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Box Office 2024: Top 10 Movies of the Year

Here are the top 10 highest-grossing movies released in 2024 at the domestic box office, with It Ends With Us entering after five weeks in release, knocking A Quiet Place: Day One out from the 10th spot. With Beetlejuice Beetlejuice‘s $110 million debut weekend, expect to see it enter and climb quickly as it heads towards week 2. Movies in bold are playing in theaters.

1. Inside Out 2: $649.8 million
2. Deadpool & Wolverine: $614m
3. Despicable Me 4: $357.8m
4. Dune: Part Two: $282.1m
5. Twisters: $264.6m
6. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire: $195.8m
7. Kung Fu Panda 4: $193.5m
8. Bad Boys: Ride or Die: $193.3m
9. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: $171m
10. It Ends With Us: $141.3m – NEW

August saw relatively little movement in the annual top 10, as movies like Inside Out 2, Deadpool & Wolverine, Despicable Me 4, and Twisters got further entrenched in their positions.

July continued to build off June’s summer sequels shine with enormous debuts. Despicable Me 4 was first with its $122 million stretch over the July 4th holiday break. Twisters touched down with $81 million and demonstrated long legs (also shoutout to Longlegs, which topped Parasite to become Neon’s highest-grossing film ever). But the inescapable story was Deadpool & Wolverine, which had a bug-eyed, both-hands-on-face debut to the tune of $211 million, the largest opening for an R-rated movie ever. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and IF get knocked out of the top 10.

Okay, it turned people really didn’t want to see Furiosa in theaters. With June, theaters got a much-needed emotional rescue when Inside Out 2 opened to $154 million weekend. And just before that, Bad Boys: Ride or Die gave a preview of tidings to come with its $56 million debut. And more hits to come: A Quiet Place: Day One had a franchise-best open with $52 million.

If we’ve been seeing cracks in box office performances of this strike-affected year, May is when a half-full Kool-Aid Man broke right through the crumbling wall. Calendar shifts led to The Fall Guy being the summer season opener, and while it eventually fell into the top 10, it’s $28 million opening weekend was a far cry from the days of peak MCU and Fast & Furious. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes fared better the week after, and IF found some footing in the family space, but then movies like Furiosa and Garfield are pulling in September-like numbers in what is normally the hottest time at theaters.

With April, the heated Civil War gave A24 its first #1 box office debut, opening to $25.5 million and holding on to the spot for its second weekend, fending off the likes of Abigail, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and Spy x Family Code: White. Its ascension into the top 10 overall for the year knocks out Night Swim.

March saw sequels open to theater- revitalizing numbers. Dune: Part Two kicked off the month with $82.5m and will be the movie to beat until at least the summer season starts. Kung Fu Panda 4 had DreamWorks rolling in Po with a $58m opening, with a franchise 2nd-best opening. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire‘s opening ($45m) just about matched that of Afterlife‘s, before collapsing the following week. And Godzilla x Kong overperformed ($80m opening) to close out the past 31 days.

February saw a total gross of $361 million at the box office. That extra leap-year day sure did help. The studios positioned Madame Web and Bob Marley: One Love for Valentine’s Day programming, and while the former bombed (enough to even make an appearance on our worst superhero movies list), Marley overperformed to briefly become the new highest-grossing movie of the year over Mean Girls.

In January, movies overall grossed $495 million at the box office. Mean Girls was the top movie of the month, though it’s lagging behind the 2004 original‘s $86 million tally, unadjusted. The Beekeeper also showed tenacity, and is Jason Statham’s highest-grossing starring original since 2018’s The Meg.

Thanks to Box Office Mojo and The Numbers for reference. See below for an expanded guide to the top 10 box office-grossing 2024 movies.

#1

Inside Out 2 (2024) 91%

#1

Adjusted Score: 112458%

Critics Consensus: Spicing things up with the wrinkle of teenage angst, Inside Out 2 clears the head and warms the heart by living up to its predecessor's emotional intelligence.

Synopsis: The little voices inside Riley's head know her inside and out--but next summer, everything changes when Disney and Pixar's Inside... [More]

Starring: Amy Poehler, Kensington Tallman, Maya Hawke, Lilimar

Directed By: Kelsey Mann

#2

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) 79%

#2

Adjusted Score: 107021%

Critics Consensus: Ryan Reynolds makes himself at home in the MCU with acerbic wit while Hugh Jackman provides an Adamantium backbone to proceedings in Deadpool & Wolverine, an irreverent romp with a surprising soft spot for a bygone era of superhero movies.

Synopsis: Deadpool's peaceful existence comes crashing down when the Time Variance Authority recruits him to help safeguard the multiverse. He soon... [More]

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin

Directed By: Shawn Levy

#3

Despicable Me 4 (2024) 56%

#3

Adjusted Score: 66885%

Critics Consensus: Fast paced and teeming with slapstick gags, Despicable Me 4 is as overstuffed as a piñata but full of enough candy to give audiences an enjoyable sugar rush.

Synopsis: In the first Despicable Me movie in seven years, Gru, the world's favorite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns for an exciting, bold... [More]

Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Pierre Coffin

Directed By: Chris Renaud

#4

Dune: Part Two (2024) 92%

#4

Adjusted Score: 123812%

Critics Consensus: Visually thrilling and narratively epic, Dune: Part Two continues Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of the beloved sci-fi series in spectacular form.

Synopsis: "Dune: Part Two" will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while... [More]

Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem

Directed By: Denis Villeneuve

#5

Twisters (2024) 75%

#5

Adjusted Score: 101562%

Critics Consensus: Summoning a storm of spectacle and carried along by the gale force winds of Glen Powell's charisma, Twisters' forecast is splendid with a high chance of thrills.

Synopsis: Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her... [More]

Starring: Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Maura Tierney, Harry Hadden-Paton

Directed By: Lee Isaac Chung

#6

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) 54%

#6

Adjusted Score: 71229%

Critics Consensus: Come to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire for the sheer monster-mashing spectacle -- and stay for that too, because the movie doesn't have much else to offer.

Synopsis: This latest entry in the Monsterverse franchise follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic... [More]

Starring: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle

Directed By: Adam Wingard

#7

Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) 71%

#7

Adjusted Score: 81958%

Critics Consensus: Kung Fu Panda 4 offers enough eye-catching entertainment to sustain the franchise's young fans, although it's starting to feel like this series is running out of steam.

Synopsis: After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior... [More]

Starring: Jack Black, Awkwafina, Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman

Directed By: Mike Mitchell

#8

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) 65%

#8

Adjusted Score: 81937%

Critics Consensus: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence remain good company even when Bad Boys strains to up the ante, proving there's still life left in this high-octane franchise.

Synopsis: This Summer, the world's favorite Bad Boys are back with their iconic mix of edge-of-your seat action and outrageous comedy... [More]

Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig

Directed By: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

#9

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) 80%

#9

Adjusted Score: 102333%

Critics Consensus: Carving out a new era for The Planet of the Apes with lovable characters and rich visuals, Kingdom doesn't take the crown as best of the franchise but handily justifies its continued reign.

Synopsis: Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar's reign,... [More]

Starring: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, William H. Macy

Directed By: Wes Ball

#10

A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) 86%

#10

Adjusted Score: 104760%

Critics Consensus: Grounded in raw humanity by Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn, this sideways entry into A Quiet Place finds fresh notes of fright to play amid the silence.

Synopsis: Experience the day the world went quiet.... [More]

Starring: Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou

Directed By: Michael Sarnoski