List of 2020 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2020.[1]

The year was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The vast majority of theaters around the country closed in March, and grosses plummeted. Many number one films during the height of the closures were independent films with limited releases, and films were primarily viewed through drive-in theaters.[2] Total grosses from all movies combined in 2020 generated $2.28 billion in the United States, an 80% decline from 2019's $11.4 billion.[3]

† This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[4]
# Weekend end date Film Gross Notes Refs
1January 5, 2020Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker$34,524,815[5]
2January 12, 20201917$37,000,2001917 reached the #1 spot after two weeks of limited release.[6]
3January 19, 2020Bad Boys for Life †$62,504,105Bad Boys for Life had the highest weekend debut of 2020. This would remain the highest weekly total until the week ending on June 27, 2021, which saw F9 debut to $70,043,165. [7]
4January 26, 2020$34,011,714[8]
5February 2, 2020$17,682,959Bad Boys for Life became the first film in 2020 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.[9]
6February 9, 2020Birds of Prey$33,010,017[10]
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.[11]
8February 23, 2020$26,192,294[12]
9March 1, 2020The Invisible Man$28,205,665[13]
10March 8, 2020Onward$39,119,861[14]
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.[15]
12–33March 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[16]
34August 23, 2020Unhinged$4,000,761Unhinged reached number one in its second weekend of release (and first in American theaters). It was the first wide release film since March.[17]
35August 30, 2020The New Mutants$7,037,017[18]
36September 6, 2020Tenet$9,353,090With 65% of theaters in the country open, Tenet reached number one, and was highest-grossing weekend for a film since March.[19]
37September 13, 2020$6,603,467[20]
38September 20, 2020$4,568,470[21]
39September 27, 2020$3,348,340[22]
40October 4, 2020$2,664,202[23]
41October 11, 2020The War with Grandpa$3,623,880[24]
42October 18, 2020Honest Thief$4,115,249[25]
43October 25, 2020$2,354,022[26]
44November 1, 2020Come Play$3,119,875[27]
45November 8, 2020Let Him Go$4,000,470[28]
46November 15, 2020Freaky$3,600,355[29]
47November 22, 2020$1,281,150[30]
48November 29, 2020The Croods: A New Age$9,724,200[31]
49December 6, 2020$4,439,855[32]
50December 13, 2020$3,060,535[33]
51December 20, 2020Monster Hunter$2,201,269[34]
52December 27, 2020Wonder Woman 1984$16,701,957Simultaneously released on HBO Max. First week above 10 million since March.[35]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2020 by Calendar Gross[4]

RankTitleStudio(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[36]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1.Bad Boys for LifeSony$206,305,244
2.Sonic the HedgehogParamount$148,974,665
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$62,342,368
7.OnwardDisney$61,555,145
8.The Croods: A New AgeUniversal$58,544,525
9.TenetWarner Bros.$58,456,624
10.Wonder Woman 1984[a]$46,534,027


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2020[37]
GToy Story (re-release)
PGSonic the Hedgehog
PG-13Tenet
RBad Boys for Life

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