List of 2023 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which ranked number one at the weekend box office for the year 2023.[1]

Number-one films

# Weekend end date Film Gross Notes Ref.
1 January 8, 2023 Avatar: The Way of Water $45,838,986 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way of Water became the first two films to consecutively top the box office for four consecutive weekends each since The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015 and 2016. [2]
2 January 15, 2023 $32,824,684 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way of Water became the first two films to consecutively top the box office for five consecutive weekends each since Stakeout and Fatal Attraction in 1987. [3]
3 January 22, 2023 $20,133,106 Avatar: The Way of Water became the first film since Avatar to top the box office for six consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Spider-Man: No Way Home to top the box office in its sixth week of release, as well as for six total weekends. During the weekend, the film surpassed $2 billion at the global box office. [4]
4 January 29, 2023 $15,968,532 Avatar: The Way of Water became the first film since Avatar to top the box office for seven consecutive weekends, as well as the first film since Spider-Man: No Way Home to top the box office in its seventh week of release. [5]
5 February 5, 2023 Knock at the Cabin $14,127,170 [6]
6 February 12, 2023 Magic Mike's Last Dance $8,305,317 [7]
7 February 19, 2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania $106,109,650 [8]
8 February 26, 2023 $31,964,803 [9]
9 March 5, 2023 Creed III $58,370,007 Creed III broke Creed II's record ($35.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a boxing film, as well as The Longest Yard's record ($47.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for a sports film. [10]
10 March 12, 2023 Scream VI $44,447,270 [11]
11 March 19, 2023 Shazam! Fury of the Gods $30,111,158 [12]
12 March 26, 2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 $73,817,950 [13]
13 April 2, 2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves $37,205,784 [14]
14 April 9, 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $146,361,865 The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke Sonic the Hedgehog 2's record ($72.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a video game adaptation as well as surpassing the former's lifetime gross ($190.9 million) to become the highest grossing video game adaptation of all time at the domestic box office. It also broke The Secret Life of Pets' record ($104.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-sequel animated film. Its worldwide opening weekend ($377 million) broke Frozen II's record ($358.5 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend for an animated film. [15]
15 April 16, 2023 $92,347,190 The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke Frozen II's record ($85.9 million) for the highest second weekend gross for an animated film. It also surpassed Warcraft to become the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time at the global box office. [16]
16 April 23, 2023 $59,930,940 The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke Incredibles 2's record ($46.4 million) for the highest third weekend gross for an animated film. [17]
17 April 30, 2023 $40,835,805 The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke Incredibles 2's record ($28.4 million) for the highest fourth weekend gross for an animated film. It also became the first film since Avatar: The Way of Water to top the box office for four consecutive weekends and the first animated film to pass $1 billion at the global box office since Frozen II. [18]
18 May 7, 2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 $118,414,021 [19]
19 May 14, 2023 $62,008,548 [20]
20 May 21, 2023 Fast X $67,017,410 [21]
21 May 28, 2023 The Little Mermaid $95,578,040 [22]
22 June 4, 2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $120,663,589 [23]
23 June 11, 2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts $61,045,464 [24]
24 June 18, 2023 The Flash $55,043,679 [25]
25 June 25, 2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $19,003,633 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse reclaimed the #1 spot in its fourth weekend of release, making it the first film since The Super Mario Bros. Movie to top the box office in its fourth weekend. [26]
26 July 2, 2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny $60,368,101 [27]
27 July 9, 2023 Insidious: The Red Door $33,013,036 [28]
28 July 16, 2023 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One $54,688,347 [29]
29 July 23, 2023 Barbie $162,022,044 Barbie broke The Hangover Part II's record ($85.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action comedy, Captain Marvel's record ($153 million) for the highest weekend debut for a female-directed film, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's record ($108.9 million) for highest weekend debut for a film based on a toy, and The Dark Knight Rises' record ($160.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-3D film. It had the highest weekend debut of 2023. [30]
30 July 30, 2023 $93,011,602 Barbie had the biggest second weekend for a film since Avengers: Endgame ($147.4 million). [31]
31 August 6, 2023 $53,008,647 [32]
32 August 13, 2023 $33,833,294 Barbie became the first film since The Super Mario Bros. Movie to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. [33]
33 August 20, 2023 Blue Beetle $25,030,225 During the week, Oppenheimer surpassed Sing to become the highest grossing film to never hit #1. [34]
34 August 27, 2023 Gran Turismo $17,410,552 [35]
35 September 3, 2023 The Equalizer 3 $34,604,229 [36]
36 September 10, 2023 The Nun II $32,603,336 [37]
37 September 17, 2023 $14,534,579 During the weekend, Oppenheimer's worldwide total ($912.7 million) surpassed Bohemian Rhapsody's total ($902 million) as the all-time highest-grossing biopic film. [38]
38 September 24, 2023 $8,550,110 [39]
39 October 1, 2023 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie $22,764,354 [40]
40 October 8, 2023 The Exorcist: Believer $26,497,600 [41]
41 October 15, 2023 Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour $93,224,755 Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour broke Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour's record ($31.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a concert film. It became the highest-grossing concert film of all time worldwide as well, breaking Justin Bieber: Never Say Never's record ($99 million). [42]
42 October 22, 2023 $33,209,039 Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour became the first concert film to top the box office for two weekends. [43]
43 October 29, 2023 Five Nights at Freddy's $80,001,720 Simultaneously released on Peacock. Five Nights at Freddy's broke Puss in Boots' record ($34.1 million) for the highest Halloween weekend debut. It also broke Sonic The Hedgehog 2's record ($72.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action video game adaptation. [44]
44 November 5, 2023 $19,001,870 [45]
45 November 12, 2023 The Marvels $46,110,859 [46]
46 November 19, 2023 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes $44,607,143 [47]
47 November 26, 2023 $29,042,517 [48]
48 December 3, 2023 Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé $21,801,216 [49]
49 December 10, 2023 The Boy and the Heron $13,011,722 The Boy and the Heron became the first foreign language film as well as the first Japanese animated film since Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero to reach #1 at the box office. [50]
50 December 17, 2023 Wonka $39,005,800 [51]
51 December 24, 2023 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom $27,686,211 [52]
52 December 31, 2023 Wonka $22,477,006 Wonka reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. [53]

Highest-grossing films

See also: 2023 in film § Highest-grossing films

Calendar gross

Highest-grossing films of 2023 by Calendar Gross[54]

Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Domestic Gross
1. Barbie Warner Bros. Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman and Will Ferrell Greta Gerwig $636,225,983
2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie Universal voices of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen and Fred Armisen Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic $574,934,330
3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Sony Pictures voices of Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Karan Soni, Shea Whigham, Greta Lee, Daniel Kaluuya, Mahershala Ali and Oscar Isaac Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson $381,593,754
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Walt Disney Studios Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Will Poulter, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Linda Cardellini, Nathan Fillion and Sylvester Stallone James Gunn $358,995,815
5. Oppenheimer Universal Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek and Kenneth Branagh Christopher Nolan $326,101,370
6. The Little Mermaid Walt Disney Studios Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, Javier Bardem and Melissa McCarthy Rob Marshall $298,172,056
7. Avatar: The Way of Water Disney/20th Century Studios Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Dileep Rao, Matt Gerald, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco and Jemaine Clement James Cameron $283,067,859
8. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Walt Disney Studios Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, David Dastmalchian, Katy O'Brian, William Jackson Harper, Bill Murray, Michelle Pfeiffer, Corey Stoll and Michael Douglas Peyton Reed $214,504,909
9. John Wick: Chapter 4 Lionsgate Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Skarsgård, Lance Reddick, Scott Adkins, Rina Sawayama, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Clancy Brown and Ian McShane Chad Stahelski $187,131,806
10. Sound of Freedom Angel Studios Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino and Bill Camp Alejandro Monteverde $184,177,725

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2023 by In-year release[55]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1. Barbie Warner Bros. $636,236,401
2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie Universal $574,934,330
3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Sony $381,593,754
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Disney $358,995,815
5. Oppenheimer Universal $329,862,540
6. The Little Mermaid Disney $298,172,056
7. Wonka Warner Bros. $218,402,312
8. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Disney $214,504,909
9. John Wick: Chapter 4 Lionsgate $187,131,806
10. Sound of Freedom Angel Studios $184,178,046


Highest-grossing films by MPA rating of 2023[56]
G Teddy's Christmas
PG The Super Mario Bros. Movie
PG-13 Barbie
R Oppenheimer

See also

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