List of 2022 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 2022.

Films

Week Weekend End Date Film Total weekend gross
(Pound sterling) 		Weekend openings in the Top 10 Reference(s)
1 2 January 2022 Spider-Man: No Way Home[a] £6,055,345 The King's Man (#2), Titane (#9) [1]
2 9 January 2022 £4,477,415 Licorice Pizza (#3), The 355 (#7) [2]
3 16 January 2022 £3,215,166 Scream (#2) [3]
4 23 January 2022 £2,335,488 Belfast (#2), Nightmare Alley (#4) [4]
5 30 January 2022 Sing 2 £6,867,533 Parallel Mothers (#6) [5]
6 6 February 2022 £5,149,645 Jackass Forever (#2), Moonfall (#4), Belle (#9) [6]
7 13 February 2022 Uncharted £4,705,948 Death on the Nile (#3), Marry Me (#6) [7]
8 20 February 2022 £3,775,359 Dog (#4) [8]
9 27 February 2022 £3,084,101 The Duke (#3), Cyrano (#7), The Godfather (#10) [9]
10 6 March 2022 The Batman £13,531,855 Ali & Ava (#9) [10]
11 13 March 2022 £7,406,390 BTS Permission To Dance On Stage Seoul: Live Viewing (#3), Radhe Shyam (#9) [11]
12 20 March 2022 £3,351,288 Jujitsu Kaisen 0 (#2), The Nan Movie (#4), The Phantom of the Open (#5), X (#7) [12]
13 27 March 2022 £1,664,503 RRR (#2), Ambulance (#3), The Worst Person in the World (#7) [13]
14 3 April 2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 £4,986,334 Morbius (#2), The Bad Guys (#3) [14]
15 10 April 2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore £5,884,934 The Outfit (#7) [15]
16 17 April 2022 The Lost City £2,743,211 The Northman (#4), Operation Mincemeat (#5), Beast (#7), K.G.F: Chapter 2 (#8) [16]
17 24 April 2022 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 £1,637,442 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (#7) [17]
18 1 May 2022 Downton Abbey: A New Era £3,072,762 Acharya (#10) [18]
19 8 May 2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness £19,765,718 Turandot - Met Opera 2022 (#9) [19]
20 15 May 2022 £5,690,351 Everything Everywhere All at Once (#3), Little Mix Live - The Final Show (For Now...) (#5), Firestarter (#9) [20]
21 22 May 2022 £2,968,358 Benediction (#10) [21]
22 29 May 2022 Top Gun: Maverick £15,931,497 The Bob's Burgers Movie (#5), F3 (#10) [22]
23 5 June 2022 £10,325,500 Men (#3), Vikram (#6) [23]
24 12 June 2022 Jurassic World Dominion £12,121,728 Ante Sundaraniki (#10) [24]
25 19 June 2022 £5,717,881 Lightyear (#3), Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (#4) [25]
26 26 June 2022 Elvis £4,023,572 The Black Phone (#5), Jug Jugg Jeeyo (#6), George Michael Freedom Uncut (#9) [26]
27 3 July 2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru £10,424,758 Nitram (#10) [27]
28 10 July 2022 Thor: Love and Thunder £12,283,719 London Nahi Jaunga (#8), Brian and Charles (#9), Dr Who: Classic Movie Double Bill (#10) [28]
29 17 July 2022 £4,063,773 The Railway Children Return (#6) [29]
30 24 July 2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru £3,086,374 Where the Crawdads Sing (#3), Prima Facie - NT Live 2022 (#6) [30]
31 31 July 2022 DC League of Super-Pets £2,694,626 Dirty Dancing (#7) [31]
32 7 August 2022 Bullet Train £2,858,197 Westlife: Live from Wembley Arena (#8) [32]
33 14 August 2022 Nope £1,859,338 Laal Singh Chaddha (#7) [33]
34 21 August 2022 £1,147,639 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (#5), Fisherman's Friends: One and All (#6), Orphan: First Kill (#10) [34]
35 28 August 2022 Andre Rieu’s 2022 Maastricht Summer Concert £798,706 Beast (#2) [35]
36 4 September 2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru £1,056,163 Spider-Man: No Way Home (#5), E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (#7), Three Thousand Years of Longing (#10) [36]
37 11 September 2022 See How They Run £1,163,484 Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy (#2), Jaws (#3), Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva (#4), Bodies Bodies Bodies (#7) [37]
38 18 September 2022 £984,779 Moonage Daydream (#10) [38]
39 25 September 2022 Ticket to Paradise £2,085,615 Don't Worry Darling (#2), Avatar (#3) [39]
40 2 October 2022 Smile £1,860,452 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (#4), Ponniyin Selvan: I (#5) [40]
41 9 October 2022 £1,715,678 The Woman King (#2), Amsterdam (#5), The Lost King (#7) [41]
42 16 October 2022 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile £2,783,562 Halloween Ends (#2), The Legend of Maula Jatt (#9), Emily (#10) [42]
43 23 October 2022 Black Adam £5,655,003 The Banshees of Inisherin (#2), Decision to Leave (#6) [43]
44 30 October 2022 £3,488,800 Prey for the Devil (#4), Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires (#5), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (#7), Barbarian (#8), Triangle of Sadness (#10) [44]
45 6 November 2022 £2,006,821 Living (#4), One Piece Film: Red (#5) [45]
46 13 November 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever £12,363,870 [46]
47 20 November 2022 £6,190,593 The Menu (#2), Aftersun (#7), Listy Do M5 (#8), Drishyam 2 (#9), Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! (#10) [47]
48 27 November 2022 Matilda the Musical £4,135,318 Strange World (#3), She Said (#4), Bones and All (#6), A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story (#10) [48]
49 4 December 2022 £2,531,782 Violent Night (#3) [49]
50 11 December 2022 £2,102,866 Elf (#6), The Nutcracker - ROH, London 2022 (#7), Home Alone (#8), The Muppet Christmas Carol (#9), The Polar Express (#10) [50]
51 18 December 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water £11,187,562 It's a Wonderful Life (#8) [51]
52 25 December 2022 £4,974,004 Love Actually (#3) [52]

Highest-grossing films

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2022 by In-year release[53][54][55]
Rank Title Distributor U.K. gross
1. Top Gun: Maverick Paramount £83,575,590[56]
2. Avatar: The Way of Water 20th Century £76,922,252
3. Minions: The Rise of Gru Universal £46,096,257
4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Disney £42,082,100[57]
5. The Batman Warner Bros. £40,820,268[58]
6. Thor: Love And Thunder Disney £37,369,361
7. Jurassic World Dominion Universal £35,103,831
8. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Disney £34,345,903
9. Sing 2 Universal £32,790,416[59]
10. Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical Sony £28,570,605


Highest-grossing films by BBFC rating of 2022
U Minions: The Rise of Gru[60]
PG Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical[61]
12A Top Gun: Maverick[62]
15 The Batman[63]
18 Smile[64]

Notes

  1. ^ Opened in 2021

See also

References

  1. ^ [1] BFI Weekend Box Office 31/12/2021 - 02/01/2022
  2. ^ [2] BFI Weekend Box Office 07/01/2022 - 09/01/2022
  3. ^ [3] BFI Weekend Box Office 14/01/2022 - 16/01/2022
  4. ^ [4] BFI Weekend Box Office 21/01/2022 - 23/01/2022
  5. ^ [5] BFI Weekend Box Office 28/01/2022 - 30/01/2022
  6. ^ [6] BFI Weekend Box Office 04/02/2022 - 06/02/2022
  7. ^ [7] BFI Weekend Box Office 11/02/2022 - 13/02/2022
  8. ^ [8] BFI Weekend Box Office 18/02/2022 - 20/02/2022
  9. ^ [9] BFI Weekend Box Office 25/02/2022 - 27/02/2022
  10. ^ [10] BFI Weekend Box Office 04/03/2022 06/03/2022
  11. ^ [11] BFI Weekend Box Office 11/03/2022 - 13/03/2022
  12. ^ [12] BFI Weekend Box Office 18/03/2022 - 20/03/2022
  13. ^ [13] BFI Weekend Box Office 25/03/2022 - 27/03/2022
  14. ^ [14] BFI Weekend Box Office 01/04/2022 - 03/04/2022
  15. ^ [15] BFI Weekend Box Office 08/04/2022 - 10/04/2022
  16. ^ [16] BFI Weekend Box Office 15/04/2022 - 17/04/2022
  17. ^ [17] BFI Weekend Box Office 22/04/2022 - 24/04/2022
  18. ^ [18] BFI Weekend Box Office 29/04/2022 - 01/05/2022
  19. ^ [19] BFI Weekend Box Office 06/05/2022 - 08/05/2022
  20. ^ [20] BFI Weekend Box Office 13/05/2022 - 15/05/2022
  21. ^ [21] BFI Weekend Box Office 20/05/2022 - 22/05/2022
  22. ^ [22] BFI Weekend Box Office 27/05/2022 - 29/05/2022
  23. ^ [23] BFI Weekend Box Office 03/06/2022 - 05/06/2022
  24. ^ [24] BFI Weekend Box Office 10/06/2022 - 12/06/2022
  25. ^ [25] BFI Weekend Box Office 17/06/2022 - 19/06/2022
  26. ^ [26] BFI Weekend Box Office 24/06/2022 - 26/06/2022
  27. ^ [27] BFI Weekend Box Office 01/07/2022 - 03/07/2022
  28. ^ [28] BFI Weekend Box Office 08/07/2022 - 10/07/2022
  29. ^ [29] BFI Weekend Box Office 15/07/2022 - 17/07/2022
  30. ^ [30] BFI Weekend Box Office 22/07/2022 - 24/07/2022
  31. ^ [31] BFI Weekend Box Office 29/07/2022 - 31/07/2022
  32. ^ [32] BFI Weekend Box Office 05/08/2022 - 07/08/2022
  33. ^ [33] BFI Weekend Box Office 12/08/2022 - 14/08/2022
  34. ^ [34] BFI Weekend Box Office 19/08/2022 - 21/08/2022
  35. ^ [35] BFI Weekend Box Office 26/08/2022 - 28/08/2022
  36. ^ [36] BFI Weekend Box Office 02/09/2022 - 04/09/2022
  37. ^ [37] BFI Weekend Box Office 09/09/2022 - 11/09/2022
  38. ^ [38] BFI Weekend Box Office 16/09/2022 - 18/09/2022
  39. ^ [39] BFI Weekend Box Office 23/09/2022 - 25/09/2022
  40. ^ [40] BFI Weekend Box Office 30/09/2022 - 02/10/2022
  41. ^ [41] BFI Weekend Box Office 07/10/2022 - 09/10/2022
  42. ^ [42] BFI Weekend Box Office 14/10/2022 - 16/10/2022
  43. ^ [43] BFI Weekend Box Office 21/10/2022 - 23/10/2022
  44. ^ [44] BFI Weekend Box Office 28/10/2022 - 30/10/2022
  45. ^ [45] BFI Weekend Box Office 04/11/2022 - 06/11/2022
  46. ^ [46] BFI Weekend Box Office 11/11/2022 - 13/11/2022
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  49. ^ [48] BFI Weekend Box Office 02/12/2022 - 04/12/2022
  50. ^ [49] BFI Weekend Box Office 09/12/2022 - 11/12/2022
  51. ^ [50] BFI Weekend Box Office 16/12/2022 - 18/12/2022
  52. ^ [51] BFI Weekend Box Office 23/12/2022 - 25/12/2022
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  56. ^ "Weekend box office report: 9-11 December 2022". BFI Box Office. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  57. ^ "BFI Weekend Box Office 12/08/2022 - 14/08/2022". British Film Institute. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  58. ^ "BFI Weekend Box Office 30 August-1 September 2024". British Film Institute. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  59. ^ "BFI Weekend Box Office 06/05/2022 - 08/05/2022". BFI. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  60. ^ "Minions: The Rise Of Gru". BBFC. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  61. ^ "Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical". BBFC. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  62. ^ "Top Gun: Maverick". BBFC. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  63. ^ "The Batman". BBFC. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  64. ^ "Smile". BBFC. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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