'Top Gun: Maverick' and Disney were the box office leaders in an otherwise soft 2022

"Top Gun: Maverick" was the highest grossing theatrical merchandise successful 2022, but its $719 cardinal haul wasn't capable to marque its studio, Paramount, ruler of the home container office.

The Tom Cruise-led enactment movie was a juggernaut, generating $719 cardinal successful summons income successful the U.S. and Canada, the astir of immoderate movie released successful 2022, according to information from Comscore. It besides accounted for much than fractional of Paramount's wide home haul for the year.

Other releases, including "The Lost City," "Smile," "Scream" and "Sonic the Hedgehog 2," pushed Paramount's 2022 container bureau to astir $1.3 billion, the third-highest haul for studios, Comscore reported.

Ultimately, "Maverick" represented astir 10% of the full $7.5 cardinal successful home summons receipts collected past year. That home full is down astir 34% compared to 2019, earlier the pandemic.

While the "Top Gun" sequel topped the charts arsenic the highest-grossing movie of the year, it is Disney that yet wears the 2022 container bureau crown.

The company, which includes 20th Century Studios, tallied astir $2 cardinal astatine the home container bureau acknowledgment to respective Marvel Studios pictures and James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water," which is inactive pulling successful big bucks aft its mid-December release.

Disney films represented astir 27% of each container bureau gross domestically successful 2022, with 3 of its releases earning spots successful the apical 5 highest-grossing films of the twelvemonth and 4 of the apical 10.

North America's 2022 container bureau champions

Franchise films, ever popular, were the strongest gully for cinemas aft pandemic restrictions were lifted. In fact, each of 2022's 10 highest-grossing films were based connected existing intelligence property.

Universal had the second-highest marketplace stock for studios domestically, accounting for 22% of container bureau receipts successful 2022, oregon astir $1.65 billion. "Jurassic World: Dominion" and "Minions: The Rise of Gru" were its biggest summons sellers, but the studio's tally was besides bolstered by respective fearfulness films including "Nope," "The Black Phone" and "Halloween Ends."

Warner Bros. had the fourth-highest marketplace share, conscionable down Paramount, accounting for astir 12.5% of summons sales. "The Batman," "Black Adam," "Elvis" and "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" contributed to its astir $940 cardinal total.

The fifth-highest marketplace stock was Sony, which started the twelvemonth beardown pursuing the precocious 2021 merchandise of "Spider-Man: No Way Home," a collaboration with Disney. "No Way Home" collected $241 cardinal successful summons income successful 2022. Sony besides had releases similar "Uncharted," "Bullet Train" and "Where the Crawdads Sing," which contributed to its astir $870 cardinal successful receipts, astir 12% of the full 2022 container office.

Last twelvemonth was "a twelvemonth of realignment and betterment for movie theaters," said Paul Dergarabedian, elder media expert astatine Comscore.

While summons income person rebounded, determination were importantly less films released successful theaters successful 2022, which resulted successful a little yearly container office.

Industry experts similar Dergarabedian are encouraged by the much robust 2023 slate of films, which includes respective blockbuster features arsenic good arsenic low-to-mid-tier fund movies. Expectations are precocious for a fistful of Marvel and DC superhero films alongside an summation successful family-friendly fare.

Movies similar Warner Bros.' "Barbie," Disney's "The Little Mermaid" and Sony's "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" are conscionable immoderate of the hotly anticipated features coming successful 2023.

"The travel up promises to beryllium a overmuch much accordant and robust twelvemonth for the large screen," Dergarabedian said.

Disclosure: Comcast is the genitor institution of NBCUniversal and CNBC.