'Top Gun: Maverick' and Disney were the box office leaders in an otherwise soft 2022
Publishing timestamp: 2023-01-10 17:17:39
Summary
Paramount and Skydance's "Top Gun: Maverick" was the highest-grossing domestic release in 2022, generating $719 million in ticket sales. Disney was the highest-grossing studio domestically, tallying $2 billion from "Avatar," "Black Panther" and "Doctor Strange" sequels. The domestic box office total reached an estimated $7.5 billion in 2022, down around 34% compared to 2019 before the pandemic. Several other releases pushed Paramount's 2022 box office to around $1.3 billion, making it the third-highest haul for studios. Disney films represented nearly 27% of all box office revenue domestically in 2022, and Universal had the second-highest market share for studios domestically. Warner Bros. and Sony also had strong showings, and industry experts are encouraged by a more robust 2023 slate of films.
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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/10/top-gun-maverick-disney-top-box-office-2022.html