2022 Films

2022 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths.

Highest-grossing films

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Box office records

*'' Top Gun: Maverick'' became the 49th film to gross $1 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2022.
**Additionally, the film surpassed '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' (2018) to become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office and also surpassed '' War of the Worlds'' (2005) to become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film at the domestic box office.
**It also passed '' The Mummy'' (2017) as Tom Cruise's biggest opening weekend at the worldwide box office and also passed '' War of the Worlds'' (2005) as Tom Cruise's biggest opening at the domestic box office and his first film to open to over 100 Million Dollars in the US.
**It also passed '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' (2007) to have the highest Memorial Day opening weekend and also passed ''Shrek 2'' (2004) to have the lowest second-weekend drop for a movie that made over $100M in its opening weekend.
**The film also surpassed '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011) to become the highest-grossing film distributed solely by Paramount Pictures worldwide, and ''Titanic'' (1997) to become Paramount's highest grossing film in the United States and Canada.
*The DC Extended Universe became the eleventh film franchise to gross $6 billion with the release of ''Black Adam''.
**Additionally, ''Black Adam'' earned in the U.S. and Canada in its opening weekend, becoming the highest-grossing opening of Dwayne Johnson's career as a headliner, surpassing the $60 million of '' Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw'' (2019).
*The ''Jurassic Park'' franchise became the tenth film franchise to gross $6 billion with the release of ''Jurassic World Dominion''.
**Additionally, ''Jurassic World Dominion'' became the 50th film to gross $1 billion worldwide.
*The Marvel Cinematic Universe became the first film franchise to gross $26 billion, $27 billion, and $28 billion with the releases of ''Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'', '' Thor: Love and Thunder'', and '' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever''.
**''Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'' also surpassed ''Spider-Man 3'' to become director Sam Raimi's highest-grossing film.
**'' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'' attained the biggest opening weekend ever for a film released in the month of November in the US and Canada with $181.3 million.
***It was also the third-biggest opening weekend for a film during the pandemic era, behind ''Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'' and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' in the US and Canada and also the third-highest worldwide behind the two films.
*** Disney Africa reported that the film set an all-time box office record in West Africa and had the biggest opening of 2022 in East Africa, as well as the second-highest box office gross ever in Southern Africa.
***In Nigeria, it achieved the highest opening weekend ever for a film.
*The ''Despicable Me'' franchise became the first animated film franchise and the 15th overall film franchise to gross $4 billion with the release of '' Minions: The Rise of Gru''.
**'' Minions: The Rise of Gru'' also became the highest-grossing animated film released since the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing the 2020 film '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train''.
*''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' earned in the U.S. and Canada in its opening weekend. Its debut set the following records: Best U.S. opening for a video game film adaptation, surpassing the opening of its predecessor ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2020); best U.S. opening for a live-action animated film, again surpassing ''Sonic the Hedgehog''; best U.S. opening for a family movie since the COVID-19 pandemic; and best U.S. opening for a film starring Jim Carrey, surpassing ''