List of 2022 box office number-one films in New Zealand

This is a list of films which placed number one at the box office in New Zealand during 2022.

Number-one films

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Top 10 openings
1 9 January 2022 Spider-Man: No Way Home NZ$751,144 The King's Man (#2), The Addams Family 2: Road Trip (#8)
2 16 January 2022 NZ$466,065 Scream (#5), King Richard (#7)
3 23 January 2022 NZ$325,019 Spencer (#6)
4 30 January 2022 NZ$200,899 Hridayam (#7)
5 6 February 2022 Belfast NZ$367,255 Jackass Forever (#2), Moonfall (#4)
6 13 February 2022 Death on the Nile NZ$372,909 Marry Me (#4), Blacklight (#6)
7 20 February 2022 Uncharted NZ$632,720 Aaraattu (#9), The Worst Person in the World (#10)
8 27 February 2022 NZ$357,421 Gangubai Kathiawadi (#4), Studio 666 (#5), Aaja Mexico Challiye (#6), Bheemla Nayak (#9), Valimai (#10)
9 6 March 2022 The Batman NZ$1,044,684 Monster Family 2: Nobody's Perfect (#5)
10 13 March 2022 NZ$826,715 Off the Rails (#3), Radhe Shyam (#4), The Desperate Hour (#7)
11 20 March 2022 NZ$599,429 Gekijouban Jujutsu 0 (#2), Dog (#3), Bachchan Pandey (#5)
12 27 March 2022 NZ$409,618 RRR (#2), The Bad Guys (#10)
13 3 April 2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 NZ$477,585 Morbius (#2), The Duke (#4)
14 10 April 2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore NZ$807,635 Ambulance (#6), X (#10)
15 17 April 2022 NZ$487,856 The Lost City (#2), K.G.F: Chapter 2 (#3), Everything Everywhere all at Once (#6) The Last Bus (#10)
16 24 April 2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 NZ$603,946 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (#5)
17 1 May 2022 NZ$504,025 Downton Abbey: A New Era (#2)
18 8 May 2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness NZ$2,437,200 Maa (#8)
19 15 May 2022 NZ$1,101,175 Operation Mincemeat (#3), Saunkan Saunkne (#7)
20 22 May 2022 NZ$608,187 The Northman (#3), Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (#5), To Olivia (#10)
21 29 May 2022 Top Gun: Maverick NZ$1,969,467 How to Please a Woman (#6), The Bob's Burgers Movie (#8)
22 5 June 2022 NZ$2,355,708 Vikram (#4), Samrat Prithviraj (#9), Mothering Sunday (#10)
23 12 June 2022 Jurassic World: Dominion NZ$1,681,885 Pil's Adventures (#10)
24 19 June 2022 Top Gun: Maverick NZ$1,095,888 Lightyear (#3), Nude Tuesday (#4)
25 26 June 2022 Elvis NZ$1,043,403 Whina (#5), The Lion King Reo Māori (#6), Jugjugg Jeeyo (#7)
26 3 July 2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru NZ$838,558
27 10 July 2022 Thor: Love and Thunder NZ$2,530,560 Benediction (#10)
28 17 July 2022 NZ$1,468,415 The Phantom of the Open (#8), Princess Mononoke (#9), The Roundup (#10)
29 24 July 2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru NZ$931,357 Where the Crawdads Sing (#3), The Black Phone (#6)
30 31 July 2022 Thor: Love and Thunder NZ$409,282 Chhalla Mud Ke Nahi Aaya (#6), Ek Villain Returns (#9)
31 7 August 2022 Bullet Train NZ$404,262
32 14 August 2022 Nope NZ$243,278 Laal Singh Chaddha (#3), Rakshan Bandhan (#9)
33 21 August 2022 Bullet Train NZ$211,513 Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (#2), Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (#4), Gloriavale (#10)
34 28 August 2022 Andre Rieu's 2022 Maastricht Concert: Happy Days Are Here Again NZ$246,818 Beast (#4)
35 4 September 2022 Muru NZ$233,710 Orphan: First Kill (#5), Three Thousand Years of Longing (#6), Lancaster (#8)
36 11 September 2022 Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva NZ$203,833 After Ever Happy (#6)
37 18 September 2022 Ticket to Paradise NZ$379,713 Moonage Daydream (#3), See How They Run (#4)
38 25 September 2022 NZ$309,265 DC League of Super-Pets (#2), Avatar (re-release) (#3), Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (#10)
39 2 October 2022 DC League of Super-Pets NZ$307,118 Smile (#3), Ponniyin Selvan: Part One (#4), Vikram Vedha (#7), Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (#9)
40 9 October 2022 NZ$438,553 Don't Worry Darling (#2), Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (#3), Amsterdam (#5)
41 16 October 2022 NZ$408,021 Halloween Ends (#5), Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia (#10)
42 23 October 2022 Black Adam NZ$1,212,400 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (#2), Dame Valerie Adams: More than Gold (#5)
43 30 October 2022 NZ$685,296 The Woman King (#3), Frozen: Reo Maori (#4), Barbarian (#6), Thank God (#8)
44 6 November 2022 NZ$345,024 One Piece Film: Red (#3)
45 13 November 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever NZ$1,789,562 Mister Organ (#4), Uunchai (#8)
46 20 November 2022 NZ$1,158,540 Drishyam 2 (#4), She Said (#6), Emily (#7), The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2022 (#8)
47 27 November 2022 NZ$609,733 The Menu (#2), Strange World (#3), Bhediya (#7)
48 4 December 2022 NZ$347,391 The Road Dance (#8)
49 11 December 2022 NZ$303,772
50 18 December 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water NZ$3,355,135
51 25 December 2022 NZ$1,365,571 Cirkus (#3)
52 1 January 2023 NZ$1,776,285 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (#2), The Banshees of Inisherin (#3), Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (#4), The Lost King (#5), A Man Called Otto (#7)

Highest-grossing films

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Highest-grossing films of 2022[1][2][3]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross (NZ$)
1 Avatar: The Way of Water Disney NZ$19,939,618
2 Top Gun: Maverick Paramount Pictures NZ$14,228,242
3 Thor: Love and Thunder Disney NZ$8,258,571
4 Minions: The Rise of Gru Universal NZ$7,100,891
5 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Disney NZ$6,300,007
6 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Disney NZ$6,144,293
7 Elvis Warner Bros NZ$4,881,881
8 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Universal NZ$4,633,348
9 The Batman Warner Bros NZ$4,476,387
10 Jurassic World Dominion Universal NZ$4,474,288


Highest-grossing New Zealand films of 2022[1][2]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1 Muru Rialto NZ$1,519,022
2 Whina Transmission NZ$1,332,558
3 Mister Organ Madman NZ$415,571
4 The Lion King Reo Māori Walt Disney NZ$367,929
5 Dame Valerie Adams: More than Gold Eight the Story NZ$254,284

Records

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5 biggest openings
Rank Title Distributor Opening weekend
1 Avatar: The Way of Water Disney NZ$3,355,135
2 Thor: Love and Thunder Disney NZ$2,530,560
3 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Disney NZ$2,437,200
4 Top Gun: Maverick Paramount Pictures NZ$1,969,467
5 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Disney NZ$1,789,562
5 best second weekend holds for movies playing in more than 70 theatres
Rank Title 2nd week hold
1 House of Gucci 78%
2 Ghostbusters: Afterlife 46%
3 Clifford the Big Red Dog 27%
4 Top Gun: Maverick 20%
5 The Lost City 13%
Worst second weekend hold for movie playing in more than 70 theatres
Rank Title 2nd week hold
1 Morbius -66%
1 The Northman -66%
Best per theater opening
Rank Title Per theater gross
1 Avatar: The Way of Water $27,278

References

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  1. ^ a b "Movie Theatrical New Zealand Box Office Chart Archive 2022". The Numbers. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "2022 New Zealand Yearly Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ^ "Thor: Love & Thunder & Opening Weekend". Numero.co. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

See also

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