Country: USA
Box Office: $1,698,772,985
Country The USA
Box office $1 338 073 645
Country The USA
Box office $969 126 452
Despicable Me 4 is already the sixth film in the Despicable Me media franchise, which has amassed a total box office revenue of $5.6 billion, making it the highest-grossing animated franchise—significantly surpassing Shrek / Puss in Boots and Toy Story.
Country The USA
Box office $905 757 963
Another Disney animated film in the top rankings, and once again, nearly $1 billion at the box office—which, with a $150 million budget, is quite impressive. As a reminder, the Ukrainian titles Vaiana instead of Moana are partly due to trademark conflicts in Europe and partly to avoid unwanted associations with Italian adult film actress and politician Moana Pozzi (1961–1994).
Country The USA
Box office $714 444 358
We all desperately want someone to finally push beyond Frank Herbert’s first Dune novel, so the strong box office performance of Dune: Part Two is a great sign. With a production budget of $190 million plus marketing costs, the film turned a solid profit—meaning the third installment, based on Dune Messiah, is officially happening! Work on the project has already begun.
Country The USA
Box office $648 467 515
With a box office gross of nearly $650 million against a $150 million budget, the film performed remarkably well. Its success was driven by the casting of singers Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in the lead roles, alongside established stars such as Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, and Peter Dinklage. Goldblum portrays the Wizard of Oz.
The novel Wicked is the first in The Wicked Years series, which has now expanded to eight books (with sequels emerging after the success of the Broadway musical). Given this rich source material, Universal Pictures has the potential to launch a new franchise.
Country The USA
Box office $571 750 016
Godzilla x Kong marks the 38th installment in the Godzilla franchise, which began in 1954, and the 16th film in the King Kong franchise, which is even older, dating back to 1933. It is also the fifth entry in the Monsterverse, the cinematic universe that Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. have been building since 2014. The franchise now even includes TV series—just like the MCU.
With a production budget of $135–150 million, Godzilla x Kong grossed over $570 million, ensuring that the Monsterverse will continue to expand. The next film in the series is already scheduled for release in 2027.
Country The USA
Box office $547 689 492
The Kung Fu Panda franchise may not be breaking any records, but all the films in the series have been profitable, and the fourth installment had a modest production budget of just $85 million. Interestingly, the earnings from the film in China were not particularly high, reaching only $51 million, while its global box office haul reached nearly $550 million.
Despite Kung Fu Panda 4 receiving the lowest ratings in the series from both critics and audiences, a fifth film will likely follow. Quietly, the Kung Fu Panda franchise has already surpassed Madagascar (4 films), Cars (5 films), and many other franchises in terms of total earnings.
Country PRC
Box office $479 597 304
The film had a relatively substantial budget for a comedy, set at $100 million, but it earned around $479 million at the box office. It was also released internationally, though it only made $7 million outside of China ($2 million in the U.S.).
Country The USA
Box Office $476 857 448
Here are the films that didn't quite make it into the top 10 of 2024:
- Successor (China) – $469,612,890
- Pegasus 2 (China) – $466,930,272
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (USA) – $449,688,728
- Gladiator II (USA) – $437,642,519
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die (USA) – $400,526,237
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (USA) – $397,369,969
- Twisters (USA) – $369,748,265
- Mufasa: The Lion King (USA) – $365,000,080
- Alien: Romulus (USA) – $350,865,342
- It Ends With Us (USA) – $349,722,357
- Article 20 (China) – $337,554,287
- The Wild Robot (USA) – $323,638,128
- Boonie Bears: Time Twist (China) – $275,815,986
- A Quiet Place: Day One (USA) – $260,945,840
- The Garfield Movie (USA) – $254,831,947
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