List of 2022 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which ranked number one at the weekend box office for the year 2022.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Gross Notes 1 Spider-Man: No Way Home $32,617,921 Spider-Man: No Way Home became the first film since Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. During the weekend, Sing 2 became the first animated film since the COVID-19 lockdowns in North America to surpass $100 million domestically. 2 Scream $30,018,805 3 Spider-Man: No Way Home $14,005,614 Spider-Man: No Way Home reclaimed the #1 spot in its sixth weekend of release, making it the first film since Guardians of the Galaxy to top the box office in its sixth weekend. It also became the first film since The Croods: A New Age to top the box office for five weekends as well as for five nonconsecutive weekends. 4 $11,003,528 Spider-Man: No Way Home became the first film since Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to top the box office in its seventh weekend. It also became the first film since Avatar to top the box office for six weekends as well as the first film since Back to the Future to top the box office for six nonconsecutive weekends. During the weekend, the film surpassed $1 billion at the international box office. 5 Jackass Forever $23,154,388 6 Death on the Nile $12,891,123 7 Uncharted $44,010,155 8 $23,001,773 9 The Batman $134,008,624 10 $66,511,221 In third place, BTS Permission to Dance on Stage — Seoul: Live Viewings $6.8 million opening weekend broke Burn the Stage: The Movies record ($2.4 million) for the highest opening for an event cinema film. 11 $36,723,197 The Batman became the first film in 2022 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. 12 The Lost City $30,453,269 During the weekend, Spider-Man: No Way Home became the third film to gross over $800 million at the domestic box office after Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Avengers: Endgame. 13 Morbius $39,005,895 14 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 $72,105,176 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 broke Sonic the Hedgehogs record ($58 million) for the highest weekend debut for a video game adaptation. 15 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore $42,151,256 16 The Bad Guys $23,950,245 During the week, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ($149.5 million) passed Sonic the Hedgehog ($148.9 million) to become the highest grossing video game adaptation of all time at the domestic box office. 17 $16,237,070 18 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $187,420,998 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness had the highest weekend debut of 2022. 19 $61,755,804 20 $32,304,560 21 Top Gun: Maverick † $126,707,459 Top Gun: Maverick broke Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's Ends record ($114.7 million) for the highest Memorial Day weekend debut. 22 $90,037,011 Top Gun: Mavericks –28.9% drop broke Shrek 2s record (–33.2%) for the smallest drop in its second weekend of any film debuting with over $100 million in its opening weekend. 23 Jurassic World Dominion $145,075,625 24 $59,150,175 25 Elvis $31,211,579 Initial estimates had Top Gun: Maverick ahead of Elvis. 26 Minions: The Rise of Gru $107,010,140 Minions: The Rise of Gru broke Transformers: Dark of the Moons record ($97.9 million) for the highest Fourth of July weekend debut. It also became the first animated film to open with $100 million during the COVID-19 pandemic era. 27 Thor: Love and Thunder $144,165,107 Minions: The Rise of Gru and Thor: Love and Thunder became the first two films to bring in over $100 million over two consecutive weekends since Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in 2018. 28 $46,632,172 29 Nope $44,366,910 Nope had the highest opening weekend for an original film since director Jordan Peele's previous film Us in 2019. 30 DC League of Super-Pets $23,003,441 31 Bullet Train $30,030,156 32 $13,405,022 33 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero $21,053,798 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero became the first foreign language film since Demon Slayer: Mugen Train to reach #1 at the box office, as well as the first Japanese animated film since Demon Slayer: Mugen Train to reach #1 at the box office. 34 The Invitation $6,805,468 35 Top Gun: Maverick † $6,014,128 Top Gun: Maverick reclaimed the #1 spot in its fifteenth week of release after twelve weekends out of the top spot, making it the first film since Titanic to top the box office in its fifteenth weekend and the first film since The Martian to top the box office for three nonconsecutive weekends. Initial estimates had Spider-Man: No Way Home (The More Fun Stuff Version) ahead of Top Gun: Maverick. 36 Barbarian $10,543,948 37 The Woman King $19,051,442 38 Don't Worry Darling $19,353,213 39 Smile $22,609,925 40 $18,461,772 Smiles –18.3% drop marked the best non-holiday hold of the COVID-19 pandemic era. 41 Halloween Ends $40,050,355 Simultaneously released on Peacock. 42 Black Adam $67,004,323 43 $27,472,140 44 $18,271,625 45 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever $181,339,761 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever broke The Hunger Games: Catching Fires record ($158.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in November as well as Beauty and the Beasts record ($174.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film with a female protagonist. 46 $66,482,266 47 $45,583,904 Black Adam and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever became the first two films to top the box office for at least three consecutive weekends in a row since Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. 48 $17,540,051 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever became the first film since Spider-Man: No Way Home to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. 49 $11,234,702 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever became the first film since Spider-Man: No Way Home to top the box office for five weekends as well as the first film since Tenet to top the box office for five consecutive weekends. 50 Avatar: The Way of Water $134,100,226 Avatar: The Way of Water broke Avatars record ($77 million) for the highest weekend debut for an environmentalist film and Deadpools record ($132.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 20th Century Studios film. 51 $63,338,220 52 $67,409,155 Black Adam, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Avatar: The Way of Water became the first three films since Coco, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to each top the box office for at least three consecutive weekends in a row.

Highest-grossing films

Calendar gross Highest-grossing films of 2022 by Calendar Gross Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Domestic Gross1.Top Gun: Maverick Paramount Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer Joseph Kosinski$718,732,8212.Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Walt Disney Studios Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Angela Bassett Ryan Coogler$436,499,6463.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Walt Disney Studios Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg and Rachel McAdams Sam Raimi$411,331,6074.Avatar: The Way of Water 20th Century Studios Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Dileep Rao, Matt Gerald, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco and Jemaine Clement James Cameron$401,007,9085.Jurassic World Dominion Universal Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Isabella Sermon, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, BD Wong and Omar Sy Colin Trevorrow$376,851,0806.Minions: The Rise of Gru Universal voices of Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews and Alan Arkin Kyle Balda$369,695,2107.The Batman Warner Bros. Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis and Colin Farrell Matt Reeves$369,345,5838.Thor: Love and Thunder Walt Disney Studios Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Taika Waititi, Russell Crowe and Natalie Portman Taika Waititi$343,256,830 9.Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire Jon Watts$241,130,30110.Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Paramount James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Shemar Moore, Lee Majdoub, Idris Elba and Jim Carrey Jeff Fowler$190,872,904

In-Year Release + Highest-grossing films of 2022 by In-year release Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1. Top Gun: Maverick Paramount $718,732,821 2. Avatar: The Way of Water 20th Century $684,075,767 3. Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverDisney $453,829,060 4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411,331,607 5. Jurassic World Dominion Universal $376,851,080 6. Minions: The Rise of Gru $369,695,210 7. The Batman Warner Bros. $369,345,583 8. Thor: Love and Thunder Disney $343,256,830 9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Paramount $190,872,904 10. Puss in Boots: The Last WishUniversal $185,535,345

+ Highest-grossing films by MPA rating of 2022Box Office Performance for G-Rated Movies in 2022 The Numbers, Retrieved July 26, 2024 G Pandas (re-release) PG Minions: The Rise of Gru PG-13 Top Gun: Maverick R Nope

See also Lists of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

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