# List of 2020 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 2020.

## Number-one films

| # | Weekend end date | Film | Gross | Notes |
| 1 | January 5, 2020 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $34,524,815 | |
| 2 | January 12, 2020 | 1917 | $37,000,200 | 1917 reached the #1 spot after two weeks of limited release. |
| 3 | January 19, 2020 | Bad Boys for Life | $62,504,105 | Bad Boys for Life had the highest weekend debut of 2020. |
| 4 | January 26, 2020 | Bad Boys for Life | $34,011,714 | |
| 5 | February 2, 2020 | Bad Boys for Life | $17,682,959 | Bad Boys for Life became the first film in 2020 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. |
| 6 | February 9, 2020 | Birds of Prey | $33,010,017 | |
| 7 | February 16, 2020 | Sonic the Hedgehog | $58,018,348 | Sonic the Hedgehog broke Detective Pikachu's record ($54.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a video game adaptation. |
| 8 | February 23, 2020 | Sonic the Hedgehog | $26,192,294 | |
| 9 | March 1, 2020 | The Invisible Man | $28,205,665 | |
| 10 | March 8, 2020 | Onward | $39,119,861 | |
| 11 | March 15, 2020 | Onward | $10,601,952 | During the week, Sonic the Hedgehog ($145.0 million) broke Detective Pikachu's record ($144.1 million) for the highest grossing video game adaptation domestically. |
| 12–33 | March 22, 2020–August 16, 2020 | These are weekends for which most box office reporting was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic following the closure of theaters | These are weekends for which most box office reporting was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic following the closure of theaters | These are weekends for which most box office reporting was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic following the closure of theaters |
| 34 | August 23, 2020 | Unhinged | $4,000,761 | Unhinged reached number one in its second weekend of release (and first in American theaters). It was the first wide release film since March. |
| 35 | August 30, 2020 | The New Mutants | $7,037,017 | |
| 36 | September 6, 2020 | Tenet | $9,353,090 | With 65% of theaters in the country open, Tenet reached number one, and was highest-grossing weekend for a film since March. |
| 37 | September 13, 2020 | Tenet | $6,603,467 | |
| 38 | September 20, 2020 | Tenet | $4,568,470 | |
| 39 | September 27, 2020 | Tenet | $3,348,340 | Tenet became the first film since Black Panther to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. |
| 40 | October 4, 2020 | Tenet | $2,664,202 | Tenet became the first film since Black Panther to top the box office for five consecutive weekends. |
| 41 | October 11, 2020 | The War with Grandpa | $3,623,880 | |
| 42 | October 18, 2020 | Honest Thief | $4,115,249 | |
| 43 | October 25, 2020 | Honest Thief | $2,354,022 | |
| 44 | November 1, 2020 | Come Play | $3,119,875 | |
| 45 | November 8, 2020 | Let Him Go | $4,000,470 | |
| 46 | November 15, 2020 | Freaky | $3,600,355 | |
| 47 | November 22, 2020 | Freaky | $1,281,150 | |
| 48 | November 29, 2020 | The Croods: A New Age | $9,724,200 | |
| 49 | December 6, 2020 | The Croods: A New Age | $4,439,855 | |
| 50 | December 13, 2020 | The Croods: A New Age | $3,060,535 | |
| 51 | December 20, 2020 | Monster Hunter | $2,201,269 | |
| 52 | December 27, 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 | $16,701,957 | Simultaneously released on HBO Max. |

## Highest-grossing films
### Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2020 by Calendar Gross
| Rank | Title | Studio(s) | Actor(s) | Director(s) | Domestic Gross |
| 1. | Bad Boys for Life | Sony Pictures | Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Núñez, Kate del Castillo, Nicky Jam and Joe Pantoliano | Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah | $204,417,855 |
| 2. | 1917 | Universal Pictures | George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch | Sam Mendes | $157,901,466 |
| 3. | Sonic the Hedgehog | Paramount Pictures | James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter, Jim Carrey, Lee Majdoub, Adam Pally, Frank C. Turner, Tom Butler and Natasha Rothwell | Jeff Fowler | $146,066,470 |
| 4. | Jumanji: The Next Level | Sony Pictures | Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Awkwafina, Alex Wolff, Morgan Turner, Ser'Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Danny Glover and Danny DeVito | Jake Kasdan | $124,736,710 |
| 5. | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Walt Disney Studios | Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong'o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid and Billy Dee Williams | J. J. Abrams | $124,496,308 |
| 6. | Birds of Prey | Warner Bros. Pictures | Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong and Ewan McGregor | Cathy Yan | $84,158,461 |
| 7. | Dolittle | Universal Pictures | Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen, Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, John Cena, Kumail Nanjiani, Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, Craig Robinson, Ralph Fiennes, Selena Gomez and Marion Cotillard | Stephen Gaghan | $77,047,065 |
| 8. | Little Women | Sony Pictures | Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel and Chris Cooper | Greta Gerwig | $70,508,087 |
| 9. | The Invisible Man | Universal Pictures | Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Michael Dorman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen | Leigh Whannell | $64,914,050 |
| 10. | The Call of the Wild | 20th Century Studios | Harrison Ford, Omar Sy, Cara Gee, Dan Stevens, Karen Gillan and Bradley Whitford | Chris Sanders | $62,342,368 |

### In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2020 by In-year release :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1. | Bad Boys for Life | Sony | $206,305,244 |
| 2. | Sonic the Hedgehog | Paramount | $148,974,665 |
| 3. | Birds of Prey | Warner Bros. | $84,158,461 |
| 4. | Dolittle | Universal | $77,047,065 |
| 5. | The Invisible Man | Universal | $70,410,000 |
| 6. | The Call of the Wild | 20th Century | $62,342,368 |
| 7. | Onward | Disney | $61,555,145 |
| 8. | The Croods: A New Age | Universal | $58,544,525 |
| 9. | Tenet | Warner Bros. | $58,456,624 |
| 10. | Wonder Woman 1984 | Warner Bros. | $46,534,027 |
Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2020 :
| G | Toy Story (re-release) |
| PG | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| PG-13 | Tenet |
| R | Bad Boys for Life |