‘Spider-Verse,’ ‘Lightyear’ Are Among Fandango’s Most Anticipated Pics of 2022

Online ticket sales destination Fandango recently asked 6,000 ticket-buyers to reveal their most anticipated theatrical movies of 2022. Not surprisingly, Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One), Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Disney/Pixar’s Lightyear were among the most popular titles on the list.

In 2021, all survey respondents saw at least one movie in a theater.  They were polled during the first three weeks of December. Here are some of the audience favorites in various categories:

2022’s Most Anticipated Blockbusters

1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Nov. 11)
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Oct. 7)
3. The Batman (March 4)
4. Thor: Love and Thunder (July 8)
5. Jurassic World: Dominion (June 10)
6. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May 6)
7. Avatar 2 (Dec. 16)
8. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Dec. 16)
9. Top Gun: Maverick (May 27)
10. Mission: Impossible 7 (Sept. 30)

2022’s Most Anticipated Action/Adventure Movies (non-superhero)

1. Jurassic World: Dominion
2. Avatar 2
3. Top Gun: Maverick
4. Mission: impossible 7
5. Uncharted (Feb. 18)

2022’s Most Anticipated Animated/Family Movies

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2. Lightyear (June 17)
3. Minions: The Rise of Gru (July 1)
4. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (April 15)
5. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (April 8) 

2022’s Most Anticipated Horror Movies

1. Halloween Ends (Oct. 14)
2. Scream (Jan. 14)
3. Jordan Peele’s Nope (July 22)
4. Orphan: First Kill (TBD)
5. The Black Phone (June 24)

2022’s Most Anticipated Returning Performances

1. Chris Hemsworth (as Thor), Thor: Love and Thunder
2. Benedict Cumberbatch (as Dr. Stephen Strange), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse Madness
3. Natalie Portman (as Dr. Jane Foster), Thor: Love and Thunder
4. Zoe Saldana (as Neytiri), Avatar 2
5. Elizabeth Olsen (as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022’s Most Anticipated New Performances

1. Robert Pattinson (as Bruce Wayne/Batman), The Batman
2. Dwayne Johnson (as Black Adam), Black Adam
3. Christian Bale (as Gorr the God Butcher), Thor: Love and Thunder
4. Issa Rae (as Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5. Zoe Kravitz (as Selina Kyle/Catwoman), The Batman

Among Fandango’s other findings from the year-end poll: 

• 94% want to go to the theater more often in 2022 than they did in 2021
• 89% were gratified to see new movie releases on the big screen this year.
• 88% are excited by the 2022 line-up of theatrical releases.
• 86% picked action/adventure as one of their favorite genres.
• 80% hope to see five or more movies on the big screen in 2022
• 70% plan to see movies in premium large-screen formats whenever possible.