Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) is the highest-grossing fantasy movie released in 2022, with $2.3B worldwide, ahead of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) at $955.8M and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) at $859.2M. 116 fantasy films released in 2022 report a worldwide gross, $7B in all, 36% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 10 crossed $100 million. That is up 89% on 2021, whose releases took $3.7B. By language, English leads with $6.4B across 44 fantasy releases.

2022 releases with a gross

116

combined worldwide

$7B

films crossed $100M

10

vs 2021

+89%

#1 of 116

#1 fantasy movie of 2022

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

2022 · Action, Adventure

$2.3B worldwide · 33% of the chart's total

$688.5M US & Canada · 29% $1.7B elsewhere · 71%