Highest grossing films of 2023: Barbie streaks ahead in No 1 spotFilms released in 2023 continue to break records as the world returns to movie theatres following the Covid-19 pandemic.
by Garrin Lambley
25-09-2023 07:45
in Entertainment
Australian actress Margot Robbie poses on the pink carpet upon arrival for the European premiere of Barbie in central London on July 12, 2023. Hollywood A-listers have been walking red carpets in hot pink, glitter is back, and companies from The Gap to Burger King are doing rose-colored collaborations: Barbie mania is everywhere as the hotly anticipated film hits theaters worldwide. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Films released in 2023 continue to break records as the world returns to movie theatres following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NOTE: This is an updated article with the latest numbers
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Below are the Top 10 grossing films of the year as at 25 September 2023.
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Rank Film Amount
1 Barbie $1,427,450,087
2 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $1,360,764,054
3 Oppenheimer $926,000,000
4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 $845,555,777
5 Fast X $714,522,648
6 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $689,810,862
7 Full River Red $673,556,758
8 The Wandering Earth 2 $604,456,556
9 The Little Mermaid $569,592,298
10 Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One $567,535,383
BOX OFFICE RECORDS The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the first film based on a video game, the eleventh animated film, and the 52nd film overall, to gross $1 billion worldwide.
Barbie became the 53rd film overall to gross $1 billion worldwide.
The Fast & Furious franchise became the seventh film franchise to gross $7 billion with the release of Fast X.
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The Spider-Man franchise became the third film franchise to gross $10 billion with the release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Oppenheimer had the highest-grossing opening weekend for an R-rated film since the Covid-19 pandemic. It is the highest-grossing World War II film of all time, surpassing Dunkirk (2017), also directed by Christopher Nolan.
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Highest grossing films of 2023: Barbie streaks ahead in No 1 spotFilms released in 2023 continue to break records as the world returns to movie theatres following the Covid-19 pandemic.
