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- Avatar 2 is the only competition at 15/8 to Top Gun: Maverick according to the betting odds
- Top Gun: Maverick remains the bookmakers favourite at 1/2
- We take a look at the current highest grossing films of the year
Avatar 2 is the only competition at 15/8 to Top Gun: Maverick according to the betting odds
The latest bookie odds for the Highest Grossing Film of 2022 show that it's just a two horse race between Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar 2 for the main spot at the top for the year.
The sequel to the highest grossing film of all-time Avatar is expected to have a massive performance at the Box Office during it's festive release period.
Paddy Power still make Top Gun: Maverick the favourite to top the Grossing charts but Avatar 2's release on December 16th will show us in the first week if there's a chance of a change happening.
| Highest Grossing Film Worldwide 2022 | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Top Gun: Maverick | 1/2 | 66.7% |
| Avatar 2 | 15/8 | 34.8% |
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | 14/1 | 6.7% |
| Strange World | 100/1 | 1.0% |
| Babylon | 100/1 | 1.0% |
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was released earlier this month and has made over $500m at the Box Office worldwide so far.
There's just a 6.7% chance that the Marvel movie can go on and surpass Top Gun: Maverick before the end of the year.
Top Gun: Maverick remains the bookmakers favourite at 1/2
Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick remains the 1/2 outright favourite to be the highest grossing film this year.
So far at the Box Office the movie has made just under $1.5 billion this year and it'll take something special to surpass that.
Top Gun: Maverick is by far the biggest film of Tom Cruise's career with Mission Impossible: Fallout second at just under $800m made.
This is almost $700m less than what the second Top Gun movie has made which shows just how impressive his latest movie has been.
Highest Grossing Film Betting Odds (Contenders and History)
We take a look at the current highest grossing films of the year
As we've said previously, Top Gun: Maverick is by far the highest grossing movie of 2022 with just under $1.5b made at the Box Office.
Jurassic World: Dominion has reached the $1b mark worldwide but still remains nearly half a billion behind Top Gun in the Box Office ranking for 2022.
| Movie Title | Worldwide Box Office Figures |
|---|---|
| Top Gun: Maverick | $1,486,657,763 |
| Jurassic World: Dominion | $1,001,136,080 |
| Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | $955,775,804 |
| Minions: The Rise of Gru | $937,848,495 |
| The Batman | $770,836,163 |
