22 Malayalam films of 2022 ranked by box office. #1: Malikappuram (₹99 crore).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malikappuram | Unni Mukundan | Vishnu Sasi Shankar | ₹99 crore | ||
| 2 | Bheeshma Parvam | Mammootty | Amal Neerad | ₹88.1 crore | ||
| 3 | Thallumaala | Tovino Thomas | Khalidh Rahman | $2.5 million | ₹50 crore | |
| 3 | Jana Gana Mana | Prithviraj Sukumaran | Dijo Jose Antony | ₹50 crore | ||
| 3 | Kaduva | Prithviraj Sukumaran | Shaji Kailas | ₹50 crore | ||
| 3 | Paappan | Suresh Gopi | Joshiy | ₹50 crore | ||
| 7 | Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey | Basil Joseph | Vipin Das | ₹43 crore | ||
| 8 | Rorschach | Mammootty | Nissam Basheer | ₹39 crore | ||
| 9 | CBI 5: The Brain | Mammootty | K. Madhu | ₹37 crore | ||
| 10 | Nna Thaan Case Kodu | Kunchacko Boban | Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval | $600,000 | ₹34.1 crore | |
| 11 | Super Sharanya | Anaswara Rajan | Girish A. D. | ₹23 crore | ||
| 12 | Aaraattu | Mohanlal | B. Unnikrishnan | ₹18 crore | ₹20 crore | 1.11x |
| 13 | Kaapa | Prithviraj Sukumaran | Shaji Kailas | ₹17 crore | ||
| 14 | Jo and Jo | Nikhila Vimal | Arun D Jose | ₹16 crore | ||
| 15 | Mukundan Unni Associates | Vineeth Sreenivasan | Abhinav Sunder Nayak | ₹10 crore | ||
| 16 | Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam | Mammootty | Lijo Jose Pellissery | ₹3 crore | ₹9.7 crore | 3.23x |
| 17 | Saudi Vellakka | Devi Varma | Tharun Moorthy | ₹3.1 crore | ₹8.3 crore | 2.68x |
| 18 | Monster | Vyshakh | ₹7 crore | |||
| 19 | Vaashi | Tovino Thomas | Vishnu Raghav | ₹1.8 crore | ||
| 19 | Khedda | Sudev Nair | Manoj Kana | ₹1.8 crore | ||
| 21 | Kallan D’Souza | Soubin Shahir | Jithu K Jayan | ₹53 lakh | ||
| A Violent Tale | Arunlal | $1,200 | $1,200 | 1.00x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.