We have entered the last two months of the year and Joker: Folie à Deux It has become an unlikely casualty of 2024’s unpredictable box office ebb and flow.

Likes Madame Web, argilla And Border Regions We all struggled but Joker 2Soft box office opening in the US It might be the most surprising. D.C. The sequel may pick up in the coming weeks, but it will be difficult due to bad word of mouth.

So what has attracted punters to the box office this year? You may have heard of a little movie called. Deadpool and Wolverinehowever, it is not the highest-grossing film of this year so far.

What managed to beat it at the global box office? Read on to find out.

(Totals below are accurate as of November 8, 2024 and numbers And Box Office Mojo.)

10. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

WE: $292,636,638
International: $156,500,000
Worldwide: $449,136,638

Bug Juice Bug Juice It may have taken 36 years to reach us, but the former sequel proved to be worth the wait, with impressive US box office grosses reaching nearly $450 million worldwide.

9. Pegasus 2

WE: None
International: $466,930,272
Worldwide: $466,930,272

Sequel to the sports comedy pegasus 2 It was one of the biggest local releases of Chinese New Year in February this year. It nearly doubled the worldwide revenue of its predecessor, which took in $255 million in 2019.

8. Successor

WE: None
International: $469,612,890
Worldwide: $469,612,890

Family comedy-drama Arrival It became the biggest domestic hit at the Chinese box office this summer, holding the top spot for five consecutive weeks. It is the second highest-grossing film of the year at the domestic box office.

7. YOLO

WE: $2,001,584
International: $477,595,720
Worldwide: $479,597,304

The movie that topped the Chinese box office this year is a boxing comedy-drama. YOLO It is worth approximately $500 million worldwide. This is a remake of a Japanese movie 100 Yen Loveand dominated the Chinese New Year weekend earlier this year.

6. Kung Fu Panda 4

WE: $193,590,620
International: $354,450,215
Worldwide: $548,040,835

Kung Fu Panda 4 may not have reached the height Kung Fu Panda 2 ($664.8 million), but it took the entire franchise to surpass $2 billion worldwide. Considering there’s been an eight-year gap since the third film, it was a good result, even if it was overshadowed by two other 2024 animated releases (more on those soon).

5. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

WE: $196,350,016
International: $372,371,691
Worldwide: $568,721,707

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire even if he had to fight he was a monster shot in late March Dune: Part Two. The sequel became the highest-grossing film in the MonsterVerse to date, as well as the biggest Godzilla or King Kong movie yet.

4. Dune: Part Two

WE: $282,144,358
International: $427,421,510
Worldwide: $709,565,868

For the first half of 2024 Dune: Part Two It became the biggest film of the year, grossing more than $700 million worldwide. The sequel earned nearly $300 million more than the first movie, so it’s no surprise Denis Villeneuve will return to Arrakis dune 3.

3. Despicable Me 4

WE: $361,004,205
International: $606,525,271
Worldwide: $967,529,476

You can’t stop minions. It can only happen in a franchise like this Despicable Me 4Its $968 million haul seems like a bit of a disappointment, as it remains a long way from surpassing the $1 billion mark. minions And Despicable Me 3 did.

But the fourth film proved that there are no stronger or more consistent (box office-wise) animated series around.

2. Deadpool and Wolverine

WE: $636,742,741
International: $701,053,616
Worldwide: $1,337,796,357

Marvel had high hopes for Deadpool and Wolverine to make their MCU debuts, but even the most optimistic wouldn’t have expected such a huge success. Deadpool and Wolverine there is.

This highest-grossing R-rated film of all time and the sixth largest MCU no movie.

1. Inside Out 2

WE: $652,980,194
International: $1,044,112,686
Worldwide: $1,697,092,880

Talking about mega-successes that few expected brings us to this point: Inside Out 2it is currently the highest-grossing film of 2024 so far.

It will also take some effort to remove it from this title, because greatest animation of all time With nearly $1.7 billion, this makes it by far the highest-grossing Pixar film ever.



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