Highest-grossing films of 2023: Barbie closing in on No 1 - UPDATED

Highest-grossing films of 2023: Barbie closing in on No 1 - UPDATEDFilms released in 2023 continue to break records as the world returns to movie theatres following the Covid-19 pandemic.

by Garrin Lambley

28-08-2023 10:36

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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Below are the Top 10 grossing films of the year as at 28 August 2023.

Rank Film Amount

1 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $1,360,723,878

2 Barbie $1,340,301,000

3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 $845,512,112

4 Oppenheimer $780,277,056

5 Fast X $718,953,575

6 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $688,995,078

7 Full River Red $673,556,758

8 The Wandering Earth 2 $604,456,556

9 The Little Mermaid $568,186,122

10 Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One $552,432,191

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.

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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.

The Spider-Man franchise became the third film franchise to gross $10 billion with the release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

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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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