entertaining, few would call the first Aquaman good by any stretch, B) Avatar 2 will definitely be taking up all of the IMAX and 3D screens, which means Aquaman 2 will have limited-to-none of the 3D showings that the first one capitalized on as a major draw and C) they both roughly target the same audience (with Avatar 2 having a broader target beyond). I feel like they would have been better off pushing that back into March 2023, clear of both Avatar and The Marvels.

 

It's a very fun, bad movie (much like its Flash Gordon inspirations). And I would probably rate it the same as those scores .

 

"fun, but bad" describes 95% of the films in the genre. "fun" is how they make money. "bad" is why most don't win awards or have any cultural relevance more than a month after release.

i don't get the reason for distinguishing between the two, especially when making a point about a sequel to a film that owed nearly every penny it earned to a gimmick.

 

Well, I don't want to derail discussion into Aquaman critique much, but, to sum it up, I feel Aquaman had extraordinarily below-average characterization, story and performance (among other issues), even for the genre. And that's an observation I've seen echoed enough to consider it to be a potential point of concern.

It was pretty people doing cool things but, even after 2+ movies, I still don't know who Arthur is as a character- but Momoa is so charismatic and fun to watch being almost himself that he can carry you through those shortcomings to enjoy the world building and campiness. It's a film that could be fun, but never good as a result.

But, my point with that comment wasn't to make a jab at it (I really do think it's one of the more enjoyable bad movies out there), but that that aspect would put it at a disadvantage against a Cameron film (because, even if one sees Avatar as also being a film that doesn't inspire great enthusiasm, its first film, at the very least, clearly connected with audiences in a fine-maybe-good way that gives it a more solid foundation in that match-up).

It's one of several factors that makes it a questionable decision- but I don't want to suggest it's the primary one, either.

 

I want this quote on the back of the blu-ray (and any future franchise boxsets, should the series continue).

 

No, the other one. You almost made the cut, though.

 

Unlikely- A2 is nearly finished, with a work cut. They're just finishing the FX.