But it was the full embrace of the series now-signature bombast, as well as the untimely death of Paul Walker, that brought the combo of curiosity and tribute that helped make James WansFurious 7the franchises most successful entry. [25] Social and economic factors such as population change[26] and the growth of international markets[27][28][29] also have an effect on the number of people purchasing theater tickets, along with audience demographics where some films sell a much higher proportion of discounted children's tickets, or perform better in big cities where tickets cost more. Phantom Menacewas the highest-grossing film domestically to earn a Rotten score55% (until 2019s The Lion King came along). Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. [106] Since the turn of the century, that number has increased to over eighty (not including one-off hits such as Titanic and Zootopia). But combined it remains the champion overall in worldwide gross (and bonus for the studio: it had one of the series lowest budgets). The movie became the fifth film in history to have a $200 million opening weekend, and just the third film ever to gross over $700 million in North America, outlasting even Avengers: Infinity War that summer. [70] Although received wisdom holds that it is unlikely The Birth of a Nation was ever overtaken by a silent-era film,[71] the record would fall to 1925's Ben-Hur ($9,386,000) if The Birth of a Nation earned significantly less than its estimated gross. | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). (Sometimes I get busy but Monday is what I'm committing) Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc 98 titles 1. The first summer release for the Toy Storyfranchiseturned into the first $100 million opening weekend for Pixar as well asthe studiosfirst $400 domestic tally and first worldwide haul of $1 billion. Gone with the Wind is likewise represented twice on the chart: the 1940 entry includes earnings from its staggered 19391942 release (roadshow/general release/second-run)[86] along with all of its revenue up to the 1961 reissue prior to losing the record to The Sound of Music in 1966; its 1971 entryafter it took back the recordincludes income from the 1967 and 1971 reissues but omitting later releases. Before James Cameron owned the top two spots in all-time domestic box office (for a period), it was Steven Spielberg who had pulled off that feat. the box office gross less the exhibitor's cut). [73] Gone with the Wind itself may have been briefly overtaken by The Ten Commandments (1956), which closed at the end of 1960 with worldwide rentals of $5860million[76][77] compared to Gone with the Wind's $59million;[78] if it did claim the top spot its tenure there was short-lived, since Gone with the Wind was re-released the following year and increased its earnings to $67million. Itwould takeAquaman to crack the$1 billion mark for the DC Extended Universe. So keep your eyes here, and check in with our weekly weekend box office wrap-ups. BoxOfficeMojo.com by IMDbPro - an When it took over the top spot in 2019, Avengers: Endgame became the first sequel to hold the record of highest-grossing film, and in doing so interrupted thirty-six years of Spielberg/Cameron dominance before Avatar reclaimed the top spot two years later in 2021 upon a re-release. () Since grosses are not limited to original theatrical runs, a film's first-run gross is included in brackets after the total if known. A nearly-equal international haul filled in the other half needed for Rogue One to join the $1 Billion Club,a goal thatSolo: A Star Wars Story came up more than $600 million short of. The original Lion Kingwas the second-highestgrossing film of 1994 behind Forrest Gump, which was at the time third only tothe initial runs of E.T. Another fun fact: Anthony and Joe Russo are one of only two filmmakers/filmmaking pairs on this list to have three films in thetop 50. "Avengers: Endgame" (2019) was . During the silent era, films with war themes were popular with audiences, with The Birth of a Nation (American Civil War), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Big Parade and Wings (all World War I) becoming the most successful films in their respective years of release, with the trend coming to an end with All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930. A $90.2 million opening weekend crushed the previous title holder from four years earlier, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, by over $18 million. But back in 2010, only Avatar, Titanic, and The Return of the Kinghad made more money outside of North America than Alice did. With the advent of sound in 1927, the musicalthe genre best placed to showcase the new technologytook over as the most popular type of film with audiences, with 1928 and 1929 both being topped by musical films. The journey that began in 2008 with Iron Manwas coming to an end at least for some of the characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Even if it came up a bit short internationally, it still became the fourth billion-dollar grosser in Pixars history and their third-highestgrossing film overall. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures. IMDb.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Falling foul of the Motion Picture Production Code, Mom and Dad was prevented from obtaining mainstream distribution and restricted to independent and drive-in theaters. But even as it dipped below $300 million for the first time at home, its $858 million international haul was still thesixth-highest totalfor any movie outside the U.S. and Canada at the time. Samson and Delilah (1949) saw the beginning of a trend of increasingly expensive historical dramas set during Ancient Rome/biblical times throughout the 1950s as cinema competed with television for audiences,[44] with Quo Vadis, The Robe, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur and Spartacus all becoming the highest-grossing film of the year during initial release, before the genre started to wane after several high-profile failures. Contemporary accounts often list it as earning $32million in North American rentals and retrospective charts have often duplicated this claim; however, it is likely this was the worldwide rental figure. Avatar held that record for five years and eleven months and went on to become the only film ever to earn $2 billion outside of the U.S. and Canada, making it the worlds highest grosser at the time. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. SShared universes for which some properties also have their own entries. Abrams gave abrand-new cast of characters thechance to interact with the original trio of Luke, Han, and Leia, and generations of fans were so ready for the adventure thattheygavethe film the highest opening weekend in history ($247.9 million). Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Other Worldwide MPAA Ratings records: Top PG-13 Worldwide - Top PG Worldwide - Top G Worldwide - Top Not Rated Worldwide - Top GP Worldwide - Top NC-17 Worldwide - Top M/PG Worldwide This chart contains the top 100 R movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office. It hit with audiences the opening weekend haul of$147 million was almost $50 million more than any previous entry as well as with critics (its the highest-rated movie in the series at 81% on the Tomatameter). It still remains the highest-grossing domestic release of all time. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2023. Who would have thought? Traditionally, the work has a tautological relationship with the property, but this is not a prerequisite. [22], Another complication is release in multiple formats for which different ticket prices are charged. It was the biggest hit of its kind, and remained in continual distribution until the 1970s when hardcore pornography eventually took over. It was no slacker overseas, either: WhenReturnfinished its run, onlyTitanichad a greater number outside of the U.S. and Canada. (And, if you are are keeping track, it is the 12th Disney property in thetop 20.). Follow Rotten Tomatoes on Apple News. When a film becomes not just a global phenomenon but the highest-grossing film in your canon of animated entertainment, a sequel is inevitable. [45] The success of White Christmas and South Pacific in the 1950s foreshadowed the comeback of the musical in the 1960s with West Side Story, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music and Funny Girl all among the top films of the decade. [54] However, no contemporary sources provide figures for Aloma of the South Seas, so it is unclear what the $3million figure relates to. The Numbers - Top-Grossing Movies of 2023 Market Charts > 2023 > Movie Chart North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 2023 2022 Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2023. All rights reserved. We included dollars earned in re-releases, and in each of our descriptions, we look at where the film stood record-wise at the time of its run, and dive into things like critical and audience reception. A1The adjusted gross for Avatar includes revenue from the original release and all four reissues. By the end of its run, the eight Harry Potterhad films grossed a combined $7.72 billion. Another Marvel movie that is one of the highest grossing movies of all tine, Avengers: Infinity War brings together superheroes Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Spider-Man to defeat their common enemy the mighty Thanos. The $431 million earned in its initial run was enough to make it second only to Titanic all-time in North America; it took re-releases to push it over $1 billion globally. The Star Wars films are the highest-grossing series based on a single property, earning over $10billion at the box office (although the Eon James Bond films have earned over $19billion in total when adjusted to current prices). A shared universe is a particular type of crossover where a number of characters from a wide range of fictional works wind up sharing a fictional world. [9][10] Pixar had another huge hit with Toy Story 3, which generated almost $10billion in merchandise retail sales in addition to the $1billion it earned at the box office.[11]. Why isnt it even higherin the list? It really all came down to a final dash near the finish line. The film bested The Force Awakens three-day opening weekend record with $257.6 million, and hit the $2 billion mark in 48 days. These are the 25 highest-grossing movies of all time: 25. Domestic audiences showed up for the revamped outing with Jack Sparrow, just not in the expected droves, and a mammoth international total ($804.6 million)kept Stranger Tidesin the record books. That total remained the highest of the series until Deathly Hallows: Part 2in 2011. Aladdinwasnt always a sure bet:A blue Will Smith was mocked in early reveals of his Genie character and Tim Burtons live-actionDumboproved to be a bust just two months before Aladdins release. But he did. Tom Cruise suited up again to play ace pilot Pete Maverick Mitchell in Joseph Kosinskis three-and-a-half-decades-later sequelTop Gun: Maverick and delivered what was easily the biggest movie of the summer (and probably the entire year), landing at N0. Worldwide Lifetime Gross: $1,128,462,972. Estimates of its total earnings are as high as $100million. Ongoing weekly drops in the totals for several countriesArgentina being the worst affectedled to a drop in the overall worldwide total. Transformers: Dark of the Moon Grossed: $1.123 Billion Transformers: Dark of the Moon was released in 2011 and has since grossed an impressive $1.123 billion dollars worldwide. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006). That is to say, the success of The third films bloated length of 168 mins was roundly criticized (its Tomatometer score is just 45%),and this fourth filmfared even worse with reviewers (33%), but it did the job at the box office. When a film is highly exploitable as a commercial property, its ancillary revenues can dwarf its income from direct film sales. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's . Minionshad thelargest opening for Illumination Entertainment ever, earning $115.7 million on its first weekend. $2.048 Billion Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 85% Domestic: $678.8 million Release date: April 27, 2018 Just shy of 10. [113][114] The Marvel Cinematic Universe has had the most films gross over $1billion, with ten. Smart move. Some of the older films that held the record of highest-grossing film still have respectable grosses by today's standards, but no longer compete numerically against today's top-earners in an era of much higher individual ticket prices. Well be here to track the progress of new blockbusters and regularly update this list of top box office performers. Speaking of gathering Marvel characters for an epic showdown, 2021 provided an unexpected box office champion that would swing triumphantly into the top 10. Copyright 2018 Fandango. AEThe gross for Avengers: Endgame is adjusted from the 2020 index. For the list below, weve included global box office performance, as well as domestic, and release date. Votes: 576,004 | Gross: $426.83M. Bayonas follow-up to Colin Trevorrows continuation of Steven Spielbergs series received the weakest Tomatometer score of the franchise to date (48%) and, following the path of many second entries in franchises (even if its technically the fifth), dropped 36% from Jurassic Worldin overall domestic box office. Commonly mistaken for home video revenue, distributor rentals are the distributor's share of the film's theatrical revenue (i.e. and Jurassic Park at the all-time domestic box office. Six of the studios eight highest-grossing films ever have involved Spider-Man (or Venom), but this was the first Sony flick to cross the $1 billionline, andthe ninth film in the MCU to do it. Menu. Another $745 million internationally made this the fourth MCU film to reach $1 billion. After getting tag-teased at the end ofInfinity War, Brie Larsons Carol Danvers made herdebut in the MCU as the universes first headlining female superhero in 2019sCaptain Marvel. Twelve years after the completion of the Star Warsprequel trilogy, J.J. Abrams was tasked with makingEpisode VII a monumental undertaking, and a risky one. It was the central piece of what is considered one of the greatest comic-book films ever made. Dumbowas a bit of a bust,Aladdinwas a success, butThe Lion Kingtrulyroared. [22] The unadjusted list, while commonly found in the press, is therefore largely meaningless for comparing films widely separated in time, as many films from earlier eras will never appear on a modern unadjusted list, despite achieving higher commercial success when adjusted for price increases. Top-grossing films: 1950-1959. TFAThe gross for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is adjusted from the 2016 index. Grosses are not limited to original theatrical runs either, with many older films often being re-released periodically so the figures represent all the business a film has done since its original release; a film's first-run gross is included in brackets after the total if known. Tolkien to give audiences the Bilbo Baggins tale. WithNo Way Home landing at No. In the cases where estimates conflict both films are recorded, and in cases where a film has moved into first place because of being re-released the previous record-holder is also retained. We all assumed it was the end for Woody, Buzz, and all their toy friends that bittersweetfinish was just so perfect. It was re-released in the United Kingdom in December 2017 with Olaf's Frozen Adventure earning an additional $2.3 million. Because of the long-term effects of inflation, notably the significant increase of movie theater ticket prices, the list unadjusted for inflation gives far more weight to later films. [a] If ancillary income from merchandise is included, then Star Wars is the most lucrative property;[112] it holds the Guinness world record for the "most successful film merchandising franchise" and was valued at 19.51billion in 2012 (approximately $30billion). Since Variety at the time ranked films by their U.S. and Canadian rental, they constructed a hypothetical rental figure for the Cinerama films to provide a basis for comparison to other films in their chart: in the case of This Is Cinerama, the $50million worldwide gross was reconfigured as a $12.5million U.S. rental gross; this is exactly 25% of the amount reported by Cinerama, so Variety's formula seemingly halved the gross to obtain an estimate for the U.S. share, and halved it again to simulate a rental fee. Coming on the heels of Finding Nemo, this marks the only time that animated films were the top box-office hits of back-to-back years. Highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation, Highest-grossing franchises and film series, (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show". Star Wars is also represented in the nominal earnings chart with five films, while the Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises feature prominently. 3 Spider-Man $9.8B. Trade journals would collate the data by either obtaining it from the distributors themselves, who were keen to promote a successful film, or by surveying theaters and constructing an estimate. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) Lifetime gross: $775,768,912 "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away" Thus kicked off George Lucas'. The Abyss, Terminator 2, and True Lies were all the most expensive movies of their time upon release. Nevertheless, it puts a capper on a nine-episode series from 1977-2019 that grossed (with re-releases) a collective $8.71 billion. GWIt is not absolutely clear how much Gone with the Wind earned from its initial release. But Endgamebegan to show signs early in its run that its impressive sprinting start might not be enough for it to ultimately come out ahead of James Camerons epic; it only had the second-biggest second weekend ever and the fourth-best third weekend. It still remains the highest-grossing domestic release of all time. The untimely passing of Heath Ledger in January 2008 was a gut punch, but it made anticipation for what would become his iconic, Oscar-winning portrayal of Batmans arch-nemesis, the Joker, even more feverish. As of June 2022, the Marvel Cinematic Universe series was the highest-grossing film franchise with total worldwide box office revenue of 26.6 billion U.S. dollars. Movies. Animated family films have performed consistently well, with Disney films enjoying lucrative re-releases prior to the home-video era. Only the final Harry Potter chapter could beat it in the summer of 2011, when they were the only films topass $300 million domestic. Still, it was just the 16th film ever to cross the $400 million line domestically in its initial run. Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez Votes: 1,338,381 | Gross: $760.51M $2,787,965,087 3. F. Gary Grays film was a bit of a comedown from the highs of James WansFurious 7. [30], Despite the inherent difficulties in accounting for inflation, several attempts have been made. Five films into the MCU(including Edward Nortons The Incredible Hulk), the team was finally assembled for a singular battle against Loki and his inherited army. Other Worldwide Cumulative records: All Time Single Market - All Time Animated Worldwide - All Time Sequel Worldwide - All Time Non-Sequel Worldwide - Top 2022 Worldwide - Top 2023 Worldwide This chart contains the top movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office. D. W. Griffith (1915, 1916 and 1920), George Roy Hill (1966, 1969 and 1973) and the Russo brothers (2016, 2018 and 2019) all feature heavily with three films apiece. On the glass-half-full side, Jacksons first four Tolkien films grossed a combined $3.938 billion globally. [65] While it is generally accepted that Gone with the Wind took over the record of highest-grossing film on its initial releasewhich is true in terms of public exhibitionit is likely it did not overtake The Birth of a Nation in total revenue until a much later date, with it still being reported as the highest earner up until the 1960s. Outgrossing DCsWonder Womanaround the world and at home, the breakthrough film wasembraced by critics(though its Certified Fresh score of 78% ranks 18th out ofthe MCUs23 films). Titanic. Conditions of Use [1] Number-one films [ edit] Highest-grossing films [ edit] Calendar gross [ edit] Highest-grossing films of 2021 by Calendar Gross [56] Joss Whedonsmovie became the first ever to make over $200 million in a single weekend and was Marvels first entry into theBillion Dollar Club, whichhad just 12 members at the time. Venice awarded the film itstop prize in the Golden Lion; somecritics were hailing it a masterpiece. I: The Phantom Menace. The table below lists the top-grossing movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Other sources put its earnings at $2million,[55] which may suggest the higher figure is the worldwide rental, given the confusion over international figures during this period. Titanic (1997) PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance 7.9 Rate 75 Metascore A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Showdowns, Glossary 2. FBox Office Mojo stopped updating its main total for Frozen in August 2014, while it was still in release. The future of Tom Hollands Peter Parker is still up in the air, but he has earned himself a rather secure spot on the all-time box office list. After just six weeks of release,Endgamewasabout$73 million away from dethroningAvatar substantial ground to make up. The Oscar-winning song that has tortured parents for nearly a decadewas just part of what madeFrozen the highest-grossing animated film in history. 13 with over $1.3 billion in receipts. For this list of highest-grossing film franchises, CNBC worked Comscore to collect the global ticket sales. The director ofThe Hangoverfilms wanted to make an origin story out of Batmans most infamous nemesis. michelin g735 floor jack repair kit,
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