Avatar this week has become the top grossing movie released globally in 2022, it is yet to be the top grossing movie of 2022 in North America and Canada or the UK.

The James Cameron directed sequel to Avatar has taken over $1.5 Billion at the global box office, with China, Japan, Europe and Australia showing good figures for the movie.

The current tally of global grosses is

• North America and Canada $471.8 Million
• China $171.5 Million
• France $97 Million
• Germany $79.5 Million
• Korea $79.2 Million
• United Kingdom and Ireland $62.1 Million
• India $52.4 Million
• Australia $40.8 Million
• Mexico $40.6 Million
• Italy $35.7 Million
• Spain $33.3 Million
• Brazil $27.2 Million
• Japan $20.7 Million

In the UK the top grossing movie of 2022 is Top Gun: Maverick which took an amazing £83.5 Million during its summer run, the Avatar sequel still has a bit to go to catch up.

In North America and Canada the Top Gun sequel took $717 Million on its 24 week run, and with Avatar: The Way of Water still pulling in good numbers, and an increase in screen this weekend couples with little competition until Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in mid February its looking likely the movie will go ahead.

It was an interesting year at the box office in 2022, there were some big disappointments, but its looks like there were 3 Billion dollar movies as well as a couple which got close.

One of those movie will most likely go over the $2 Billion mark, the first time that has happened since Avengers: Endgame in 2019 (pre-pandemic), although Spider-Man: No Way Home came very close in 2021.

See the full list of the highest grossing global box office movies.

The new movie from Marvel Studios, Thor: Love and Thunder has taken an incredible $15.7 Million across the globe on its early Wednesday release in 17 countries.

The movie did best in South Korea where it took $3.1 Million and Australia where it grossed $3 Million.

The movie opens in many more countries tonight (Thursday) including the UK before it goes wide this coming weekend, 8th July 2022.

This performance is better than the previous movie, Thor: Ragnarok by nearly 40%.

The movie is one of the more anticipated movies of 2022 and should have a UK opening somewhere somewhere in the £25 - 30 Million region and globally it should pass the $500 Million mark on its debut.

A year where cinema had a difficult start and was dominated by movies from China as their cinema industry flourished ended with Bond, Superhero movies (as usual), a Chinese mega hit movie and was seen out by the first $1 Billion movie in almost 2 years.

Here is a breakdown of the top 5 movie of 2021 at the global box office.

Spider Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home has had an amazing December at the global box office as it became the top movie of 2021, after only 2 weeks of release it has taken over $1.1 Billion globally.

The movie is in fact the only film of 2021 to go over the milestone of 1 Billion dollars, and as no movie in 2020 came anywhere near the milestone it's the first movie since 2019 to do it.

The Battle At Lake Changjin

Released primarily in China The Battle At Lake Changjin looked like it was going to be the top movie of the year, but it was not to be as it was pipped at the post by a superhero movie and so has to contend with the runner up spot.

The movie took an amazing $902.2 Million, even more amazing considering it was only released in China.

Hi, Mom

The Chinese movie was only released globally in China, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand, and yet still managed to take $822 Million globally in 2021.

The comedy is the 3rd top film of the year and considering it was released in a time when much of the world was either closed or on very limited cinema capacity it gave comedic relief for parts of the world.

No Time To Die

By the time the 25th Bond movie was released in cinemas it had been delayed many times and the world was ready to see Daniel Craigs last Bond movie.

Cinema goers in many countries were still unsure about going back into a dark with with strangers, but this movie is the 4th top movie of 2021 having taken $765 Million.

Fast & Furious 9

Another movie that got delayed by over a year from its original release, it also had a very staggered global release but it still managed to gross $710.6 Million making it the 5th top movie of 2021.

It took no where near the last few movies in the series, but even with the issues cinema has had this year its a great overal global take.

Here is the top 10 movies global in 2021

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home - $1.1 Billion
2. The Battle At Lake Changjin - $902.2 Million
3. Hi, Mom - $822 Million
4. No Time To Die - $765 Million
5. Fast & Furious 9 - $710.6 Million
6. Detective Chinatown 3 - $695.6 Million
7. Venom: Let There Be Carnage - $499.1 Million
8. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - $414.2 Million
9. Eternals - $395.3 Million
10. Dune - $382.1 Million

See the full 2021 global box office

Last weekend saw House of Gucci at the top of the UK box office, with 6 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• West Side Story
• Being the Ricardos
• Back to the Outback
• Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Lamb
• Don't Look Up

West Side Story

• The movie is directed by Steven Spielberg, it is the directors 36th movie.
• Steven Spielberg also directed A.I.: Artificial Intelligence in 2001 which grossed £8 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Ansel Elgort who also starred in The Divergnt Series: Allegiant (2016).
• The film also stars Rachel Zegler who is making a feature film debut.
• UK box office prediction: 1

Being the Ricardos

• The movie is directed by Aaron Sorkin, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Aaron Sorkin also directed The Trial of the Chicago 7 in 2020.
• It stars Nicole Kidman who also starred in Australia (2008).
• The film also stars Javier Bardem who last appeared in Dune (2021).

Back to the Outback

• The movie is from director Harry Cripps and Clare Knight
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Isla Fisher who also starred in Blithe Spirit (2020).
• The film also stars Tim Minchin who last appeared in Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021).

Clifford the Big Red Dog

• The movie is directed by Walt Becker, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Walt Becker also directed Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip in 2016 which grossed £16.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $234.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Darby Camp who also starred in Dreamland (2019).
• The film also stars Jack Whitehall who last appeared in Jungle Cruise (2021).
• UK box office prediction: 2

Lamb

• The movie is from director Valdimar Johannsson
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Noomi Rapace who also starred in Daisy Diamond (2007).
• The film also stars Hilmir Snaer Gudnason who is making a feature film debut.
• UK box office prediction: 9

Don't Look Up

• The movie is directed by Adam McKay, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Adam McKay also directed Vice in 2018 which grossed £3.2 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Timothee Chalamet who also starred in Little Women (2019).
• The film also stars Leonardo DiCaprio who last appeared in Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood (2019).

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there is 1 new movie

• Spider-Man: No Way Home - Wednesday, 15th December

Director John Krasinski brings us his sequel to 2018s A Quiet Place and despite the long wait for the movie it dominates this weeks global box office.

The movie stars Krasinski real life wife Emily Blunt and has been hit by positive reviews and good global box office figures for a pandemic Hollywood movie.

Also making a big impact is Disney's Cruella which makes its debut at 2 while The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It makes a new appearance at 10 with a release in a few countries.

Global box office QuickView

• Number 1 - A Quiet Place Part II (1st Weekend)
• Highest debut - A Quiet Place Part II (@1)
• Longest run - Stand By Me Doraemon 2 (17 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train ($491.4 Million)

Global box office top 5 analisys 28th - 20th May 2021.

A Quiet Place Part II

Taking over at the top of the global box office on its debut is the John Krasinski directed sequel movie which is released on 6 countries this weekend.

The movies takes a debut gross of $70.3 Million which is very good for a Hollywood movie during this pandemic era, and a sign that the box office is starting to return to normal.

Cruella

Disney release their long awaited Cruella De'vil origins movie to the world and despite it being released on Disney+ Premium as well it enters the global box office at number 2 from 30 countries.

The debut gross of the movie is 37.4 Million which is reasonable but could have been higher had it not been for A Quiet Place Part II at number 1.

Fast and Furious 9

The lastest Fast movie falls from the top to number 3 this week altohugh it is only playing in 8 countries with North America, Europe and Australia still to come.

This weekend the movie took $30.8 Million, an 81% drop from last weekend, which takes it to $229 Million global gross, it is now the fourth top global movie of 2021.

Stand By Me Doraemon 2

Jumping back into the top 5 is the Japanese animated movie which is at number 4 this weekend with $16.4 Million, a 99% increase from last weekend.

The movie has been on the box office for 17 weeks now and has taken $47.8 Million.

Love Will Tear Us Apart

The Chinese love story falls to number 5 this weekend with $5.1 Million, a 65% drop, giving the movie a total gross of $41.8 Million after 2 weeks.