10 Awesome 2022 Movies That Didn't Deserve To Flop
6. Crimes Of The Future
The legendary David Cronenberg has never been a filmmaker particularly obsessed with big box office returns, with only a handful of his extensive filmography making major profits - those being offerings such as The Fly, Crash, and A History of Violence - but many had predicted the creative Canadian's latest effort, Crimes of the Future, would prove to be a big hit in 2022.
With a stellar cast consisting of the likes of Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, Kristen Stewart and Scott Speedman, Cronenberg's return to the sinister world of sci-fi-driven body horror was surely going to be a success. Unfortunately, Crimes of the Future only managed a $4.5 million box office return from a budget of $27 million, despite its intriguing premise of a future, mutation-driven landscape where surgery is carried out for erotic pleasure and to an audience.
Like the rest of the films on this list, Crimes of the Future proved popular with critics, and found itself nominated for several Saturn Awards. Regrettably, the picture struggled to connect with a mainstream audience, as reflected by its disappointing box office numbers.
Maybe it's that body horror is too niche, maybe it's because Cronenberg has largely steered clear of these sort of movies since 1999's eXistenZ, or maybe it's because its release date put the film up against heavy hitters such as Top Gun: Maverick and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Either way, Crimes of the Future bombed financially.