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

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

Number-one films

Weekend end dateFilmWeekend
gross
Top 10 openings
1NZ$751,144The King's Man (#2), The Addams Family 2: Road Trip (#8)
216 January 2022NZ$466,065Scream (#5), King Richard (#7)
323 January 2022NZ$325,019Spencer (#6)
430 January 2022NZ$200,899Hridayam (#7)
56 February 2022BelfastNZ$367,255Jackass Forever (#2), Moonfall (#4)
613 February 2022Death on the NileNZ$372,909Marry Me (#4), Blacklight (#6)
720 February 2022UnchartedNZ$632,720Aaraattu (#9), The Worst Person in the World (#10)
827 February 2022NZ$357,421Gangubai Kathiawadi (#4), Studio 666 (#5), Aaja Mexico Challiye (#6), Bheemla Nayak (#9), Valimai (#10)
96 March 2022The BatmanNZ$1,044,684Monster Family 2: Nobody's Perfect (#5)
1013 March 2022NZ$826,715Off the Rails (#3), Radhe Shyam (#4), The Desperate Hour (#7)
1120 March 2022NZ$599,429Gekijouban Jujutsu 0 (#2), Dog (#3), Bachchan Pandey (#5)
1227 March 2022NZ$409,618RRR (#2), The Bad Guys (#10)
133 April 2022Sonic the Hedgehog 2NZ$477,585Morbius (#2), The Duke (#4)
1410 April 2022NZ$807,635Ambulance (#6), X (#10)
1517 April 2022NZ$487,856The Lost City (#2), (#3), Everything Everywhere all at Once (#6) The Last Bus (#10)
1624 April 2022Sonic the Hedgehog 2NZ$603,946The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (#5)
171 May 2022NZ$504,025 (#2)
188 May 2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessNZ$2,437,200Maa (#8)
1915 May 2022NZ$1,101,175Operation Mincemeat (#3), Saunkan Saunkne (#7)
2022 May 2022NZ$608,187The Northman (#3), Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (#5), To Olivia (#10)
2129 May 2022NZ$1,969,467How to Please a Woman (#6), The Bob's Burgers Movie (#8)
225 June 2022NZ$2,355,708Vikram (#4), Samrat Prithviraj (#9), Mothering Sunday (#10)
2312 June 2022Jurassic World: DominionNZ$1,681,885Pil's Adventures (#10)
2419 June 2022NZ$1,095,888Lightyear (#3), Nude Tuesday (#4)
2526 June 2022ElvisNZ$1,043,403Whina (#5), The Lion King Reo Māori (#6), Jugjugg Jeeyo (#7)
263 July 2022NZ$838,558
2710 July 2022NZ$2,530,560Benediction (#10)
2817 July 2022NZ$1,468,415The Phantom of the Open (#8), Princess Mononoke (#9), The Roundup (#10)
2924 July 2022NZ$931,357Where the Crawdads Sing (#3), The Black Phone (#6)
3031 July 2022NZ$409,282Chhalla Mud Ke Nahi Aaya (#6), Ek Villain Returns (#9)
317 August 2022Bullet TrainNZ$404,262
3214 August 2022NopeNZ$243,278Laal Singh Chaddha (#3), Rakshan Bandhan (#9)
3321 August 2022Bullet TrainNZ$211,513Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (#2), (#4), Gloriavale (#10)
3428 August 2022Andre Rieu's 2022 Maastricht Concert: Happy Days Are Here AgainNZ$246,818Beast (#4)
354 September 2022MuruNZ$233,710 (#5), Three Thousand Years of Longing (#6), Lancaster (#8)
3611 September 2022NZ$203,833After Ever Happy (#6)
3718 September 2022Ticket to ParadiseNZ$379,713Moonage Daydream (#3), See How They Run (#4)
3825 September 2022NZ$309,265DC League of Super-Pets (#2), Avatar (Re-Release) (#3), (#10)
392 October 2022DC League of Super-PetsNZ$307,118Smile (#3), Ponniyin Selvan: Part One (#4), Vikram Vedha (#7), (#9)
409 October 2022NZ$438,553Don't Worry Darling (#2), Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (#3), Amsterdam (#5)
4116 October 2022NZ$408,021Halloween Ends (#5), (#10)
4223 October 2022Black AdamNZ$1,212,400 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (#2), (#5)
4330 October 2022NZ$685,296The Woman King (#3), Frozen: Reo Maori (#4), Barbarian (#6), Thank God (#8)
446 November 2022NZ$345,024 (#3)
4513 November 2022NZ$1,789,562Mister Organ (#4), Uunchai (#8)
4620 November 2022NZ$1,158,540Drishyam 2 (#4), She Said (#6), Emily (#7), The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2022 (#8)
4727 November 2022NZ$609,733The Menu (#2), Strange World (#3), Bhediya (#7)
484 December 2022NZ$347,391The Road Dance (#8)
4911 December 2022NZ$303,772
5018 December 2022NZ$3,355,135
5125 December 2022NZ$1,365,571Cirkus (#3)
52NZ$1,776,285 (#2), The Banshees of Inisherin (#3), (#4), The Lost King (#5), A Man Called Otto (#7).

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2022[1] [2] [3] !Rank!Title!Distributor!Domestic gross (NZ$)
1DisneyNZ$19,939,618
2Paramount PicturesNZ$14,228,242
3DisneyNZ$8,258,571
4UniversalNZ$7,100,891
5Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessDisneyNZ$6,300,007
6DisneyNZ$6,144,293
7ElvisWarner BrosNZ$4,881,881
8UniversalNZ$4,633,348
9The BatmanWarner BrosNZ$4,476,387
10Jurassic World DominionUniversalNZ$4,474,288
Highest-grossing New Zealand films of 2022
RankTitleDistributor Domestic gross
1 Muru RialtoNZ$1,519,022
2 Whina TransmissionNZ$1,332,558
3 Mister OrganMadmanNZ$415,571
4 The Lion King Reo MāoriWalt DisneyNZ$367,929
5 Eight the StoryNZ$254,284

Records

5 Biggest openings!Rank!Title!Distributor!Opening Weekend
1DisneyNZ$3,355,135
2DisneyNZ$2,530,560
3Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessDisneyNZ$2,437,200
4Paramount PicturesNZ$1,969,467
5DisneyNZ$1,789,562
5 Best Second weekend holds for movies playing in more than 70 theatres!Rank!Title!2nd Week Hold
1House of Gucci78%
246%
3Clifford the Big Red Dog27%
420%
5The Lost City13%
Worst Second weekend hold for movie playing in more than 70 theatres!Rank!Title!2nd Week Hold
1Morbius-66%
1The Northman-66%
Best per Theater Opening!Rank!Title!Per Theater gross
1$27,278

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Movie Theatrical New Zealand Box Office Chart Archive 2022. 2021-06-22. The Numbers.
  2. Web site: 2022 New Zealand Yearly Box Office Results. Box Office Mojo.
  3. Web site: Thor: Love & Thunder & Opening Weekend . 12 July 2022. Numero.co.