List of 2016 box office number-one films in the United States
Appearance
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2016.[1]
# | Date | Film | Gross | Note(s) |
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1 | January 3, 2016 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | $90,241,673 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke Avatar's record ($68.4 million) for the highest third weekend gross of all time. |
2 | January 10, 2016 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | $42,353,785 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the first film in history to gross over $800 million at the domestic box office. It became the first film since The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. |
3 | January 17, 2016 | Ride Along 2 | $35,243,095 | |
4 | January 24, 2016 | The Revenant | $16,009,718 | The Revenant reached #1 on its third weekend in wide release and fifth overall weekend of release. |
5 | January 31, 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | $41,282,042 | Kung Fu Panda 3 broke The Nut Job's record ($19.4 million) for the biggest January opening for an animated film. |
6 | February 7, 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | $21,242,181 | In fourth place, Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the first film in history to gross over $900 million at the domestic box office and became the third film to gross over $2 billion worldwide after Avatar and Titanic. |
7 | February 14, 2016 | Deadpool | $132,434,639 | Deadpool broke Fifty Shades of Grey's records for biggest preview night in February ($8.2 million) with $12.5 million, biggest Friday opening in February ($30.2 million) with $47.5 million, for highest opening weekend in February ($85.1 million) and four-day President's Day weekend ($93 million) with $152.2 million. It also broke American Sniper's record ($89.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in the winter, The Hangover Part II's records for the highest preview night ($10 million) and the largest worldwide opening for an R-rated film ($177.8 million) with $260.2 million, The Matrix Reloaded's record ($91.7 million) for the highest opening weekend for an R-rated film, 300's record ($70.8 million) for an R-rated comic book adaptation, and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith's record ($108.4 million) for the largest opening weekend for 20th Century Fox. It currently has the highest opening weekend of 2016. |
8 | February 21, 2016 | Deadpool | $56,470,167 | |
9 | February 28, 2016 | Deadpool | $31,115,195 | Deadpool became the first film of 2016 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends, and has became the highest grossing R-rated film of 2016. |
10 | March 6, 2016 | Zootopia | $75,063,401 | Zootopia broke The Lorax's record ($70.2 million) for the biggest March opening for an animated film and Frozen's record ($67.4 million) for the highest wide opening weekend for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film. In third place, Deadpool became the third R-rated film in history to gross over $300 million after The Passion of the Christ and American Sniper. |
Highest-grossing films
Rank | Title | Studio | Domestic gross |
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1. | Deadpool | 20th Century Fox/Marvel Entertainment | $311,484,061 |
2. | Kung Fu Panda 3 | DreamWorks Animation/20th Century Fox | $133,879,516 |
3. | Ride Along 2 | Universal Pictures | $89,504,525 |
4. | Zootopia | Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios | $75,063,401 |
5. | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Paramount Pictures | $52,516,271 |
6. | How to Be Single | Warner Bros./New Line Cinema | $43,320,541 |
7. | Dirty Grandpa | Lionsgate Films | $35,378,025 |
8. | The Boy | STX Entertainment | $35,143,558 |
9. | The 5th Wave | Columbia Pictures | $33,639,418 |
10. | Hail, Caesar! | Universal Pictures | $29,233,595 |
See also
- List of American films — American films by year
References
- ^ "Weekend Box Office Index, 2016". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "2016 DOMESTIC GROSSES". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 7, 2016.