10 Awesome 2022 Movies That Didn't Deserve To Flop
8. Dual
Having received plentiful buzz after screening at Sundance in January, hope was high that Dual would become one of the standout films of the year. While reviews were largely positive for the Riley Stearns-helmed movie - with Stearns also penning the picture - Dual had a disastrous return at the box office.
Put together for $4.5 million, Dual unfortunately amassed only $425, 000 when it came to its box office haul.
Plot-wise, the film stars Guardians of the Galaxy's Karen Gillan and Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul as a struggling couple. For Gillan's Sarah, she's diagnosed with a terminal illness and promised certain death. Deciding to secretly undergo a cloning process so that her family won't realise she's actually died when the time comes, things go array when Sarah miraculously recovers from her death sentence. Realising that her loved ones actually prefer "Sarah's Double" - as the clone is referred to - the original Sarah has to embark on a dual to the death with her doppelganger.
Often played firmly with the film's tongue in its cheek, Dual is an absolute hidden gem of 2022. The problem is, it shouldn't have the hidden gem tag, for the movie deserved such a wider audience and a greater box office haul that it ultimately received.