Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

UNKNOWN

In-Theaters

83%

PG-13

2022, Action/Adventure, 2h 6m

RT Critics’ Score: 74% (UNBIASED)
RT Audience Score: 85%
Awards & Nominations: NA

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Critics Consensus

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness labors under the weight of the sprawling MCU, but Sam Raimi’s distinctive direction casts an entertaining spell.

Audience Consensus

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness delivers all the action and visual excitement you want in a Marvel movie while taking the franchise in a much darker direction.

Storyline

Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary. Sequel to the 2016 film.

Production Company(ies)
Disney+, MARV, Marvel Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, Verse

Distributor
Walt Disney Pictures

Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (Disney+), Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)

Filming Location(s)
England, United Kingdom; New York, United States; Iceland; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Los Angeles, California, United States; Italy

MPAA / Certificate
PG-13

Year of Release
2022

Technical Specs

Color:

Color
Sound mix:

Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, Dolby, Dolby Surround 7.1, DTS
Aspect ratio:

2.39 : 1
Runtime:

2h 6m
Language(s):

English
Country of origin:

United States
Release date:

Release Date (Theaters): May 6, 2022 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 22, 2022

Genre(s)
Action/Adventure

Keyword(s)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, PG-13, Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, 2h 6m, directed by Sam Raimi, produced by Kevin Feige, written by Michael Waldron, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Stephen Strange, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/The Scarlet Witch, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Mordo, Rachel McAdams as Dr Christine Palmer, Benedict Wong as Wong, Xochitl Gómez as America Chavez, box office gross of $411.0M, reviewed by Todd Gilchrist, Danny Leigh, Kristy Puchko, tt stern-enzi, Sandra Hall, Richard Brody, Steve Murray, Carla Renata, David Hogan, Kyle Smith, Michael A Smith, Sarah Ward, more Marvel Cinematic Universe, Walt Disney Pictures, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, DTS, Scope (2.35:1), multiverse, mystical allies, alternate realities, mysterious new adversary, frightening images, intense sequences of violence, some language

Box Office Details

Worldwide gross: $955,775,804
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $955,775,804
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 103
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 104,228,550

US/Canada gross: $411,331,607
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $411,331,607
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 110
US/Canada opening weekend: $187,420,998
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $187,420,998
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 18

Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $200,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $200,000,000
Production budget ranking: 110
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $107,700,000
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $648,075,804
ROI to date (est.): 211%
ROI ranking: 605

Cast & Crew

Benedict Cumberbatch

Elizabeth Olsen

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Rachel McAdams

Benedict Wong

Doctor Stephen Strange

Wanda Maximoff

The Scarlet Witch

Baron Mordo

Dr. Christine Palmer

Benedict Cumberbatch – Doctor Stephen Strange
Elizabeth Olsen – Wanda Maximoff, The Scarlet Witch
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Baron Mordo
Rachel McAdams – Dr. Christine Palmer
Benedict Wong – Wong
Xochitl Gómez – America Chavez

Sam Raimi

Michael Waldron

Kevin Feige

Director

Writer

Producer

Director(s)
Sam Raimi

Writer(s)
Michael Waldron

Producer(s)
Kevin Feige

Film Festivals

Awards & Nominations
NA

Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Todd Gilchrist

Danny Leigh

Kristy Puchko

tt stern-enzi

Sandra Hall

AV Club

Financial Times

Mashable

WXIX-TV

Sydney Morning Herald

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS All Critics (433) | Top Critics (73) | Fresh (321) | Rotten (112) the tale translates poorly to the big screen, even with the filmmaker working overtime to inject his raucous appetite for horror into what still needs to be a PG-13 crowd-pleaser. June 22, 2022 | Rating: C- Todd Gilchrist AV Club TOP CRITIC If Marvel directors are often merely first among hired hands… Raimi is allowed a creative signature, delivering a family-friendly take on the chills that first made his name with 1981 cult favourite The Evil Dead. June 10, 2022 | Rating: 3/5 Danny Leigh Financial Times TOP CRITIC It might be Marvel’s multiverse, but Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is Raimi’s plaything. And we wouldn’t want it any other way. May 31, 2022 Kristy Puchko Mashable TOP CRITIC It’s going to service fans… but even if you aren’t a fan you can come into it and embrace it as a standalone film. May 26, 2022 | Rating: B tt stern-enzi WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH) TOP CRITIC The result of all this is a lot of crumbling masonry and an abundance of gruesomely charred bodies that make it clear Raimi is out to honour his horror movie credentials. But for all his efforts, the effect is curiously uninvolving. May 14, 2022 | Rating: 3/5 Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald TOP CRITIC “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” eliminates the playful idiosyncrasy in the interest of formula—of Marvel’s self-perpetuating business. The new film isn’t merely branded entertainment; it’s branding as entertainment. May 11, 2022 Richard Brody New Yorker TOP CRITIC This and other MCU movies are so well made, it’s easy sometimes to ignore that they’re all just a series of gobbledygook dialogue stitching together CG-enhanced fight scenes. But these days, it’s Disney/Star Wars/Marvel’s world and we just live in it. July 11, 2022 Steve Murray ArtsATL The main reason to screen this film is for the performance of Elizabeth Olsen as she struggles over the immense loss of family wreaking havoc on anything and anyone that dares to disrupt her altered reality. She’s stupendous!!! July 5, 2022 Carla Renata The Curvy Film Critic Lacks the heart of the MCU’s previous multiversal cross-over movie, but it does have some stunning imagery plus Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen do a lot to hold your attention even when the plot doesn’t really exist to do so otherwise. June 30, 2022 | Rating: 3/5 David Hogan hoganreviews.co.uk It’s eye candy all the way, but who wants a 19-course all-candy dinner? The movie is more numbing than stimulating. June 28, 2022 Kyle Smith National Review So great to see Sam Raimi, the director of the first Spider-man series with Tobey Maquire, back at the helm of a superhero film and he puts his trademark eye for pacing and character development on full display. June 27, 2022 | Rating: 4/5 Michael A. Smith MediaMikes Somewhere in the multiverse, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is terrific. In a different realm, it’s terrible. Here in our dimension, the 28th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe teeters and twirls in the middle. June 24, 2022 Sarah Ward Concrete Playground…

Plot
Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary. Sequel to the 2016 film.

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