List of 2024 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films that ranked number one at the weekend box office for the year 2024.[1]

Number-one films

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# Weekend end date Film Gross Notes Ref.
1 January 7, 2024 Wonka $14,077,078 Wonka became the first film since Barbie to top the box office in its fourth weekend as well as the first film since Top Gun: Maverick to top the box office for three non-consecutive weekends. [2]
2 January 14, 2024 Mean Girls $28,635,307 [3]
3 January 21, 2024 $11,663,166 [4]
4 January 28, 2024 $6,902,347 Mean Girls became the first film of 2024 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. Initial estimates had The Beekeeper ahead of Mean Girls. [5]
5 February 4, 2024 Argylle $17,473,540 [6]
6 February 11, 2024 $6,249,360 [7]
7 February 18, 2024 Bob Marley: One Love $28,659,004 [8]
8 February 25, 2024 $13,458,354 [9]
9 March 3, 2024 Dune: Part Two $82,505,391 [10]
10 March 10, 2024 Kung Fu Panda 4 $57,989,905 [11]
11 March 17, 2024 $30,149,970 [12]
12 March 24, 2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire $45,004,673 [13]
13 March 31, 2024 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire $80,006,561 [14]
14 April 7, 2024 $31,203,359 [15]
15 April 14, 2024 Civil War $25,712,608 Civil War broke Hereditary's record ($13.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for an A24 film and the first from the company that debuted #1 at the weekend box office. [16]
16 April 21, 2024 $11,127,753 [17]
17 April 28, 2024 Challengers $15,011,061 [18]
18 May 5, 2024 The Fall Guy $27,747,035 [19]
19 May 12, 2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes $58,400,788 [20]
20 May 19, 2024 IF $33,715,801 [21]
21 May 26, 2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga $26,326,462 [22]
22 June 2, 2024 The Garfield Movie $14,005,272 The Garfield Movie reached #1 in its second weekend of release. [23]
23 June 9, 2024 Bad Boys: Ride or Die $56,527,324 [24]
24 June 16, 2024 Inside Out 2 $154,201,673 [25]
25 June 23, 2024 $101,210,550 Inside Out 2 broke The Super Mario Bros. Movie's record ($92.3 million) for the highest second weekend gross for an animated film and had the biggest second weekend for a film since Avengers: Endgame ($147.4 million). It also became the first animated film to gross $100 million in its second weekend. [26]
26 June 30, 2024 $57,520,208 Inside Out 2 became the first film since Mean Girls to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. It also broke Frozen II's record (25 days) for the fastest animated film to reach $1 billion worldwide, doing so in 19 days. [27]
27 July 7, 2024 Despicable Me 4 $75,009,210 [28]
28 July 14, 2024 $43,598,695 [29]
29 July 21, 2024 Twisters $81,251,415 Twisters broke The Day After Tomorrow's record ($68.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a natural disaster film. During the week, Inside Out 2 broke Frozen II's record as the highest-grossing animated film worldwide. [30]
30 July 28, 2024 Deadpool & Wolverine $211,435,291 Deadpool & Wolverine broke Deadpool 2's records for the highest Thursday preview night ($18.6 million) and the biggest opening day ($53.3 million) for an R-rated film with $38.5 million and $96 million respectively. It also broke The Lion King's record ($191.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in July, Deadpool's record ($132.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film, and Jurassic World's record ($208.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a summer release. It currently has the highest weekend debut of 2024. During the weekend, Inside Out 2 broke Incredibles 2's records ($608.6 million) for the highest-grossing animated film and highest-grossing Pixar film of all time at the domestic box office. [31]
31 August 4, 2024 $96,809,328 Deadpool & Wolverine broke The Passion of the Christ's record ($370.7 million) for the highest grossing R-rated film domestically. [32]
32 August 11, 2024 $53,774,969 Deadpool & Wolverine became the first film since Inside Out 2 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. During the week, Deadpool & Wolverine broke Joker's record as the highest-grossing R-rated film worldwide. [33]
33 August 18, 2024 Alien: Romulus $42,003,361 [34]
34 August 25, 2024 Deadpool & Wolverine $18,310,240 Deadpool & Wolverine reclaimed the #1 spot in its fifth weekend of release, making it the first film since Avatar: The Way of Water to top the box office in its fifth weekend of release and the first film since The Croods: A New Age to top the box office for four non-consecutive weekends. During the weekend, Inside Out 2 became the first animated film to gross $1 billion at the international box office. [35][36]
35 September 1, 2024 $15,469,312 Deadpool & Wolverine became the first film since Avatar: The Way of Water to top the box office in its sixth weekend of release and the first film since Spider-Man: No Way Home to top the box office for five non-consecutive weekends. [37][38]
36 September 8, 2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice $111,003,345 [39]
37 September 15, 2024 $51,350,355 [40]
38 September 22, 2024 $25,937,144 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice became the first film since Deadpool & Wolverine to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. [41]
39 September 29, 2024 The Wild Robot $35,790,150 [42]
40 October 6, 2024 Joker: Folie à Deux $37,678,467 [43]
41 October 13, 2024 Terrifier 3 $18,928,113 [44]
42 October 20, 2024 Smile 2 $23,021,692 [45]
43 October 27, 2024 Venom: The Last Dance $51,012,404 [46]
44 November 3, 2024 $25,902,766 [47]
45 November 10, 2024 $15,904,148 Venom: The Last Dance became the first film since Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. [48]
46 November 17, 2024 Red One $32,106,112 [49]
47 November 24, 2024 Wicked $112,508,890 Wicked broke Into the Woods' record ($31.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a Broadway musical. [50]

Highest-grossing films

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Highest-grossing films of 2024 by In-year release[51]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1. Inside Out 2 Disney $652,980,194
2. Deadpool & Wolverine $636,742,741
3. Despicable Me 4 Universal $361,004,205
4. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Warner Bros. $294,097,060
5. Dune: Part Two $282,144,358
6. Twisters Universal $267,762,265
7. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Warner Bros. $196,350,016
8. Kung Fu Panda 4 Universal $193,590,620
9. Bad Boys: Ride or Die Sony $193,573,217
10. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Disney / 20th Century $171,130,165
Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2024
G The Blue Angels
PG Inside Out 2
PG-13 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
R Deadpool & Wolverine

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