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. Itwould takeAquaman to crack the$1 billion mark for the DC Extended Universe. One notable example of this phenomenon is Avatar, which was also released in 3D and IMAX: almost two-thirds of tickets for that film were for 3D showings with an average price of $10, and about one-sixth were for IMAX showings with an average price over $14.50, compared to a 2010 average price of $7.61 for 2D films. The series would have gone out with a box-office bang, too. Fans of J.K. Rowlings fantasy series got to see its characters (and the actors who played them) grow up in front of their eyes. Highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation, Highest-grossing franchises and film series, (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show". That will be remembered far longer than having the 12th-highest opening of all-time The Force AwakensandThe Last Jediwere numbers one and two untilAvengers: Infinity Waropened or that it had one of the lowest Tomatometer scores among the nine films. Pirates of the Caribbean $4.52 billion. It was also the fifth stand-alone Spider-Man film (live-action or animated) to register at 90% or higher on the Tomatometer critics love their web-slinger. The highest grossing movies don't always receive the best reviews, but some money-makers from the past 10 years managed to get . Among the highest-grossing films are worlds that immerse viewers, and their IMDb scores reflect how audiences feel about the experience. under which this service is provided to you. But he did. Jacob Sarkisian. RKThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King saw its original gross corrected in early 2020. Peter Jacksons (first) epic trilogy unfolded over three straight holiday seasons and its finale was rewarded in every fashion:Return of the Kinghistorically won all 11 Oscars that it was nominated for, including Best Picture and Best Director;it was one of the best-reviewed films of the year (Certified Fresh at 93%);anditbecame the fourth-highest domestic grosser of all time behind justTitanic,The Phantom Menace,and Sam Raimis firstSpider-Manfilm. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is also the highest-grossing franchise, amassing over $28billion at the box office. Were they burnt out? The movies run kicked off with the fifth-highest opening in history, earning $179.1 million on opening weekend (thats now the 11th-highest opening). Ongoing weekly drops in the totals for several countriesArgentina being the worst affectedled to a drop in the overall worldwide total. When the fourth entry of Pixars signature series opened to only $120 million, many labeled it a disappointment.Some had expectedToy Story 4to have the studios biggest opening ever, and the film was then written off by some as part of a string of failed sequels in the summer of 2019. Audiences were not tired just yet, though, even if this was the last of the Middle-earth series to hit $300 million domestic and $1 billion worldwide. Traditionally, the work has a tautological relationship with the property, but this is not a prerequisite. But there was no bigger boost tothe long-running franchise than Craigs Skyfall,the first film to cross $300 million domestically and $1 billion globally. [65] Its international release was delayed by World War I, and it was not released in many foreign territories until the 1920s; coupled with further re-releases in the United States, its $10million earnings as reported by Variety in 1932 are consistent with the earlier figure. 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. The James Bondfranchise got a boost with Pierce Brosnan and an even larger one with Daniel Craig. 1-100 101-200 201-300 301-400 401-500 501-1,000 The grosses from their original theatrical runs are included here along with totals from re-releases up to the point that they lost the record; therefore the total for The Birth of a Nation includes income from its reissues up to 1940; the total for Star Wars includes revenue from the late 1970s and early 1980s reissues but not from the 1997 Special Edition; the total for E.T. The 1970s saw a shift in audience tastes to high concept films, with six such films made by either George Lucas or Steven Spielberg topping the chart during the 1980s. Disney also enjoyed later success with films such as Frozen and Frozen II, Zootopia, and The Lion King (with its computer-animated remake as the highest-grossing animated film), as well as its Pixar brand, of which Incredibles 2, Toy Story 3 and 4, and Finding Dory have been the best performers. The most successful superhero film, Avengers: Endgame, is also the second-highest-grossing film on the nominal earnings chart, and there are four films in total based on the Avengers comic books charting in the top twenty. Follow Rotten Tomatoes on Apple News. Spider-Man: No Way. The Abyss, Terminator 2, and True Lies were all the most expensive movies of their time upon release. 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. 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. [41], Audience tastes were fairly eclectic during the 20th century, but several trends did emerge. But even after the release of would-be juggernauts like The Batman, Jurassic World Dominion,The Batman, and a pair of Marvel movies in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness andThor: Love and Thunder, only one film has managed to crack this list in 2022, and boy was it a big one. 13 in the worldwide box office rankings. 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. Venice awarded the film itstop prize in the Golden Lion; somecritics were hailing it a masterpiece. By the end of that summer only four films had grossed more domestically in their initial runs thanThe Dark Knight Rises:Avatar, Titanic, The Dark Knight,and Marvels The Avengers, which was the only film to eclipse Risesin all of 2012. The figures in the above chart take into account inflation that occurred in 2014, and in every available year since then, through 2022. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger. At least eleven films have held the record of 'highest-grossing film' since The Birth of a Nation assumed the top spot in 1915. Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights, and merchandising. The world had to wait some 12 years for James Cameron to follow up the biggest film of all time with what would become the new biggest film of all time. 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'. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) PG-13 | 192 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy 7.7 Rate 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. Why isnt it even higherin the list? 6 and Disneys absorption of what used to be 21st Century Fox, Disney now occupies seven of the 10 top box office rankings of all time worldwide (eight, if you count its joint ownership of Titanic with Paramount). Fans certainly turned over their money but many left witha sense of disappointment that would help taint the prequel trilogy for decades to come. In 1999, it was the first film to clear $100 million in five days, beating the previous record holder,The Lost World: Jurassic Park, which earned$98.6 million in the same amount of time. It still remains the highest-grossing domestic release of all time. Besides the Star Wars and Superman franchises, James Bond and Godzilla films are still being released periodically; all four are among the highest-grossing franchises. (It is now 16th.) Included on the list are charts of the top box-office earners (ranked by both the nominal and real value of their revenue), a chart of high-grossing films by calendar year, a timeline showing the transition of the highest-grossing film record, and a chart of the highest-grossing film franchises and series. I: The Phantom Menace. [106] Since the turn of the century, that number has increased to over eighty (not including one-off hits such as Titanic and Zootopia). So keep your eyes here, and check in with our weekly weekend box office wrap-ups. If there was one movie in all of 2021 or, hell, even going back as far as 2020 that moviegoers were willing to risk going to the theater for, it was absolutelyNo Way Home, and boy did they ever show up. With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film's earnings. Phantom Menacewas the highest-grossing film domestically to earn a Rotten score55% (until 2019s The Lion King came along). Well be here to track the progress of new blockbusters and regularly update this list of top box office performers. Wonder Womans solid domestic numbers were nearly matched internationally, but even those figures came up short of Suicide Squad and the goal. 5. TV Shows. Everyone mocked the concept of Disney turning one of their classic rides into a feature-length film. All rights reserved. [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. is not the series biggest domestic or international earner. 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. 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. Rian JohnsonsThe Last Jeditook the standard dip that had afflicted other middle films in the franchise. We all assumed it was the end for Woody, Buzz, and all their toy friends that bittersweetfinish was just so perfect. [35][38] This chart incorporates the gross of $343,550,770 from the reissue and adjusts it from the 2013 index. [26] As the motion picture industry is highly oriented towards marketing currently released films, unadjusted figures are always used in marketing campaigns so that new blockbuster films can much more easily achieve a high sales ranking, and thus be promoted as a "top film of all time",[24][31] so there is little incentive to switch to a more robust analysis from a marketing or even newsworthy point of view. Estimates for Gone with the Wind's adjusted gross have varied substantially: its owner, Turner Entertainment, estimated its adjusted earnings at $3.3billion in 2007, a few years earlier than the Guinness estimate;[32] other estimates fall either side of this amount, with one putting its gross just under $3billion in 2010,[33] while another provided an alternative figure of $3.8billion in 2006. Other sources state that the takings for Forever Amber ($8million) and Life with Father ($6.5million)[61] were in fact worldwide rental grosses, so it is possible this is also true of Unconquered. | TFAThe gross for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is adjusted from the 2016 index. [43] In the modern marketplace, rental fees can vary greatlydepending on a number of factorsalthough the films from the major studios average out at 43%. 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. 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. CIThe Cinerama figures represent gross amounts. Gone with the Windfirst released in 1939is generally considered to be the most successful film, with Guinness World Records in 2014 estimating its adjusted global gross at $3.4billion. 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. Some sources claim that The Big Parade superseded The Birth of a Nation as highest-grossing film, eventually being replaced by Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which in turn was quickly usurped by Gone with the Wind. 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. Smart move. The Magnificent Seven-like story was an instant favorite for some and an average side-trip for others. AEThe gross for Avengers: Endgame is adjusted from the 2020 index. On day 10 it was over $621 million. No, it was unexpected because it managed this herculean feat even as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to keep audiences largely at home. James Cameron makes expensive movies. The movies $158 million opening weekend broke the previous record-holder, Spider-Man 3, bymore than $7 million, and Dark Knightheld therecord for nearly three years to the day until the final Harry Potter chapter was released. From 2006 until Toy Story 3 was released in 2010, Dead Mans Chestwas the highest-grossing domestic release in Disneys history. 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 its $191 million opening was the eighth highest of all time and it became the 14th film to pass a half-billion domestically and just the ninth film to rack up $1 billion overseas. [19] In view of what appears to be an aberration in the source, a previous figure is provided. 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. The film has just taken overPirates of the Caribbean:On Stranger Tides,Jurassic Park,Finding Dory,The Phantom Menace,Aladdin, andWarner BrosThe Dark Knighton this list, andalso earns a place as one of itsmost profitable films of all time. By the end of its run, the eight Harry Potterhad films grossed a combined $7.72 billion. It was no slacker overseas, either: WhenReturnfinished its run, onlyTitanichad a greater number outside of the U.S. and Canada. The total for Avatar's first appearance on the chart includes revenue from the 2010 Special Edition, which represents all of its earnings up to the point it relinquished the record, whereas its second appearance also incorporates revenue from a 2020 re-release in the Asia-Pacific region as well as the 2021 re-release in China which helped it to reclaim the record. All Time | 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. [30] Converting to a more representative system that counts ticket sales rather than gross is also fraught with problems because the only data available for older films are the sale totals. After just six weeks of release,Endgamewasabout$73 million away from dethroningAvatar substantial ground to make up. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law. Its $682 million overseas is the sixth-best ever for an animated film, the second-best for any Disney animated film, Pixar or otherwise. The following directors have also all directed two films on the chart: Frank Lloyd, King Vidor, Frank Capra, Michael Curtiz, Leo McCarey, Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Stanley Kubrick, Guy Hamilton, Mike Nichols, William Friedkin, Peter Jackson, Gore Verbinski, and Michael Bay; Mervyn LeRoy, Ken Annakin and Robert Wise are each represented by one solo credit and one shared credit, and John Ford co-directed two films. 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. James Wans second billion-dollar film on the list may have had the second-smallest opening weekend of the Universe, but its prolonged successthrough the holiday season and beyond the moviemade nearly five-times its opening was greater than any DC property since Tim Burtons Batman in 1989. 13. But back in 2010, only Avatar, Titanic, and The Return of the Kinghad made more money outside of North America than Alice did. IMDb [34] Which film is Gone with the Wind's nearest rival depends on the set of figures used: Guinness had Avatar in second place with $3billion, while other estimates saw Titanic in the runner-up spot with first-run worldwide earnings of almost $2.9billion at 2010 prices.[33]. 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. Bays fifth film of the franchise, The Last Knight,fell 47% in overall domestic and nearly 45% internationally. 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. Domestically, it would ultimately come up just short ofBlack Panther, which wasreleased twomonths prior. The Numbers does not log individual releases, but had the lifetime total recorded as $2.186 billion in September 2014 (roughly equating to $1.843 billion for the original release and $343.6 million for the 3D reissue). List of best-selling films in the United States Lists of highest-grossing films List of highest-grossing American films by year Notes ^ Spider-Man grossed approximately $4 million from September 6-15, 2002, as a double feature with Men in Black II. 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. News | On the glass-half-full side, Jacksons first four Tolkien films grossed a combined $3.938 billion globally. The space epic was only one of two films in 2018-19 to spend 10 straight weeks in thetop 10 (the other beingBlack Panther), and was the seventh MCU film to reach $1 billion at the box office globally. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures. [60] Worldwide rentals of $32million from the initial release is consistent with the revised figures and later reported worldwide figures: they indicate that the film earned $21million in North America and $11million overseas from the initial release, and added a further $9million in North America and $8million overseas from subsequent re-releases up to 1956. A franchise is typically defined to be at least two works derived from a common intellectual property. The result is the highest-grossing domestic release to receive a Rotten score on the Tomatometer, at 53%. [3] After home video income is accounted for, both films have earned over $3billion each. Though its Tomatometer score is among the lower scores in the Top 50 (69%), Todd PhillipsJokerhad the highest-opening ever in the month of October (passing the previous yearsVenom) and ultimately became thehighest-grossing film ever released in that month in North America, surpassing Alfonso CuaronsGravitydomestically. Other Marvel Comics adaptations have also had success with the Spider-Man and X-Men properties, while films based on Batman and Superman from DC Comics have generally performed well. S7Snow White's $418million global cume omits earnings outside of North America from 1987 onwards. After 15 straight weeks at number 1, 14 Oscar nominations and 11 statuettes, Titanic, its stars and its song were ingrained in the hearts and tear ducts of the world, and the movie would hold the all-time box office record for 12 years until Cameron would eclipse himself once again with Avatar. At the peak of a 3-D reemergence, aided by the filmmakers usual technological gamesmanship (and higher ticket prices), Avatarsseven straight weekends at number 1 led to over $595 million at the North American box office. Well, Woody and the gang proved them all wrong. Black Widow - $380 Million Available to stream on Disney+ The projections for Black Widow were a lot higher than what it finally made for several reasons. Now, the movie has overtaken the originalFrozento become the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Thor and Hulk were AWOL, sure, but Spider-Man received his welcomed introduction into the MCU, as didBlack Panther. In 1997, Cameronblew out the budget again and this time there was worry he may have gone too far. [66] At this time, Variety still had The Birth of a Nation ahead of The Big Parade ($6,400,000) on distributor rentals andif its estimate is correctSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs ($8,500,000)[67] would not have earned enough on its first theatrical run to take the record;[68] although it would have been the highest-grossing 'talkie',[69] displacing The Singing Fool ($5,900,000). The film became not only the highest-grossing Spider-Man movie ever made, but also the most successful movie ever released by Sony Pictures en route to dominating 2021 and settling into the top 10 here. Nevertheless, it puts a capper on a nine-episode series from 1977-2019 that grossed (with re-releases) a collective $8.71 billion. Because of release schedulesespecially in the case of films released towards the end of the yearand different release patterns across the world, many films can do business in two or more calendar years; therefore the grosses documented here are not confined to just the year of release. When those prices are adjusted for inflation, however, then Gone with the Windwhich was the highest-grossing film outright for twenty-five yearsis still the highest-grossing film of all time. The Godfather was re-released in 1973 after its success at the 45th Academy Awards, and Jaws was released again in 1976, and their grosses here most likely include earnings from those releases. His adaptation of Michael Crichtons novel,Jurassic Park, was a return to the revered popcorn blockbusters he made his name on and it replaced the previous yearsBatman Returnsas the top opener ever with $47 million and went on to gross over $357 million that summer. 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. FBox Office Mojo stopped updating its main total for Frozen in August 2014, while it was still in release. 1. James Bond is one example of this. Latest Updates: It's only recently that the Spider-Man franchise took Harry Potter 's third place as the highest-grossing movie franchise. 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. A half-billion dollars was put into the production of the seventh and eighth chapters of this franchise and they made a combined $2.75 billion globally. After Gore Verbinskis Pirates trilogy grossed a combined $2.68 billion worldwide, Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer were not about to let the series sail into the sunset. 100 highest-grossing movies of all time 100. [37], TGuinness' adjusted total for Titanic only increased by $102,000,000 between the 2012 (published in 2011) and 2015 editions, a rise of 4.2% shared by the other adjusted totals in the chart, and omitted the gross from a 3D re-release in 2012. | 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. Since . [113][114] The Marvel Cinematic Universe has had the most films gross over $1billion, with ten. [59] Through 1956, MGM reported cumulative North American earnings of $30,015,000 and foreign earnings of $18,964,000, from three releases. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006). The director ofThe Hangoverfilms wanted to make an origin story out of Batmans most infamous nemesis. (Photo by Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures). Will be updated every Monday. incorporates its gross from the 1985 reissue but not from 2002. Essentially belonging to the exploitation genre, it was marketed as an educational sex hygiene film in an effort to circumvent censorship laws. Skyfallwas also a gold standardfor Bond beyond the box office: It stands amongst the seriestop five scores on the Tomatometer, Certified Fresh at 92%. [84] Roger Ebert has reasoned it possibly did earn as much as $600million on paper, since mobsters owned most of the adult movie theaters during this period and would launder income from drugs and prostitution through them, so probably inflated the box-office receipts for the film.[85]. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. 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. V3.1. But then Marvel and Disney re-released the film on June 28 with new goodies over its end credits. If it were the rental gross then that would have made it not only the highest-grossing film of the year, but one of the highest-grossing films of the silent era, and if that is the case it would be unusual for both International Motion Picture Almanac and Variety to omit it from their lists. It may not have been able tocatch The Force Awakens for the all-time domestic leader, but by the time summer was over, it would pull in front of Avatar and become the king of the world at least for a while. Commonly mistaken for home video revenue, distributor rentals are the distributor's share of the film's theatrical revenue (i.e. It is likely that Birchard's figure is just the North American gross rental, and includes revenue from the 1954 and 1960 reissues. J.A. (If you considerthe newLion Kinganimated though, this is onecrownthe Arendelle princesses no longer wear.). and Jurassic Park at the all-time domestic box office. Speaking of gathering Marvel characters for an epic showdown, 2021 provided an unexpected box office champion that would swing triumphantly into the top 10. Avengers: Endgame (2019) - $2,797,501,328 All rights reserved. Avatar remains the highest-grossing movie of all time at the global box office with $2.84 billion, ahead of Disney/Marvel's Avengers: Endgame ($2.79 billion) in second.