The People’s Choice Awards took place yesterday evening, and it was a very good night for this year’s superhero movies. However, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness besting the likes of The Batman and Top Gun: Maverick to be named the best movie of 2022 definitely isn’t something we saw coming.
We’re guessing it was too late for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to receive any nominations seeing as it was only released weeks ago, but Marvel Studios still picked up some other noteworthy wins.
Among them was best male star for Chris Hemsworth (Thor: Love and Thunder) and best female star for Elizabeth Olsen for her work in the Doctor Strange sequel. In fact, the latter ended up beating the likes of Dwayne Johnson, Tom Cruise, and Chris Pratt to be named the year’s best action movie star after unleashing the Scarlet Witch’s evil side back in May!
While we’d argue that The Batman was the year’s best superhero movie, it feels like it’s been largely forgotten given how long ago it was released. Plus, throw in how much drama there has since been with that changing of the guard at Warner Bros. Discovery and the newly launched DC Studios, and it’s no wonder it isn’t at the forefront of people’s minds.
Check out some of the CBM-relavant winners below, and be sure to check out the full list at The Hollywood Reporter.
Movie of 2022
Bullet Train
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (WINNER)
Elvis
Jurassic World Dominion
Nope
The Batman
Thor: Love and Thunder
Top Gun: Maverick
Action Movie of 2022
Black Adam
Bullet Train
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Jurassic World Dominion
The Batman
The Woman King
Thor: Love and Thunder
Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)
Male Movie Star of 2022
Brad Pitt – Bullet Train
Chris Hemsworth – Thor: Love and Thunder (WINNER)
Chris Pratt – Jurassic World Dominion
Daniel Kaluuya – Nope
Dwayne Johnson – Black Adam
Miles Teller – Top Gun: Maverick
Ryan Reynolds – The Adam Project
Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
Female Movie Star of 2022
Elizabeth Olsen – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (WINNER)
Gal Gadot – Death on the Nile
Jennifer Garner – The Adam Project
Jennifer Lopez – Marry Me
Joey King – Bullet Train
Keke Palmer – Nope
Queen Latifah – Hustle
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Action Movie Star of 2022
Chris Hemsworth – Thor: Love and Thunder
Chris Pratt – Jurassic World Dominion
Dwayne Johnson – Black Adam
Elizabeth Olsen – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (WINNER)
Joey King – Bullet Train
Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Zöe Kravitz – The Batman
Show of 2022
Abbott Elementary
Better Call Saul
Grey’s Anatomy
House of the Dragon
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Saturday Night Live
Stranger Things (WINNER)
This Is Us
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2022
House of The Dragon
La Brea
Moon Knight
Obi-Wan Kenobi
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Stranger Things (WINNER)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Umbrella Academy