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
^ Indicates weekends for which most box office reporting was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic following the closure of theaters.[2] Grosses are primarily from drive-in theaters.
# Weekend end date Film Gross Notes Refs
1January 5, 2020Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker$34,524,815[3]
2January 12, 20201917$37,000,2001917 reached number one after two weeks of limited release.[4]
3January 19, 2020Bad Boys for Life$62,504,105Bad Boys for Life had the highest weekend debut of 2020.[5]
4January 26, 2020$34,011,714[6]
5February 2, 2020$17,682,959Bad Boys for Life became the first film in 2020 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.[7]
6February 9, 2020Birds of Prey$33,010,017[8]
7February 16, 2020Sonic the Hedgehog$58,018,348Sonic the Hedgehog broke Detective Pikachu's record ($54.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a video game adaptation.[9]
8February 23, 2020$26,192,294[10]
9March 1, 2020The Invisible Man$28,205,665[11]
10March 8, 2020Onward$39,119,861[12]
11March 15, 2020$10,601,952During the week, Sonic the Hedgehog ($145.0 million) broke Detective Pikachu's record ($144.1 million) for the highest grossing video game adaptation domestically.[13]
12March 22, 2020^$71,000Onward was the lowest-grossing number one film since E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial's $2.35 million in its twenty-fifth week of release in 1982. It also became the first animated film since Frozen II to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.[14]
13March 29, 2020^$52,500Onward became the first film since Black Panther to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. It also became the first animated film since Toy Story to top the box office for four weekends as well as the first animated film to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. It also broke its own record from the previous week for the lowest grossing number one film since 1982.[15]
14April 5, 2020^The Invisible Man$36,600The Invisible Man reclaimed the number one spot in its sixth weekend of release after four weekends out of the top spot, making it the first film since Guardians of the Galaxy to top the box office in its sixth weekend and the first film since 1990's Pretty Woman to spend as much time between stints at number one. It also broke Onward's record from the previous week for the lowest grossing number one film since 1982.[16][17]
15April 12, 2020^Trolls World Tour$60,000[18]
16April 19, 2020^$100,000[19]
17April 26, 2020^unknownIndieWire indicates that Trolls World Tour was the number one film but does not give a gross. It also became the first animated film since Onward to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.[20]
18May 3, 2020^unknownIndieWire indicates that Trolls World Tour has topped the box office since its release, but does not give grosses. It also became the first animated film since Onward to top the box office for four consecutive weekends.[21]
19May 10, 2020^unknownIndieWire indicates that Trolls World Tour has topped the box office since its release, but does not give grosses. It is the first film since Black Panther as well as the first animated film to top the box office for five consecutive weekends.
20May 17, 2020^unknownIndieWire indicates that Trolls World Tour has topped the box office since its release, but does not give grosses. It is the first film since Avatar as well as the first animated film to top the box office for six consecutive weekends.
21May 24, 2020^$604,000Trolls World Tour became the first film since Avatar as well as the first animated to top the box office for seven consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to top the box office in its seventh weekend.[22][23]
22May 31, 2020^$337,800Trolls World Tour is the first film since Titanic as well as the first animated film to top the box office for eight consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since There's Something About Mary to top the box office in its eighth weekend.[24][23]
23June 7, 2020^$302,000Trolls World Tour is the first film since Titanic as well as the first animated film to top the box office for nine consecutive weekends.[25]
24June 14, 2020^The Invisible Man$383,000The Invisible Man reclaimed the number one spot in its sixteenth weekend of release after nine weekends out of the top spot. It became the first film since E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to top the box office in its sixteenth weekend.[26]
25June 21, 2020^Jurassic Park$517,600Jurassic Park was the number one film for the fourth time in its release history, 27 years after its original release. It also became the first re-release to top the box office since The Lion King (in 3D) in September 2011.[27]
26June 28, 2020^Zootopia$280,000Zootopia was the number one film for the fourth time in its release history, four years after its original release.[28]
27July 5, 2020^Ghostbusters (1984)$550,000Ghostbusters was the number one film for the tenth time in its release history, 36 years after its original release.[29]
28July 12, 2020^The Empire Strikes Back$611,000The Empire Strikes Back was the number one film for the twelfth time in its release history, 40 years after its original release and 23 years after its most recent stint at number one.[30]
29July 19, 2020^Beauty and the Beast (2017)$467,000Beauty and the Beast was the number one film for the third time in its release history, three years after its original release.[31]
30July 26, 2020^The Rental$403,852The Rental became the first film to top the box office in its opening weekend since Trolls World Tour in April, and also joined Trolls World Tour as the only films to ever top the box office and digital rental charts in the same weekend.[32]
31August 2, 2020^$290,272The Rental became the first film to repeat at number one since Trolls World Tour in June.[33]
32August 9, 2020^The Tax Collector$309,694[34]
33August 16, 2020^The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run$865,824Although only theatrically released in Canada, Sponge on the Run's grosses are factored into American box office charts, making it the highest-grossing first-place finisher since Onward in March.[35]
34August 23, 2020Unhinged$4,000,761Unhinged reached number one in its second weekend of release (and first in American theaters). It is the first wide release film since Onward in March.[36]
35August 30, 2020The New Mutants$7,037,017With 62% of theaters in the country open, The New Mutants reached number one, and was highest-grossing weekend for a film since March.[37]
36September 6, 2020Tenet$20,200,000With 65% of theaters in the country open, Tenet reached number one, and marked the first time a film debuted to over $10 million since March. This figure includes preview screenings from the previous week.[38]
37September 13, 2020$6,700,000[39]
38September 20, 2020$4,700,000[40]
39September 27, 2020$3,400,000Tenet became the first film since Trolls World Tour to top the box office for four consecutive weekends.[41]
40October 4, 2020$2,700,000Tenet became the first film since Trolls World Tour to top the box office for five consecutive weekends.[42]
41October 11, 2020The War with Grandpa$3,623,880[43]
42October 18, 2020Honest Thief$4,115,249[44]
43October 25, 2020$2,354,022[45]
44November 1, 2020Come Play$3,119,875[46]
45November 8, 2020Let Him Go$4,000,470[47]
46November 15, 2020Freaky$3,600,355[48]
47November 22, 2020$1,281,150[49]
48November 29, 2020The Croods: A New Age$9,724,200[50]
49December 6, 2020$4,439,855[51]
50December 13, 2020$3,060,535[52]
51December 20, 2020Monster Hunter$2,201,269[53]
52December 27, 2020Wonder Woman 1984$16,700,000[54]

Highest-grossing films
See also: 2020 in film § Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2020 by Calendar Gross[55]

RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Domestic Gross
1. Bad Boys for Life Columbia Pictures/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 / Original Film / Sega James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter, and Jim Carrey Jeff Fowler $146,066,470
4. Jumanji: The Next Level Columbia Pictures /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 Columbia Pictures/ 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, Dan Stevens, Karen Gillan, and Bradley Whitford Chris Sanders $62,342,368

In-Year Release
Highest-grossing films of 2020 by In-year release[56]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1.Bad Boys for LifeColumbia/Sony$206,305,244
2.Sonic the HedgehogParamount$146,066,470
3.Birds of PreyWarner Bros.$84,158,461
4.DolittleUniversal$77,047,065
5.The Invisible Man$70,410,000
6.The Call of the Wild20th Century Studios$62,342,368
7.OnwardDisney$61,555,145
8.TenetWarner Bros.$57,929,000
9.The Croods: A New AgeUniversal$43,924,835
10.Wonder Woman 1984Warner Bros.$39,200,000


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2020
GN/A
PGSonic the Hedgehog
PG-13Tenet
RBad Boys for Life

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