List of 2016 box office number-one films in the United States explained

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2016.[1]

Number-one films

Weekend end dateFilmGrossNotes
1 $90,241,673 Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke Avatars record ($68.4 million) for the highest third weekend gross of all time and American Snipers record ($89.2 million) for the highest weekend gross in January. [2]
2 $42,353,785 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the first two films to consecutively top the box office for four consecutive weekends each since Dumb and Dumber and Legends of the Fall in 1994 and 1995. The latter also became the first film in history to gross over $800 million at the domestic box office. [3]
3 Ride Along 2 $35,243,095 [4] [5]
4 The Revenant $16,009,718 The Revenant reached #1 on its third weekend in wide release and fifth overall weekend of release. It also became the first film since The Martian to top the box office in its fifth weekend. [6]
5 Kung Fu Panda 3 $41,282,042 Kung Fu Panda 3 broke The Nut Jobs record ($19.4 million) for the biggest January opening for an animated film. [7]
6 $21,242,181 In third 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. [8]
7 Deadpool $132,434,639 Deadpools $12.5 million Thursday night gross broke The Hangover Part IIs record ($10.4 million) for the highest Thursday night gross for an R-rated film. It also broke Fifty Shades of Greys records ($85.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in February and for the President's Day weekend, American Snipers record ($89.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a winter release, The Matrix Reloadeds record ($91.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film, and s record ($108.4 million) for the largest opening weekend for 20th Century Fox. [9] [10]
8 $56,470,167 [11]
9 $31,115,195 Deadpool became the first film of 2016 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. [12]
10 Zootopia $75,063,401 Zootopia broke The Loraxs record ($70.2 million) for the biggest March opening for an animated film and Frozens record ($67.4 million) for the highest wide opening weekend for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film. [13]
11 $51,339,887 [14]
12 $37,164,158 Zootopia and Deadpool became the first two films to win at least three consecutive weekends in a row since Ride Along and The Lego Movie in 2014. The former also became the first animated film since The Lego Movie to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. [15]
13 $166,007,347 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice broke The Hunger Games records ($152.5 million) for the highest weekend debut in March and for a spring release, Furious 7s record ($147.2 million) for the highest Easter weekend debut, Man of Steels record ($116.6 million) for the highest opening weekend for a film starring Superman and The Dark Knight Rises records ($160.8 million) for the highest opening weekend for a film based on a DC Comics property and a film starring Batman. Its $422.5 million worldwide opening weekend broke The Avengers record ($392.5 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend debut for a comic book film. [16] [17]
14 $51,335,254 During the week, Deadpool became the second highest grossing R-rated film of all-time ($355.1 million) behind The Passion of the Christ ($370.7 million). [18] [19]
15 The Boss $23,586,645 [20]
16 The Jungle Book $103,261,464 During the week, Zootopia became the tenth animated film to gross over $300 million. [21]
17 $61,538,821 [22]
18 $43,714,706 [23]
19 $179,139,142 Captain America: Civil War broke Iron Man 3s record ($174.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe outside of the Avengers films and Spider-Man 3s record ($151.1 million) for the highest debut for a film featuring Spider-Man. It had the highest weekend debut of 2016. [24]
20 $72,637,142 [25]
21 The Angry Birds Movie $38,155,177 [26]
22 $65,769,562 [27] [28]
23 $35,316,382 [29]
24 The Conjuring 2 $40,406,314 [30]
25 Finding Dory $135,060,273 Finding Dorys $54.7 million opening day gross broke Minions record ($46 million) for the highest opening day gross for an animated film. It also broke Toy Story 3s record ($110.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Pixar animated film and Shrek the Thirds records ($121.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and a PG-rated film. [31]
26 $72,959,954 Finding Dory broke Shrek 2s record ($72.1 million) for the highest second weekend for an animated film. [32]
27 $41,817,176 Finding Dory broke Shrek 2s record ($37.9 million) for the highest third weekend for an animated film and became the fastest animated movie ever to reach $300 million. It also became the first animated film since Zootopia to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. [33] [34]
28 The Secret Life of Pets $104,352,905 The Secret Life of Pets broke Inside Outs records ($90.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original film and for a non-sequel animated film. During the week, Finding Dory became the fifth animated film to gross over $400 million. [35]
29 $50,838,355 During the week, Finding Dory surpassed Shrek 2 ($441.2 million) as the highest grossing animated film of all time. [36]
30 Star Trek Beyond $59,253,211 [37]
31 Jason Bourne $59,215,365 [38]
32 Suicide Squad $133,682,248 Suicide Squad broke Guardians of the Galaxys record ($94.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in August. [39]
33 $43,536,013 [40]
34 $20,855,401 [41]
35 Don't Breathe $26,411,706 [42]
36 $15,833,223 [43] [44]
37 Sully $35,028,301 [45]
38 $21,653,017 [46]
39 The Magnificent Seven $34,703,397 [47]
40 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children $28,871,140 [48]
41 The Girl on the Train $24,536,265 [49] [50]
42 The Accountant $24,710,273 [51]
43 Boo! A Madea Halloween $28,501,448 [52]
44 $17,220,312 [53]
45 Doctor Strange $85,058,311 [54]
46 $42,970,065 [55]
47 Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them $74,403,387 [56]
48 Moana $56,631,401 [57] [58] [59]
49 $28,270,989 [60]
50 $18,533,804 [61]
51 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story $155,081,681 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story broke Minions record ($115.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a prequel. [62]
52 $64,033,768 [63] [64]
53 $49,609,002 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Moana became the first two films to top the box office for at least three consecutive weekends in a row since Deadpool and Zootopia. [65] [66]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2016 by Calendar Gross[67]

Rank Title Distributor(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross
1.Finding DoryWalt Disney Studios Motion Picturesvoices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, and Eugene LevyAndrew Stanton$486,295,561
2.Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryFelicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen, and Forest WhitakerGareth Edwards$408,235,850
3.Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Marisa Tomei, Tom Holland, Frank Grillo, Martin Freeman, William Hurt, and Daniel BrühlThe Russo brothers$408,084,349
4.The Secret Life of PetsUniversal Picturesvoices of Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, Steve Coogan, and Albert BrooksChris Renaud$368,384,330
5.The Jungle BookWalt Disney Studios Motion PicturesNeel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, and Christopher WalkenJon Favreau$364,001,123
6.Deadpool20th Century FoxRyan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Gina Carano, and Brianna HildebrandTim Miller$363,042,311
7.ZootopiaWalt Disney Studios Motion Picturesvoices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Tommy Chong, J. K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, and ShakiraByron Howard and Rich Moore$341,268,248
8.Warner Bros. PicturesBen Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, and Gal GadotZack Snyder$330,360,194
9.Suicide SquadWill Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood, and Cara DelevingneDavid Ayer$325,100,054
10.Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesHarrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von SydowJ. J. Abrams$283,676,870

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2016 by In-year release[68]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story <$532,177,324
2. Finding Dory $486,295,561
3. $408,084,349
4. The Secret Life of Pets $368,384,330
5. The Jungle Book $364,001,123
6. Deadpool $363,070,709
7. Zootopia $341,268,248
8. $330,360,194
9. Suicide Squad $325,100,054
10. Sing $270,329,045

Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2016[69]
G A Beautiful Planet
PG Finding Dory
PG-13Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
R Deadpool

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Domestic Box Office Weekends For 2016. .
  2. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 1. Box Office Mojo.
  3. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo.
  4. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 3. Box Office Mojo.
  5. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 3 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  6. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo.
  7. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo.
  8. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo.
  9. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day). Box Office Mojo.
  10. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 7. Box Office Mojo.
  11. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo.
  12. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo.
  13. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 10. Box Office Mojo.
  14. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo.
  15. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo.
  16. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 13 (Easter weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  17. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo.
  18. Web site: Top Grossing R Rated Movies at the Box Office. 12 June 2016.
  19. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo.
  20. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo.
  21. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo.
  22. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 17. Box Office Mojo.
  23. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo.
  24. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 19. Box Office Mojo.
  25. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo.
  26. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 21. Box Office Mojo.
  27. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 22. Box Office Mojo.
  28. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 22 (Memorial Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  29. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 23. Box Office Mojo.
  30. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 24. Box Office Mojo.
  31. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 25. Box Office Mojo.
  32. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
  33. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 26 (July 4th long weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  34. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
  35. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 28. Box Office Mojo.
  36. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 29. Box Office Mojo.
  37. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 30. Box Office Mojo.
  38. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 31. Box Office Mojo.
  39. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 32. Box Office Mojo.
  40. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 33. Box Office Mojo.
  41. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 34. Box Office Mojo.
  42. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 35. Box Office Mojo.
  43. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 36 (Labor Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  44. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 36. Box Office Mojo.
  45. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 37. Box Office Mojo.
  46. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 38. Box Office Mojo.
  47. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
  48. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 40. Box Office Mojo.
  49. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 41. Box Office Mojo.
  50. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  51. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 42. Box Office Mojo.
  52. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 43. Box Office Mojo.
  53. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 44. Box Office Mojo.
  54. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 45. Box Office Mojo.
  55. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 46. Box Office Mojo.
  56. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 47. Box Office Mojo.
  57. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 5-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  58. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 4-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  59. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  60. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving). Box Office Mojo.
  61. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 50. Box Office Mojo.
  62. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 51. Box Office Mojo.
  63. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 52. Box Office Mojo.
  64. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 52 (Christmas long weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  65. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 53. Box Office Mojo.
  66. Web site: Domestic 2016 Weekend 53 (New Year's long weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  67. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 2016. Box Office Mojo. December 13, 2019.
  68. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 2016 (In-year release). Box Office Mojo. December 13, 2019.
  69. Web site: 2016 Yearly Box Office for G Rated Movies. 2 January 2017.

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