In the spirit of the season, Box Office Mojo has released a list of 2013's top
domestic box office movies (as of December 1).
Not exact matches
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As the year comes to a close, the
domestic box office is on pace to set another new industry record just one year after topping $ 11 billion in
domestic movie ticket sales for the first time ever.
This year's field of Best Picture nominees features eight
movies with widely variant
box office performances, from 20th Century Fox's (FOX) The Martian «s leading $ 228 million in
domestic gross to Room, which barely cracked $ 12.5 million in ticket sales.
China's
box office revenue is still swelling at double - digit rates after years of breakneck growth and, with Hollywood know - how and bigger budgets, Chinese
movies are gaining momentum as they find ways to play on
domestic themes and improve production quality.
Released in February, Deadpool is the biggest
movie of 2016 so far with $ 330 million in
domestic box office gross and a worldwide haul of more than $ 700 million.
The
movie, which focuses on the titular superhero who is king of the fictional African country of Wakanda, is forecasted to pull in as much as $ 165 million in
domestic box -
office gross for its debut over the four - day President's Day holiday weekend.
The
movies» combined
domestic box office ($ 105 million) is about what «Wonder Woman» had in its opening weekend.
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Deadpool became the first R - rated
movie to top $ 100 million in
domestic box office sales over its opening weekend, pulling in an impressive $ 135 million in North America and a whopping $ 260 million worldwide, according to
box office research firm Rentrak.
(In fact, 4 of the top 10 highest - grossing films at the
domestic box office so far in 2016 are animated
movies.)
The
movie was the highest - grossing film of 1985, taking in $ 211 million at the
domestic box office, the equivalent of $ 458 million today.
The story of a lovable alien stranded on earth, the
movie was an immediate hit, and it earned $ 435 million at the
domestic box office, the equivalent of $ 1 billion today.
And if the coming big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox
movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi» from the top spot in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide
box office for the third year in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the top - earning studio at the
domestic box office for the year.
The
movie also holds the record for the biggest opening day at the
domestic box office with $ 119.1 million, biggest opening weekend at the
domestic box office with $ 247.96 million, and various others.
A few weeks ago, the superhero
movie Deadpool grossed $ 132 million at the
domestic box office on its opening weekend, setting a record for R - rated premieres — and dousing its $ 58 million budget in black ink.
So however divisive the online word - of - mouth may be (I still think the Rotten Tomatoes user score was a result of trolling, but plenty of smart folks liked the
movie noticeably less than I), it hasn't yet affected the
domestic box office.
The first two «Shrek»
movies, in 2001 and 2004 (the latter of which now sits comfortably at # 3 on the all - time
domestic box office list), had essentially the same plot: Ogre loves princess; love trouble ensues; talking donkey makes wisecracks; love conquers all.
After one month in theaters, Wonder Woman broke the $ 700 million barrier at the worldwide
box office this past weekend, thereby becoming one of the top 100 highest - grossing
movies ever released; the news came mere days after the film surpassed all three previous installments to become the largest DCEU release at the
domestic box office.
Disney and Marvel managed to snag yet another
box office record from themselves this weekend, with THR reporting that Ryan Coogler's Black Panther is now the most successful superhero
movie — in terms of
domestic box office returns, anyway — of all time.
Exalted audiences and approving critics confirm the hype: Black Panther's opening weekend
box office numbers has usurped 2012's The Avengers as the top - grossing
domestic opening for a Marvel
movie at $ 235 million, and the picture has a 97 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Women and space were a winning combo at the
movies this weekend, with Theodore Melfi's fact - based drama Hidden Figures and the blockbuster prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story finishing in a virtual tie for first at the
domestic box office.
The paltry
domestic and worldwide
box -
office take illustrated that it was, surprisingly, possible for a modestly budgeted, eagerly anticipated
movie with a seemingly built - in audience that stars Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, and Penélope Cruz to lose money, if it's awful enough.
Academy Award winning Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence (2012's Silver Linings Playbook) headlines the all - star cast in this action - adventure which became the # 1
movie of 2013 and the 12th highest - grossing film of all time at the
domestic box office.
The new superhero
movie directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister) and starring Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) has already charted to the top of the
box office over the course of the past two weekends, and has made well over $ 150 million in
domestic ticket sales alone.
The studio's two Allen
movies (Café Society and Wonder Wheel) have grossed a combined $ 12.5 million at the
domestic box office, and the TV show the director did for Amazon (Crisis in Six Scenes, which cost $ 80 million) debuted to negative reviews.
The
movie's
box office performance was somewhat mediocre as well, considering the production and marketing costs, which the $ 85 million
domestic gross failed to recoup, while still placing the film above all but three
movies released in the easygoing two months comprising cinema's «fall» season.
That might explain why the
movie fell below the $ 100 million benchmark at the
domestic box office despite glowing reviews and audience scores.
By the time the two companies reached an accord in July 2010, the
movie had gone on to take nearly $ 50 million at the
domestic box office, as well as picking up six Oscar nominations, and winning two of the categories.
With a
domestic box office opening weekend of $ 2.35 million, Victor Frankenstein is not only the lowest opening of any
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With a current
domestic box office total of $ 323.7 million, It has become the highest - grossing horror
movie of all time, surpassing the previous record held by The Exorcist ($ 232.9 million).
The
movie, of course, went on to be the largest flop of the Coens» career, failing to clear even $ 3 million in
domestic box office.
Black Panther easily became the second - highest grossing Marvel
movie at the
domestic box office, running over Avengers: Age of Ultron ($ 459M) and standing behind Avengers ($ 623M).
Because of that - and because the
movie unites the Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Guardians of the Galaxy against the Mad Titan Thanos - Avengers: Infinity War has taken off and broken several records in its path at both the
domestic and worldwide
box office.
That puts it in the top five on the all - time
domestic charts, and makes it the biggest superhero
movie in U.S.
box office history.
The bar was set high for Deadpool 2, star and co-writer Ryan Reynolds» hotly - anticipated sequel to the 2016 blockbuster, which during its theatrical run became only the third R - rated film in
movie history to crack the $ 300 million mark at the
domestic box office.
Pacific Rim Uprising never feels like anything more than a sequel no one asked for to a
movie that underperformed at the
domestic box office meant to sell toys that no one will buy.
Even the childless and animation - adverse have a heartwarming success story to celebrate on this unusually optimistic weekend at the
movies: Lady Bird, which dropped from No. 8 to No. 11 this week, nevertheless adding a healthy additional $ 4 million to its $ 10 million - and - counting
domestic box -
office haul.
Despite the fictional
box office success of its
movie star, Entourage sputtered in the real world, opening in fourth place and barely tripling that first weekend gross (the 47th worst put up by a 3,000 + theater release) en route to a front - loaded $ 32 million
domestic and weak $ 12 million overseas.
Bradley Cooper couldn't have had a much better 2014, with «Guardians Of The Galaxy» and «American Sniper» proving to be the two biggest
movies of the year at the
domestic box office, and the latter winning him his third Oscar nod in four years.
Aside from one incredibly - successful major release, the
domestic box office has been a rough place to launch a
movie for the past month or so.
The
movie's $ 3.25 million opening weekend and $ 7.2 M final
domestic gross put it near the bottom of each of its stars» all - time
box office records.
Last summer Now You See Me, the
movie about bank - robbing magicians, trucked to over $ 117 million at the
domestic box office, qualifying it as a sleeper hit.
At first I wasn't going to write anything about last weekend's «disappointing»
domestic grosses for «M: I: III» (or, as Stephen Colbert pronounces it, «Miiii»), because, well, who really cares about the
box -
office numbers of
movies like «Miiii» (or Celebs Who Act Out)?
Though the
box office record may suggest otherwise (still, when was the last time a black and white silent
movie or anything from France made $ 45 million
domestic?)
«Black Panther» loses the weekend
box office fight to «Pacific Rim: Uprising,» but becomes the # 1
domestic grossing superhero
movie of all time.
Take a quick trip to
Box Office Mojo «s annual ranks, and you'll notice that the $ 246 million cumulative
domestic gross of 2005's five nominees was the lowest total in
movie history.
«Wonder Woman» has been a superheroic hit for Warner Bros., ranking as the No. 2
movie of 2017 (after «Beauty and the Beast») and earning more than $ 410 million at the
domestic box office and in excess of $ 817 million worldwide.
To put it in numbers, of the four most - likely Best Picture winners, only one — Get Out, at No. 15 — cracked the top 49
movies in 2017
domestic box office.
It seems all but inevitable that Marvel's latest will become the most lucrative comic - book
movie ever made by the end of this weekend, finally slaying the cumulative
domestic box office of Joss Whedon «s affable Avengers and taking its rightful place in the top five highest grossing
movies of all time domestically.