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.[1]

Number-one films

# 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

See also: 2020 in film § Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2020 by Calendar Gross[33]

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[34]
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 $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


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2020[35]
G Toy Story (re-release)
PG Sonic the Hedgehog
PG-13 Tenet
R Bad Boys for Life

See also

Additional notes

  1. ^ Streaming simultaneously on HBO Max

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