Two years ago, there was serious concern the box office would ever rebound from the pandemic. In 2021, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and the James Bond sequel “No Time to Die” p…
spent a good portion of the year riding high with “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which opened in December 2021 but continued to sell tickets through the summer. With its 2022 offerings, the studio took some risks that paid off, like the video game adaptation and franchise starter “Uncharted,” Viola Davis’ action epic “The Woman King” and the literary adaptation “Where the Crawdads Sing.
And horror films such as “The Black Phone” and “Nope” proved irresistible to audiences. But Universal’s efforts to stretch into more arthouse or adult-oriented fare failed to reap dividends. Oscar-bait films such as “The Fabelmans” and “She Said” bombed — and their commercial collapse is upsetting because, for the most part, critics thought they were actually good. Quality, it seems, isn’t enough during a pandemic that refuses to fade to black.
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