Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) is the highest-grossing movie released in 2022, with $2.3B worldwide, ahead of Jurassic World Dominion (2022) at $1B and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) at $955.8M. 1,789 films released in 2022 report a worldwide gross, $19.7B in all, 35% of it from the US & Canada. 2 films crossed $1 billion and 40 crossed $100 million. That is up 10% on 2021, whose releases took $17.9B. By genre, Action leads with $11.2B across 233 releases.

2022 releases with a gross

1,789

combined worldwide

$19.7B

films crossed $100M

40

vs 2021

+10%

#1 of 1,789

#1 movie of 2022

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

2022 · Action, Adventure

$2.3B worldwide · 12% of the chart's total

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