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2020s in film

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The decade of the 2020s in film directly dealt with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema. This witnessed a profound transformation in how movies are produced, distributed, and consumed globally. The pandemic led to widespread theater closures, delays in releases, and a rapid acceleration in the shift towards streaming services as a primary means of distribution.

Highest-grossing films

{{See also|Lists of highest-grossing films}}

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class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"

|+List of worldwide highest-grossing films

RankTitleDistributor(s)Worldwide gross

!Year

!Ref.

1

| Avatar: The Way of Water

|20th Century

|align=right|$2,320,250,281

|2022

|{{Cite web |title=Avatar: The Way of Water|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1943818757/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

2

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" | Ne Zha 2 {{†|alt=film currently playing}}

|Beijing Enlight Pictures

| align="right" |$2,060,648,781

|2025

|{{Cite web |title=Ne Zha 2|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ne-Zha-2-(2025-China)#tab=summary|access-date=2025-03-09|website=The Numbers}}

3

| Spider-Man: No Way Home

| Sony

| align=right|$1,922,598,800

|2021

|{{Cite web |title=Spider-Man: No Way Home |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3957150213/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

4

| Inside Out 2

| Disney

| align="right" |$1,698,863,816

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Inside Out 2 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt22022452/ |access-date=2025-03-09|website=Box Office Mojo}}

5

| Top Gun: Maverick

|Paramount

|align=right|$1,495,696,292

|2022

|{{Cite web |title=Top Gun: Maverick |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1928614405/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

6

| Barbie

| Warner Bros.

| align="right" | $1,445,638,421

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=Barbie|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr629756421/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_6|access-date=2024-04-15|website=Box Office Mojo}}

7

| The Super Mario Bros. Movie

| Universal

| align="right" |$1,362,027,222

| 2023

|{{Cite web |title=The Super Mario Bros. Movie|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2226213381/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_1|access-date=2024-04-15|website=Box Office Mojo}}

8

| Deadpool & Wolverine

| rowspan="2" |Disney

| align="right" | $1,338,073,645

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Deadpool & Wolverine|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6263850/ |access-date=2025-03-09|website=Box Office Mojo}}

9

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" | Moana 2 {{†|alt=film currently playing}}

|align=right|$1,056,253,787

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Moana 2|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3446166277/|access-date=2025-03-09|website=Box Office Mojo}}

10

| Jurassic World: Dominion

| rowspan="3" |Universal

|align=right|$1,003,700,604

|2022

|{{Cite web |title=Jurassic World Dominion |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Jurassic-World-Dominion-(2022)#tab=summary|access-date=2023-06-10|website=The Numbers}}

11

| Despicable Me 4

| align="right" |$971,028,338

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Despicable Me 4|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Despicable-Me-4-(2024)#tab=summary|access-date=2025-03-09|website=The Numbers}}

12

| |Oppenheimer

| align="right" |$970,506,816

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=Oppenheimer |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-2023|access-date=2024-04-15|website=The Numbers}}

13

| Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

|Disney

|align=right|$955,775,805

|2022

|{{Cite web |title=Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr535450117/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

14

|Minions: The Rise of Gru

|Universal

|align=right|$939,628,210

|2022

|{{Cite web |title=Minions: Rise of Gru |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr101863941/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

15

| The Battle at Lake Changjin

| Huaxia Film Distribution

| align=right|$902,540,935

|2021

|{{Cite web |title=The Battle at Lake Changjin |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3283177989/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

16

|Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

| rowspan="2" |Disney

|align=right|$859,208,836

|2022

|{{Cite web |title=Black Panther: Wakanda Forever |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1340101125/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

17

| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

| align="right" |$845,555,777

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1455378949/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_3|access-date=2022-11-27|website=Box Office Mojo}}

18

| Hi, Mom

| Lian Ray Pictures

| align=right|$841,674,419

|2021

|{{Cite web |title=Hi, Mom |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr565793285/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

19

| No Time to Die

| MGM / Universal

| align="right" |$774,153,007

|2021

|{{Cite web |title=No Time to Die |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1812943365/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

20

| The Batman

| Warner Bros.

| align="right" |$770,962,583

|2022

|{{Cite web |title=The Batman |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2204258821/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

21

|Thor: Love and Thunder

|Disney

| align="right" |$760,928,081

|2022

|{{Cite web |title=Thor: Love and Thunder |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10648342/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

22

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" | Wicked {{†|alt=film currently playing}}

| rowspan="2" |Universal

| align="right" |$729,650,888

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Wicked|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Wicked-(2024)#tab=summary|access-date=2025-03-09|website=The Numbers}}

23

| F9

| align="right" |$726,229,501

|2021

|{{Cite web |title=F9: The Fast Saga |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1590448645/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

24

|Dune: Part Two

| Warner Bros.

| align="right" |$714,711,520

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Dune: Part Two |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-2024|access-date=2025-03-09|website=The Numbers}}

25

| Fast X

| rospawn="2" |Universal

| align="right" |$714,566,116

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=Fast X |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-2023|access-date=2024-04-15|website=The Numbers}}

26

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" | Mufasa: The Lion King {{†|alt=film currently playing}}

| Disney

| align="right" |$708,043,456

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Mufasa: The Lion King |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr816992773/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_7 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

27

| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

| Sony

| align=right|$690,615,475

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2812183041/ |access-date=2024-04-15|website=Box Office Mojo}}

28

| Detective Chinatown 3

| Wanda Pictures

| align="right" |$686,257,563

|2021

|{{Cite web |title=Detective Chinatown 3 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2745979397/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

29

| Full River Red

| {{nowrap|Beijing Joyful Premiere Culture}}

| align="right" |$634,631,282

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=Full River Red|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Man-Jiang-Hong-(2023-China)#tab=summary|access-date=2023-10-03|website=The Numbers}}

30

| Wonka

| Warner Bros.

| align="right" |$632,302,312

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=Wonka|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr851071493/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_7|access-date=2024-04-15|website=Box Office Mojo}}

31

|The Battle at Lake Changjin II

|Huaxia Film Distribution

| align="right" |$626,571,697

|2022

|{{Cite web |title=Water Gate Bridge |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1505055237/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

32

| The Wandering Earth 2

| China Film Group Corporation

| align="right" |$604,460,538

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=The Wandering Earth 2|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Liu-Lang-Di-Qiu-2-(2023-China)#tab=summary|access-date=2023-10-03|website=The Numbers}}

33

|Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

| Warner Bros. / Toho

| align="right" | $572,305,338

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Godzilla-x-Kong-The-New-Empire-(2024)#tab=summary|access-date=2025-03-09|website=The Numbers}}

34

| The Little Mermaid

|Disney

| align="right" |$569,626,289

| 2023

|{{Cite web |title=The Little Mermaid |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr951210501/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_7|access-date=2023-11-27|website=Box Office Mojo}}

35

| {{nowrap|Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One}}

| Paramount

| align="right" |$567,535,383

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2916700677/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_8|access-date=2023-11-27|website=Box Office Mojo}}

36

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" | A Minecraft Movie {{†|alt=film currently playing}}

| Warner Bros.

| align="right" | $564,638,262

|2025

|{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=tt3566834 |title=A Minecraft Movie}}{{Cite The Numbers |id=Minecraft-Movie-A-(2025) |title=A Minecraft Movie (2025)}}

37

|Kung Fu Panda 4

| Universal

| align="right" |$547,835,016

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Kung Fu Panda 4 |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Kung-Fu-Panda-4-(2024)#tab=summary |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=The Numbers}}

38

| No More Bets

| Mega Films Distribution

| align="right" |$528,487,347

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=No More Bets |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Gu-Zhu-Yi-Zhi-(2023-China)#tab=summary |access-date=2023-11-27|website=The Numbers}}

39

| Venom: Let There Be Carnage

| Sony

| align="right" |$506,863,592

|2021

|{{Cite web |title=Venom: Let There Be Carnage |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2560774661/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

40

| Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train

|Toho / Aniplex

| align="right" |$504,311,383

|2020

|{{Cite web |title=Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2409976325/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

41

| Elemental

| Disney

| align="right" |$495,851,987

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=Elemental|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1501975045/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_11|access-date=2023-11-27|website=Box Office Mojo}}

42

| Lost in the Stars

| One Pictures (Beijing)

| align="right" |$486,153,324

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=Xiāo Shī De Tā|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-2023|access-date=2022-10-03|website=The Numbers}}

43

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 {{†|alt=film currently playing}}

| Paramount

| align="right" |$486,138,861

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Sonic the Hedgehog 3|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr596464133/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_10|access-date=2025-03-09|website=Box Office Mojo}}

44

| Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

| Universal

| align="right" |$484,675,943

| 2022

| {{Cite web |title=Puss in Boots: The Last Wish |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-2022|access-date=2023-06-10|website=The Numbers}}

45

|The Eight Hundred

|CMC Pictures Holdings

| align="right" |$484,210,000

|2020

|{{Cite web |title=The Eight Hundred |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-2020|access-date=2023-06-10|website=The Numbers}}

46

| YOLO

|China Film Group Corporation

| align="right" |$479,597,304

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=YOLO |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/YOLO-(2024-China)#tab=summary|access-date=2025-03-09|website=The Numbers}}

47

| Venom: The Last Dance

| Sony

| align="right" |$478,896,999

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Venom: The Last Dance |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1622168069/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_11|access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

48

|Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

| Disney

| align="right" |$476,071,180

|2023

|{{Cite web |title=Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10954600/|access-date=2023-11-27|website=Box Office Mojo}}

49

| Godzilla vs. Kong

| Warner Bros. / Toho

| align="right" |$470,116,094

|2021

|{{Cite web |title=Godzilla vs. Kong |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3306770949/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

50

|Successor

| Wanda Pictures

| align="right" |$469,612,890

|2024

|{{Cite web |title=Moon Man|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Successor-(2024-China)#tab=summary|access-date=2025-03-09|website=The Numbers}}

= Highest-grossing film per year =

The beginning of the decade marked the first time ever in history that a non-Hollywood production topped the annual global box office.

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Year

! Title

! Studio(s)

! Worldwide Gross

2020

| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train

| Toho / Aniplex

| align="right" |$507,127,293

2021

| Spider-Man: No Way Home

| Sony

| align="right" |$1,912,233,593

2022

| Avatar: The Way of Water

| 20th Century

| align="right" |$2,320,250,281

2023

| Barbie

| Warner Bros.

| align="right" |$1,445,638,421

2024

| Inside Out 2

| Disney

| align="right" |$1,698,863,816

2025

| Ne Zha 2 {{†|alt=film currently playing}}

| Beijing Enlight Pictures

| align="right" |$1,804,120,952

Accolades

The following films received the most acclaim at the Academy Awards during the 2020s.

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! Year !!Ceremony !! Most nominations !! Most awards !! Best Picture

2020/21

| 93rd

| Mank (10)

| Nomadland (3)

| Nomadland

2021

| 94th

| The Power of the Dog (12)

| Dune (6)

| CODA

2022

| 95th

| Everything Everywhere All at Once (11)

| Everything Everywhere All at Once (7)

| Everything Everywhere All at Once

2023

| 96th

| Oppenheimer (13)

| Oppenheimer (7)

| Oppenheimer

2024

| 97th

| Emilia Pérez (13)

| Anora (5)

| Anora

List of films

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=2020-01-01,2029-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 2020s films] at IMDb
  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2020-01-01,2029-12-31&adult=include List of 2020s deaths] at IMDb
  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=2020-01-01,2029-12-31&adult=include List of 2020s births] at IMDb

{{2020s}}

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