Biggest box office hits of 2024 so far
Universal PicturesA Quiet Place: Day One and Despicable Me 4 are the most recent releases to crack the 2024 Top 10 at the box office, though a Pixar sequel still reigns supreme.
2023 was the year of Barbie, with Greta Gerwig’s inspired toy movie grossing $1.43 billion at the global box office. A huge number that was buoyed by the Barbenheimer phenomenon, thanks to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer coming in third with a haul of $970 million.
In between those two behemoths – with a haul of $1.36 billion – was the animated Super Mario Bros. Movie. While Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Fast X rounded out the Top 5.
This year we’ve got superhero movies like Kraven the Hunter, Venom 3, and Deadpool & Wolverine to look forward to through the summer and into winter. But right now animation is currently dominating at the global box office, with Despicable Me opening to huge numbers, and Inside Out 2 becoming a phenomenon.
Biggest box office hits of the year
Here’s the Top 10 movies of the year, globally, meaning we’re listing each film’s worldwide gross:
- 1. Inside Out 2 – $1.4 billion
- 2. Dune: Part 2 – $711 million
- 3. Despicable Me 4 – $574 million
- 4. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – $567 million
- 5. Kung Fu Panda 4 – $546 million
- 6. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – $396 million
- 7. Bad Boys: Ride or Die – $388 million
- 8. A Quiet Place: Day One – $241 million
- 9. The Garfield Movie – $220 million
- 10. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – $201 million
We’ll update this list as-and-when new movies crack the Top 10.
Top 10 movies of 2023
For comparison, the following are the Top 10 grossing movies of 2023, again globally, via worldwide total:
- 1. Barbie – $1.43 billion
- 2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie – $1.36 billion
- 3. Oppenheimer – $970 million
- 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – $845 million
- 5. Fast X – $715 million
- 6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – $682 million
- 7. Man Jiang Hong (Full River Red) – $635 million
- 8. Wonka – $631 million
- 9. The Wandering Earth 2 – $631 million
- 10. The Little Mermaid – $568 million
You can check out our list of the best reviewed movies of the year so far here. While new movies releasing this month can be found here.