What Happens Next With The US Box Office

For this week, three of the season’s biggest films will be opening on Dec. 22 $AT&T (T.US)$ Warner Bros. has “The Matrix Resurrections” starring Keanu Reeves in theaters and on HBO Max, while $Comcast (CMCSA.US)$ Universal is presenting the animated feature “Sing 2,” and $Disney (DIS.US)$ ’s 20th Century Studios has “The King’s Man” starring Ralph Fiennes and Gemma Arterton.

On Dec. 24, $Sony (SONY.US)$ Pictures is releasing Pedro Almodovar’s “Parallel Mothers” starring Penelope Cruz in Los Angeles and New York, while Reliance Entertainment will have the Hindi-language drama “83” in a limited nationwide release

On Christmas Day, Denzel Washington has two films opening: the A24 release of “The Tragedy of Macbeth” with Washington as Shakespeare’s murderous monarch and the Sony Pictures release of “A Journal for Jordan” starring Michael B. Jordan in a drama directed by Washington. Also opening is $Lions Gate Entertainment-A (LGF.A.US)$ “American Underdog” starring Zachary Levi as football great Kurt Warner.

Also Happening: While the 2021 movie year winds down, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has announced its list of the Most Anticipated Movies of 2022, based on the most popular searches of its cinematic database.

According to IMDb, most moviegoers are pumped up for “The Batman,” followed by “Scream,” “Thor: Love and Thunder,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Jurassic World: Dominion,” “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” “Mission: Impossible 7,” “Uncharted” and “The Flash.”

Of the top 10 films, only the Martin Scorsese-directed “Killers of the Flower Moon” is an original production that is not a reboot, sequel or expansion of an established franchise from another medium. IMDb is owned by $Amazon (AMZN.US)$