The Top Movie Stars of 2022

Tom Cruise is our top movie star for 2022, for his role in the acclaimed “Top Gun: Maverick”. This long-awaited sequel of the 1986 cult classic “Top Gun” has produced quite a few stars on our list of the top 25 stars of 2022.

Another movie that contributed a few stars to our list, is “Avatar: The Way of Water”. This very expensive sequel to “Avatar”, was made 13 years after the original and has three stars on our list, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, and Sam Worthington at number two.

To determine the top movie stars by year, 24/7 Tempo reviewed data on domestic box office from the film industry site The Numbers, a subsidiary of Nash Information Services. Actors were ranked based on their total contributions to the domestic box office in a given year. Box office contributions were calculated based on billing order, with domestic box office figures successively halved according to billing order. If an actor received top billing, for example, they would be assigned half of the film’s box office. Actors receiving second billing were assigned one-fourth of a film’s box office, actors receiving third billing one-eighth, actors receiving fourth billing one-sixteenth, and so on. Domestic box office data is adjusted for inflation.

Here are the 25 top movie stars for 2022:

25. Daniel Kaluuya

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $61.6 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Nope ($123.3 million)

24. Tom Holland

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $74.3 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Uncharted ($148.6 million)

23. Austin Butler

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $75.5 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Elvis ($151.0 million)

22. Michelle Yeoh

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $84.9 million
• Movies in 2022: 3 credits
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Minions: The Rise of Gru ($369.7 million)

21. Sigourney Weaver

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $86.7 million
• Movies in 2022: 3 credits
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Avatar: The Way of Water ($684.1 million)

20. Zoë Kravitz

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $92.3 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: The Batman ($369.3 million)

19. Taraji P. Henson

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $92.4 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Minions: The Rise of Gru ($369.7 million)

18. Christian Bale

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $93.3 million
• Movies in 2022: 2 credits
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Thor: Love and Thunder ($343.3 million)

17. Bryce Dallas Howard

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $94.2 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Jurassic World: Dominion ($376.9 million)

16. Glen Powell

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $95.0 million
• Movies in 2022: 2 credits
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Top Gun: Maverick ($718.7 million)

15. Ben Schwartz

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $95.4 million
• Movies in 2022: 2 credits
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ($190.9 million)

14. Antonio Banderas

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $97.6 million
• Movies in 2022: 3 credits
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish ($185.5 million)

13. Elizabeth Olsen

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $102.8 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411.3 million)

12. Lupita Nyong’o

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $113.9 million
• Movies in 2022: 2 credits
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($453.8 million)

11. Dwayne Johnson

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $130.9 million
• Movies in 2022: 2 credits
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Black Adam ($168.2 million)

10. Zoe Saldana

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $171.3 million
• Movies in 2022: 2 credits
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Avatar: The Way of Water ($684.1 million)

9. Chris Hemsworth

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $171.6 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Thor: Love and Thunder ($343.3 million)

8. Miles Teller

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $179.7 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Top Gun: Maverick ($718.7 million)

7. Robert Pattinson

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $184.7 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: The Batman ($369.3 million)

6. Steve Carell

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $184.8 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Minions: The Rise of Gru ($369.7 million)

5. Chris Pratt

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $189.8 million
• Movies in 2022: 2 credits
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Jurassic World: Dominion ($376.9 million)

4. Benedict Cumberbatch

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $205.7 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411.3 million)

3. Letitia Wright

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $227.0 million
• Movies in 2022: 3 credits
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($453.8 million)

2. Sam Worthington

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $342.0 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Avatar: The Way of Water ($684.1 million)

1. Tom Cruise

• Box office contributions in 2022 (inflation-adjusted): $359.4 million
• Movies in 2022: 1 credit
• Highest grossing movie in 2022: Top Gun: Maverick ($718.7 million)