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

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)
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 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.
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 weekend debut in February ($85.1 million) with $132.4 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 weekend debut 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.
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.
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.
11 March 13, 2016 Zootopia $51,339,887
12 March 20, 2016 Zootopia $37,164,158 Zootopia became the first animated film to top the box office for three consecutive weekends, following The Lego Movie in 2014.
13 March 27, 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $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 7's record ($147.2 million) for the highest Easter weekend debut, Avengers: Age of Ultron's record ($400 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend debut for a comic book film with $420 million, Man of Steel's 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.
14 April 3, 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $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).[2]
15 April 10, 2016 The Boss $23,586,645
16 April 17, 2016 The Jungle Book $103,261,464 During the week, Zootopia became the tenth animated film to gross over $300 million.
17 April 24, 2016 The Jungle Book $61,538,821
18 May 1, 2016 The Jungle Book $43,714,706
19 May 8, 2016 Captain America: Civil War $179,139,142 Captain America: Civil War broke Iron Man 3's record ($174.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe without the word Avengers on its title and Spider-Man 3's record ($151.1 million) for the highest debut for a film featuring Spider-Man. It currently has the highest weekend debut of 2016.
20 May 15, 2016 Captain America: Civil War $72,637,142
21 May 22, 2016 The Angry Birds Movie $38,155,177
22 May 29, 2016 X-Men: Apocalypse $65,769,562
23 June 5, 2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows $35,316,382
24 June 12, 2016 The Conjuring 2 $40,406,314 The Conjuring 2's $3.4 million Thursday night gross beat The Conjuring's record for the highest Thursday night gross ($3.3 million) for an R-rated horror film and its weekend gross broke The Purge's record ($34 million) for the highest debut for a horror film released in June.
25 June 19, 2016 Finding Dory $135,060,273 Finding Dory broke Minions' record ($46 million) for the highest opening day gross for an animated film with $54.7 million, Toy Story 3's record ($110.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Pixar animated film and Shrek the Third's record ($121.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film.
26 June 26, 2016 Finding Dory $72,959,954 Finding Dory broke Shrek 2's record ($72.1 million) for the highest second weekend for an animated film.
27 July 3, 2016 Finding Dory $41,817,176 Finding Dory broke Shrek 2's record ($37.9 million) for the highest third weekend for an animated film and became the fastest animated movie ever to reach $300 million.
28 July 10, 2016 The Secret Life of Pets $104,352,905 The Secret Life of Pets broke Inside Out's 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.
29 July 17, 2016 The Secret Life of Pets $50,838,355 During the week, Finding Dory surpassed Shrek 2 ($441.2 million) as the highest grossing animated film of all time.
30 July 24, 2016 Star Trek Beyond $59,253,211
31 July 31, 2016 Jason Bourne $59,215,365
32 August 7, 2016 Suicide Squad $133,682,248 Suicide Squad broke Guardians of the Galaxy's record ($94.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in August.
33 August 14, 2016 Suicide Squad $43,536,013
34 August 21, 2016 Suicide Squad $20,855,401
35 August 28, 2016 Don't Breathe $26,411,706
36 September 4, 2016 Don't Breathe $15,833,223
37 September 11, 2016 Sully $35,028,301
38 September 18, 2016 Sully $21,653,017
39 September 25, 2016 The Magnificent Seven $34,703,397
40 October 2, 2016 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children $28,871,140
41 October 9, 2016 The Girl on the Train $24,536,265
42 October 16, 2016 The Accountant $24,710,273
43 October 23, 2016 Boo! A Madea Halloween $28,501,448
44 October 30, 2016 Boo! A Madea Halloween $17,220,312
45 November 6, 2016 Doctor Strange $85,058,311
46 November 13, 2016 Doctor Strange $42,970,065
47 November 20, 2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them $74,403,387
48 November 27, 2016 Moana $56,631,401
49 December 4, 2016 Moana $28,373,000

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2016[3]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1. Finding Dory Disney $486,293,573
2. Captain America: Civil War $408,084,349
3. The Secret Life of Pets Universal $368,015,345
4. The Jungle Book Disney $364,001,123
5. Deadpool 20th Century Fox $363,070,709
6. Zootopia Disney $341,268,248
7. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Warner Bros. $330,360,194
8. Suicide Squad $325,100,054
9. Doctor Strange Disney $215,309,177
10. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them Warner Bros. $183,507,403


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2016[4]
G A Beautiful Planet
PG Finding Dory
PG-13 Captain America: Civil War
R Deadpool
NC-17 N/A

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Weekend Box Office Index, 2016". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ↑ "Top Grossing R Rated Movies at the Box Office". Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 DOMESTIC GROSSES". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "2016 Yearly Box Office for G Rated Movies". Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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