2022 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2022, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures celebrated their 110th anniversary, Motion Picture Association celebrated their 100th anniversary, Aardman celebrated its 50th anniversary and Illumination celebrated its 15th anniversary.
Evaluation of the year
In his article highlighting the best movies of 2022, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "This year, it's all the more important to offer a widely inclusive list, because a wide range of American filmmakers have caught up with the inescapable phenomenon of the recent past: the resurgence of openly anti-democratic forces and brazenly hate-driven ideologies, the crisis of illegitimate rule, the menace of authoritarianism, the potential end of even our current debilitated American democracy. The phenomenon is certainly not limited to the United States, and filmmakers from around the world have long been confronting it in their own countries bravely, insightfully, and ingeniously. For years, many of the best American filmmakers have been making films of political outrage, with the unsurprising likes of Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, and Frederick Wiseman at the forefront, and such younger filmmakers as Jordan Peele, Garrett Bradley, and Eliza Hittman joining them. This year offers a shift in the cinematic paradigm by way of a host of memorable movies; there's something new and extraordinary in the air, and it has precisely to do with history and memoryâÂÂand, most powerfully, their intersection."
Highest-grossing films
2022 box office records
Studio records
- With the release of ', Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures led over other film distributors in worldwide box office grosses and crossed the $4.9 billion mark for the eighth year. Disney's cumulative gross was generated from 16 film releases across its various studio divisions.
- ' became the highest-grossing film distributed solely by Paramount Pictures worldwide, surpassing ' (2011), and also Paramount's highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada, surpassing Titanic (1997).
Film records
- Avatar: The Way of Water became the 51st film to gross $1 billion worldwide, the sixth film to gross $2 billion worldwide, the sixth-fastest film to cross the billion-dollar mark at 14 days, the second fastest to gross the $2 billion mark, the highest-grossing film of 2022, and the highest-grossing film of the COVID-19 pandemic era.
- It had the 11th-biggest global opening of all time and the third-biggest global opening for a film in the pandemic era behind ' and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, earning $441.7 million in its first weekend.
- It also achieved the second-highest global opening weekend ever for a film released in IMAX cinemas with $48.8 million.
- Top Gun: Maverick became the 49th film to gross $1 billion worldwide.
- Additionally, the film surpassed ' (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 Cruise's highest-grossing film at the domestic box office.
- It also passed The Mummy (2017) as Cruise's biggest opening weekend at the worldwide box office and also passed War of the Worlds (2005) as Cruise's biggest opening at the domestic box office and his first film to open to over $100million in the U.S.
- ' also passed Shrek 2 (2004) for the lowest second-weekend drop (29%) for a film that opened to over $100 million.
- It also passed ' (2007), another Jerry Bruckheimer produced movie, to have the highest Memorial Day opening weekend and passed Shrek 2 (2004) to have the lowest second-weekend drop for a movie that made over $100 million in its opening weekend.
- Jurassic World Dominion became the 50th film to gross $1 billion worldwide.
- The Jurassic Park film franchise grossed over $6 billion with the release of Jurassic World Dominion.
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness surpassed Spider-Man 3 (2007) to become director Sam Raimi's highest-grossing film.
- Minions: The Rise of Gru became the highest-grossing animated film released since the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing the 2020 anime film '.
- ' attained the biggest opening weekend ever for a film released in the month of November in the U.S. and Canada with $181.3 million.
- It was also the third-biggest opening weekend for a film in the U.S. and Canada during the pandemic era, behind Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
- 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.
- Avatar became the first movie to gross more than $2.9 billion worldwide, following a worldwide re-release.
- ' becomes the most-liked trailer and teaser on YouTube with 9 million likes, surpassing ' likes.
Events
Award ceremonies
Film festivals
List of some of the film festivals for 2022 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).
Awards
Palme d'Or (75th Cannes Film Festival):
Triangle of Sadness, directed by Ruben ÃÂstlund, Sweden
Golden Lion (79th Venice International Film Festival):
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Laura Poitras, United States
Golden Bear (72nd Berlin International Film Festival):
Alcarràs, directed by Carla Simón, Spain
People's Choice Award (47th Toronto International Film Festival):
The Fabelmans, directed by Steven Spielberg, United States
2022 films
By country/region
By genre/medium
Deaths
Film debuts
Notes
References
External links