This is a list of films which ranked number one at the weekend box office for the year 2022 in Pakistan.

Number-one films The Legend of Maula Jatt became the highest-grossing film of 2022. DateTitleStudioGrossRef12 January 2022The 355Kinberg Genre Films, Freckle Films, FilmNation Entertainment, & Huayi Brothers$3,15219 January 2022$1,37830 March 2022AmbulanceNew Republic Pictures, Endeavor Content, Project X Entertainment, & Bay Films$956 April 2022$9518 May 2022The Bad GuysDreamWorks Animation Studios$2,90925 May 2022$6931 June 2022$6268 June 2022$31515 June 2022Jurassic World DominionUniversal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, & Perfect World Pictures$108,53313 July 2022Minions: The Rise of GruUniversal Pictures & Illumination$16,05727 July 2022$11,6903 August 2022$3,64610 August 2022Jurassic World DominionUniversal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, & Perfect World Pictures$2,38117 August 2022BeastSun Pictures$17,77824 August 2022$7,97131 August 2022$4,6467 September 2022$2,56514 September 2022$1,40028 September 2022$7895 October 2022Minions: The Rise of GruUniversal Pictures & Illumination$26312 October 2022$3229 November 2022Prey for the DevilGold Circle Films$4,41723 November 2022$1,19830 November 2022$1,4257 December 2022$1,99714 December 2022$55921 December 2022$77828 December 2022$1,628

Box office records

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) release in Pakistan 3 days after Eid al-Fitr when five local films already running in theaters from first day of Eid but still manage to surpassed them all at the weekend box office, this angered local producers and they demanded a ban on foreign films but the fans reaction on social media block off the protest as the audience was more interested in watching Doctor Strange. The film earned PKR 70 million in Pakistan in its opening weekend. Its debut set the following records: best opening of 2022, second biggest opening since COVID-19 (after No Way Home), Fourth best opening for an MCU film. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness later crossed 200 million milestone in Pakistan becoming the second film to do so during the pandemic era after Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). In July, the film gross more than 230 million becoming the highest-grossing film of 2022 (until it was surpassed by London Nahi Jaunga (2022)), Sixteenth highest-grossing film of all time in Pakistan and 3rd highest grossing MCU film in Pakistan after No Way Home and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Top Gun: Maverick (2022) records the second biggest opening for a Tom Cruise film in Pakistan after Mission: Impossible – Fallout.(2018) Additionally, the film surpassed Mission: Impossible – Fallout to become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film at the Pakistani box office. On 23 July, London Nahi Jaunga became the second film of 2022 and third film during the pandemic era to cross the 200 million mark in Pakistan. On 27 July, the film surpassed Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) to become the highest-grossing film of 2022 at the Pakistani box office. The film records the biggest fourth weekend of 2022 in Pakistan grossing over 2.5 crore. The film grossed PKR 300 million at domestic box office and become the tenth highest-grossing film of all time in Pakistan. As of 30 July, Thor: Love and Thunder earned PKR 147.0 million in first three weeks of its release and become the 5th highest grossing MCU film in Pakistan. The film The Legend of Maula Jatt records the second biggest domestic box office opening in Pakistan and the biggest for a Pakistani film. The film opened on Friday and grossed 45 million ( including 17.5 million from Thursday night previews) the highest ever opening day in Pakistan. It then collected 34.5 million on Saturday and 33.5 million on Sunday the highest grossed Saturday and Sunday ever, taking its opening weekend total to 113.0 million domestically, surpassing Sultan and JPNA 2 to become the second highest domestic box office opening in Pakistan only behind Avengers: Endgame.(145.0 million).

Highest-grossing films

This is the list of the top 15 highest-grossing films at the Pakistani box office for the year 2022. For worldwide gross, see List of Pakistani films of 2022 and 2022 in film § Highest-grossing films

†Denotes films still running in theatres

In-Year Release +Highest-grossing films of 2022 by In-year release in PakistanRankFilmDomestic grossCountryLanguageYearSource(s)1The Legend of Maula Jatt †PakistanPunjabi20222London Nahi JaungaPakistanUrdu20223Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessUnited StatesEnglish20224Top Gun: MaverickUnited StatesEnglish20225Quaid-e-Azam ZindabadPakistanUrdu20226Thor: Love and ThunderUnited StatesEnglish20227Jurassic World DominionUnited StatesEnglish20228The BatmanUnited StatesEnglish20229Ghabrana Nahi HaiPakistanUrdu202210Dum MastamPakistanUrdu202211Avatar: The Way of Water †United StatesEnglish202212KamliPakistanUrdu202213Parde Mein Rehne DoPakistanUrdu202214Black Panther: Wakanda Forever †United StatesEnglish202215ChakkarPakistanUrdu202216Minions: The Rise of Gru United StatesEnglish2022As of January 2023; [These are Pakistani box office numbers. For worldwide gross, see List of Pakistani films of 2022]

Opening weekends The following list shows top highest-grossing opening weekends of 2022 in Pakistan, which include local and Foreign films. These figures are not adjusted for ticket prices inflation.

RankFilmOpening Weekend grossCountryWeekend DaysRef.1The Legend of Maula JattPakistan32London Nahi JaungaPakistan3 (Eid Holidays)3Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessUnited States3 (Eid Holidays)4Thor: Love and ThunderUnited States3+ (Eid Holidays)5Quaid-e-Azam ZindabadPakistan3 (Eid Holidays)6Jurassic World DominionUnited States3 7The BatmanUnited States38Ghabrana Nahi HaiPakistan3 (Eid Holidays)9Top Gun: MaverickUnited States310Dum MastamPakistan3 (Eid Holidays)11Parde Mein Rehne DoPakistan3 (Eid Holidays)As of 18 October 2022; [These are top opening weekends of 2022 in Pakistan.]

See also

List of highest-grossing films in Pakistan List of highest-grossing Pakistani films Lists of Pakistani films Cinema of Pakistan Lists of highest-grossing films

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