Movies
But somehow none of those actors were involved in the most searched movies of the year. Instead, the people looked mostly to superheroes.
The most searched box office hits were:
Thor: Love and Thunder
Black Adam
Top Gun: Maverick
The Batman
Encanto
Though the most recent Thor franchise hit was uneven—Google users still clearly thought it was worth reading up on. Though searches clearly don’t necessarily correlate with success—as Black Adam’s position on the list demonstrates. The movie came nowhere near breaking even on its production costs at the box office.
Conversely, Tom Cruise scored a career highlight with Top Gun: Maverick. And The Batman held i09’s attention—extra impressive when you consider its super long, nearly three hour runtime.
Among the searched movie list, Encanto stands out as an outlier for a few reasons. For one, it came out in 2021. Then, it’s the only animated or family-friendly movie on the list. Yet the Disney musical—scored by Lin-Manuel Miranda—was a standout from the start, so clearly it earned its place.
