This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2020. [1]
# | Weekend end date | Film | Gross | Notes | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | January 5, 2020 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $34,524,815 | [2] | |
2 | January 12, 2020 | 1917 | $37,000,200 | 1917 reached number one after two weeks of limited release. | [3] |
3 | January 19, 2020 | Bad Boys for Life | $62,504,105 | Bad Boys for Life had the highest weekend debut of 2020. | [4] |
4 | January 26, 2020 | $34,011,714 | [5] | ||
5 | February 2, 2020 | $17,682,959 | Bad Boys for Life became the first film in 2020 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. | [6] | |
6 | February 9, 2020 | Birds of Prey | $33,010,017 | [7] | |
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] |
8 | February 23, 2020 | $26,192,294 | [9] | ||
9 | March 1, 2020 | The Invisible Man | $28,205,665 | [10] | |
10 | March 8, 2020 | Onward | $39,119,861 | [11] | |
11 | March 15, 2020 | $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] | |
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 | [13] | ||
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. | [14] |
35 | August 30, 2020 | The New Mutants | $7,037,017 | [15] | |
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. | [16] |
37 | September 13, 2020 | $6,603,467 | [17] | ||
38 | September 20, 2020 | $4,568,470 | [18] | ||
39 | September 27, 2020 | $3,348,340 | Tenet became the first film since Black Panther to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. | [19] | |
40 | October 4, 2020 | $2,664,202 | Tenet became the first film since Black Panther to top the box office for five consecutive weekends. | [20] | |
41 | October 11, 2020 | The War with Grandpa | $3,623,880 | [21] | |
42 | October 18, 2020 | Honest Thief | $4,115,249 | [22] | |
43 | October 25, 2020 | $2,354,022 | [23] | ||
44 | November 1, 2020 | Come Play | $3,119,875 | [24] | |
45 | November 8, 2020 | Let Him Go | $4,000,470 | [25] | |
46 | November 15, 2020 | Freaky | $3,600,355 | [26] | |
47 | November 22, 2020 | $1,281,150 | [27] | ||
48 | November 29, 2020 | The Croods: A New Age | $9,724,200 | [28] | |
49 | December 6, 2020 | $4,439,855 | [29] | ||
50 | December 13, 2020 | $3,060,535 | [30] | ||
51 | December 20, 2020 | Monster Hunter | $2,201,269 | [31] | |
52 | December 27, 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 | $16,701,957 | Simultaneously released on HBO Max. | [32] |
Highest-grossing films of 2020 by Calendar Gross [33]
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 | $70,410,000 | |
6. | The Call of the Wild | 20th Century Studios | $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 [a] | $46,534,027 |
G | Toy Story (re-release) |
PG | Sonic the Hedgehog |
PG-13 | Tenet |
R | Bad Boys for Life |