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 andParamount Pictures celebrated their 110th anniversaries andMotion Picture Association celebrated their100th anniversary.
In his article highlighting the best movies of 2022,Richard Brody ofThe 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 ofSpike Lee,Jim Jarmusch, andFrederick Wiseman at the forefront, and such younger filmmakers asJordan Peele,Garrett Bradley, andEliza 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 memory—and, most powerfully, their intersection."[1]
With the release ofAvatar: The Way of Water,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.[7] Disney's cumulative gross was generated from 16 film releases across its various studio divisions.[8]
Avatar: The Way of Water became the 51st film to gross $1 billion worldwide,[9] the sixth film to gross $2 billion worldwide, thesixth-fastest film to cross the billion-dollar mark at 14 days,[10] thesecond-fastest to gross the $2 billion mark,[11][12] the highest-grossing film of 2022,[13] and the highest-grossing film of theCOVID-19 pandemic era.[14]
It also achieved the second-highest global opening weekend ever for a film released inIMAX cinemas with $48.8 million.[15]
Top Gun: Maverick became the 49th film to gross $1 billion worldwide.[17]
Additionally, the film surpassedMission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) to becomeTom Cruise's highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office and also surpassedWar of the Worlds (2005) to become Cruise's highest-grossing film at the domestic box office.[18]
It also passedThe Mummy (2017) as Cruise's biggest opening weekend at the worldwide box office and also passedWar 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 US.
Top Gun: Maverick also passedShrek 2 (2004) for the lowest second weekend drop (29%) for a film that opened to over 100 Million Dollars.
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.[24]
It was also the third-biggest opening weekend for a film in the US and Canada during thepandemic era, behindSpider-Man: No Way Home andDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.[24][25]
Disney Africa reported that the film set an all-time box office record inWest Africa and had the biggest opening of 2022 inEast Africa, as well as the second-highest box office gross ever inSouthern Africa.[26][27]
InNigeria, it achieved the highest opening weekend ever for a film.[25]
Avatar became the first movie to gross more than $2.9 billion worldwide, following a worldwide re-release.[28][29]
^Kim Nara (August 26, 2022)."아이유X손석구, '신인상' 받을까…"춘사국제영화제, 후보 발표" [공식]" [IU X Son Seok-gu, will he receive the 'Rookie of the Year Award'... "Chunsa International Film Festival, Candidate Announcement" [Official]].My Daily (in Korean). Naver. RetrievedAugust 27, 2022.
^Nam, Yoo-jung (August 28, 2022)."헤어질 결심 브로커 둘 다 8개 부문 후보 올라" [Decision to break up and Broker both nominated for 8 categories] (in Korean). Busan Ilbo. RetrievedAugust 29, 2022 – via Naver.
^Son Bong-seok (April 21, 2022)."제26회 부천국제판타스틱영화제(BIFAN), 올해 칸영화제 '판타스틱 7' 출품작 '서울의 공포'(Seoul Horror Story) 선정" [The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) selected 'Seoul Horror Story' as the entry for 'Fantastic 7' at this year's Cannes Film Festival].Sports trend (in Korean). Naver. RetrievedApril 21, 2022.
^"Beryl Vertue obituary".The Times. February 15, 2022. RetrievedFebruary 15, 2022.Eventually her jet-set working life put a strain on their marriage. They remained friends but their divorce in 1984 destroyed her confidence
^Lee Jae-hoon (March 26, 2022)."유앤미블루 출신 방준석 영화 음악감독 위암으로 별세, 향년 52세(종합2보)" [Bang Jun-seok, former U&Me Blue film music director, dies of stomach cancer, at the age of 52 (2 total)].Newsis (in Korean). Naver.Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. RetrievedMarch 26, 2022.
