Total domestic box office grosses through Christmas show an increase of 68% from 2021, but are still off by roughly a third compared with 2019. The combined superpowers of the Batman, Doctor Strange, the Minions, Maverick and Na’vi warriors couldn’t save Hollywood from a lackluster 2022 box office. Once the new year arrives, the domestic box office total for 2022 will likely come in at around $7.35 billion, Comscore said. Total domestic box office grosses through Christmas of this year represent an increase of 68% over 2021, when many theaters remained closed and audiences were largely still apprehensive about returning to theaters for fear of Covid-19. But 2022 grosses are still off by roughly one-third compared with 2019, the last prepandemic year, when the total North American box office totaled $11 billion.

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