# List of 2024 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films that ranked number one at the weekend box office for the year 2024.

## Number-one films

| # | Weekend end date | Film | Gross | Notes |
| 1 | January 7, 2024 | Wonka | $14,077,078 | Wonka became the first film since Barbie to top the box office in its fourth weekend as well as the first film since Top Gun: Maverick to top the box office for three non-consecutive weekends. |
| 2 | January 14, 2024 | Mean Girls | $28,635,307 | |
| 3 | January 21, 2024 | Mean Girls | $11,663,166 | |
| 4 | January 28, 2024 | Mean Girls | $6,902,347 | Mean Girls became the first film of 2024 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. Initial estimates had The Beekeeper ahead of Mean Girls. |
| 5 | February 4, 2024 | Argylle | $17,473,540 | |
| 6 | February 11, 2024 | Argylle | $6,249,360 | |
| 7 | February 18, 2024 | Bob Marley: One Love | $28,659,004 | |
| 8 | February 25, 2024 | Bob Marley: One Love | $13,458,354 | |
| 9 | March 3, 2024 | Dune: Part Two | $82,505,391 | |
| 10 | March 10, 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | $57,989,905 | |
| 11 | March 17, 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | $30,149,970 | |
| 12 | March 24, 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | $45,004,673 | |
| 13 | March 31, 2024 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | $80,006,561 | |
| 14 | April 7, 2024 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | $31,203,359 | |
| 15 | April 14, 2024 | Civil War | $25,712,608 | Civil War broke Hereditary's record ($13.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for an A24 film and the first from the company that debuted #1 at the weekend box office. |
| 16 | April 21, 2024 | Civil War | $11,127,753 | |
| 17 | April 28, 2024 | Challengers | $15,011,061 | |
| 18 | May 5, 2024 | The Fall Guy | $27,747,035 | |
| 19 | May 12, 2024 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | $58,400,788 | |
| 20 | May 19, 2024 | IF | $33,715,801 | |
| 21 | May 26, 2024 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | $26,326,462 | |
| 22 | June 2, 2024 | The Garfield Movie | $14,005,272 | The Garfield Movie reached the #1 spot in its second weekend of release. |
| 23 | June 9, 2024 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | $56,527,324 | |
| 24 | June 16, 2024 | Inside Out 2 | $154,201,673 | |
| 25 | June 23, 2024 | Inside Out 2 | $101,210,550 | Inside Out 2 broke The Super Mario Bros. Movie's record ($92.3 million) for the highest second weekend gross for an animated film and had the biggest second weekend for a film since Avengers: Endgame ($147.4 million). It also became the first animated film to gross $100 million in its second weekend. |
| 26 | June 30, 2024 | Inside Out 2 | $57,520,208 | Inside Out 2 became the first film since Mean Girls to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. It also broke Frozen II's record (25 days) for the fastest animated film to reach $1 billion worldwide, doing so in 19 days. |
| 27 | July 7, 2024 | Despicable Me 4 | $75,009,210 | |
| 28 | July 14, 2024 | Despicable Me 4 | $43,598,695 | |
| 29 | July 21, 2024 | Twisters | $81,251,415 | Twisters broke The Day After Tomorrow's record ($68.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a natural disaster film. During the week, Inside Out 2 broke Frozen II's record as the highest-grossing animated film worldwide. |
| 30 | July 28, 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $211,435,291 | Deadpool & Wolverine broke Deadpool 2's records for the highest Thursday preview night ($18.6 million) and the biggest opening day ($53.3 million) for an R-rated film with $38.5 million and $96 million respectively. It also broke The Lion King's record ($191.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in July, Deadpool's record ($132.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film, and Jurassic World's record ($208.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a summer release. It had the highest weekend debut of 2024. During the weekend, Inside Out 2 broke Incredibles 2's records ($608.6 million) for the highest-grossing animated film and highest-grossing Pixar film of all time at the domestic box office. |
| 31 | August 4, 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $96,809,328 | Deadpool & Wolverine broke The Passion of the Christ's record ($370.7 million) for the highest grossing R-rated film domestically. |
| 32 | August 11, 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $53,774,969 | Deadpool & Wolverine became the first film since Inside Out 2 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. During the week, Deadpool & Wolverine broke Joker's record as the highest-grossing R-rated film worldwide. |
| 33 | August 18, 2024 | Alien: Romulus | $42,003,361 | |
| 34 | August 25, 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $18,310,240 | Deadpool & Wolverine reclaimed the #1 spot in its fifth weekend of release, making it the first film since Avatar: The Way of Water to top the box office in its fifth weekend of release and the first film since The Croods: A New Age to top the box office for four non-consecutive weekends. During the weekend, Inside Out 2 became the first animated film to gross $1 billion at the international box office. |
| 35 | September 1, 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $15,469,312 | Deadpool & Wolverine became the first film since Avatar: The Way of Water to top the box office in its sixth weekend of release and the first film since Spider-Man: No Way Home to top the box office for five non-consecutive weekends. |
| 36 | September 8, 2024 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | $111,003,345 | |
| 37 | September 15, 2024 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | $51,350,355 | |
| 38 | September 22, 2024 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | $25,937,144 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice became the first film since Deadpool & Wolverine to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. |
| 39 | September 29, 2024 | The Wild Robot | $35,790,150 | |
| 40 | October 6, 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | $37,678,467 | |
| 41 | October 13, 2024 | Terrifier 3 | $18,928,113 | |
| 42 | October 20, 2024 | Smile 2 | $23,021,692 | |
| 43 | October 27, 2024 | Venom: The Last Dance | $51,012,404 | |
| 44 | November 3, 2024 | Venom: The Last Dance | $25,902,766 | |
| 45 | November 10, 2024 | Venom: The Last Dance | $15,904,148 | Venom: The Last Dance became the first film since Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. |
| 46 | November 17, 2024 | Red One | $32,106,112 | |
| 47 | November 24, 2024 | Wicked | $112,508,890 | Wicked broke Into the Woods' record ($31.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a Broadway musical. In second place, Gladiator II's $55.5 million opening weekend broke 8 Mile's record ($51.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a historical action film. |
| 48 | December 1, 2024 | Moana 2 | $139,787,385 | Moana 2 broke Frozen II's records for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film ($130.3 million) and the highest Thanksgiving weekend ever ($86 million) as well as Frozen's record ($67.4 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend debut. Its worldwide opening weekend ($386.3 million) broke The Super Mario Bros. Movie's record ($377 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend for an animated film. In second place, Wicked's –27.9% drop broke Top Gun: Maverick's record (–28.9%) for the smallest second-weekend drop for any film debuting with over $100 million in its opening weekend. It also broke Grease's record ($190 million) for the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation at the domestic box office. Wicked and Moana 2 became the first two films since Minions: The Rise of Gru and Thor: Love and Thunder in 2022 to bring in over $100 million over two consecutive weekends. |
| 49 | December 8, 2024 | Moana 2 | $51,287,053 | |
| 50 | December 15, 2024 | Moana 2 | $26,499,368 | Moana 2 became the first film since Venom: The Last Dance to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. |
| 51 | December 22, 2024 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | $60,102,146 | |
| 52 | December 29, 2024 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | $37,010,506 | |

## Highest-grossing films
### Calendar gross

Highest-grossing films of 2024 by Calendar Gross
| Rank | Title | Studio(s) | Actor(s) | Director(s) | Domestic Gross |
| 1. | Inside Out 2 | Disney | voices of Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Ayo Edebiri, Lilimar Hernandez, Grace Lu, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan and Paul Walter Hauser | Kelsey Mann | $652,980,194 |
| 2. | Deadpool & Wolverine | Disney | Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Aaron Stanford and Matthew Macfadyen | Shawn Levy | $636,745,858 |
| 3. | Wicked | Universal | Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum | Jon M. Chu | $432,943,285 |
| 4. | Moana 2 | Disney | voices of Auliʻi Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Hualālai Chung, Rose Matafeo, David Fane, Awhimai Fraser, Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger, Rachel House, Gerald Ramsey and Alan Tudyk | David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller | $404,017,489 |
| 5. | Despicable Me 4 | Universal | voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Sofía Vergara, Stephen Colbert, Chris Renaud, Madison Polan, Dana Gaier, Chloe Fineman and Will Ferrell | Chris Renaud | $361,004,205 |
| 6. | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Warner Bros. | Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe | Tim Burton | $294,100,435 |
| 7. | Dune: Part Two | Warner Bros. | Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling and Javier Bardem | Denis Villeneuve | $282,144,358 |
| 8. | Twisters | Universal | Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney and Sasha Lane | Lee Isaac Chung | $267,762,265 |
| 9. | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Warner Bros. | Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns and Fala Chen | Adam Wingard | $196,350,016 |
| 10. | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Universal | voices of Jack Black, Awkwafina, Bryan Cranston, James Hong, Ian McShane, Ke Huy Quan, Dustin Hoffman and Viola Davis | Mike Mitchell | $193,590,620 |

### In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2024 by In-year release :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1. | Inside Out 2 | Disney | $652,980,194 |
| 2. | Deadpool & Wolverine | Disney | $636,742,741 |
| 3. | Wicked | Universal | $473,231,120 |
| 4. | Moana 2 | Disney | $460,278,213 |
| 5. | Despicable Me 4 | Universal | $361,004,205 |
| 6. | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Warner Bros. | $294,100,435 |
| 7. | Dune: Part Two | Warner Bros. | $282,144,358 |
| 8. | Twisters | Universal | $267,762,265 |
| 9. | Mufasa: The Lion King | Disney | $252,826,220 |
| 10. | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Paramount | $236,027,853 |
Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2024 :
| G | The Blue Angels |
| PG | Inside Out 2 |
| PG-13 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice |
| R | Deadpool & Wolverine |