The days when you meet your friends to go to the movies may not be as common as before and there are many theaters that are closed, but that doesn’t mean people don’t go to the movies. As reported Europe PressComscore data indicates that Last 2022, Spanish cinemas had 61.2 million viewers45% more than in 2021. An encouraging figure that gives a breather to the audiovisual sector, one of the most abused by the pandemic.
It was a very good year in terms of viewers but also in terms of releases, both on digital platforms and in the cinemas themselves. Avatar: The way of the water, Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets, Blonde, Elvis… The list of movies released in 2022 is endless. But, as makes sense, not all of them succeeded equally. Today we are going to see the review top grossing movies of this 2022both in the international and national scene:
On the international stage, there have been many highly anticipated releases by fans and critics this year, and almost all of them have landed first on the list of highest-grossing films.
- Top gun: Maverick. The second part of the iconic Tom Cruise film finally hit theaters this year, almost 1,500 million euros in revenue.
- Avatar: The way of the water. Another movie that fans have been waiting for for years was released on December 16 and in just two weeks it became the second highest grossing movie of 2022 with more than 1,400 million euros in revenue.
- Jurassic World: Dominion. Dinosaurs once again invaded our screens this year, becoming the third film to exceed 1,000 million euros in sales.
- Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness. Marvel is always synonymous with success and the last of Doctor Strange triumphed at the box office: 955 million euros worldwide.
- Minions: The Rise of Gru. The top 5 international box office has an animated film and it is the latest installment of Gru, with 939 million euros.
Although some films coincide between the global box office and our country’s, it is clear that we Spaniards have an innate preference for national films. These are the five highest grossing Spanish films in 2022 in theaters in our country:
- Father there is only one 3: The third installment of this saga, following in the footsteps of its predecessors, is the highest-grossing film of this year 2022. With more than 2.7 million viewers, the film starring Santiago Segura has more than 15.6 million euros raised.
- Tadeo Jones 3: The emerald green table. The third part of the Spanish animated film is in second place, with more than two million viewers and a collection of 11.8 million euros.
- The crooked lines of God: Although it is already available on Netflix, during its time in theaters it had almost one million viewers and achieved a collection of 5.7 million euros.
- full train 2: comedies always triumph in our country and this sequel, a month after its premiere, has almost 800,000 viewers and 4.8 million euros in revenue.
- the fourth passenger: Alex de la Iglesia is one of the most successful directors in our country and the fact that this film is in the top 5 best-grossing films proves it: almost 700,000 viewers and 4.3 million euros in revenue.
Source: Marie Claire

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