The hit list 2016 movie#

It also became the first animated film since Zootopia to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.

The hit list 2016 movie#

It also broke Toy Story 3 's record ($110.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Pixar animated film and Shrek the Third 's records ($121.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and a PG-rated film.įinding Dory broke Shrek 2 's record ($72.1 million) for the highest second weekend for an animated film.įinding 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. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadowsįinding Dory 's $54.7 million opening day gross broke Minions ' record ($46 million) for the highest opening day gross for an animated film. It had the highest weekend debut of 2016. 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.ĭuring 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).ĭuring the week, Zootopia became the tenth animated film to gross over $300 million.Ĭaptain 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 outside of the Avengers films and Spider-Man 3 's record ($151.1 million) for the highest debut for a film featuring Spider-Man. The former also became the first animated film since The Lego Movie to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.īatman 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, 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. 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.

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. It also broke Fifty Shades of Grey 's records ($85.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in February and for the President's Day weekend, American Sniper 's record ($89.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a winter release, The Matrix Reloaded 's record ($91.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film, and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 's record ($108.4 million) for the largest opening weekend for 20th Century Fox.ĭeadpool became the first film of 2016 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. 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.ĭeadpool 's $12.5 million Thursday night gross broke The Hangover Part II 's record ($10.4 million) for the highest Thursday night gross for an R-rated film. Kung Fu Panda 3 broke The Nut Job 's record ($19.4 million) for the biggest January opening for an animated film. It also became the first film since The Martian to top the box office in its fifth weekend The Revenant reached #1 on its third weekend in wide release and fifth overall weekend of release. The former also became the first film in history to gross over $800 million at the domestic box office. Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 became the first two films to win four consecutive weekends in a row since Dumb and Dumber and Legends of the Fall in 1995.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke Avatar's record ($68.4 million) for the highest third weekend gross of all time and American Sniper 's record ($89.2 million) for the highest weekend gross in January.