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The Top 10 movies at the 2024 box office have collectively accomplished a major historical record. 2024 has been an unusual year at the box office, as there has been a dearth of major tentpoles in the wake of the 2023 writers and actors strikes, which saw many blockbusters delayed to 2025 while workers fought for fair pay. However, there have been several record-breaking theatrical runs throughout the year, including the Inside Out 2 box office, which saw the Pixar release become the highest-grossing animated movie of all time.
Per Total Film, the 2024 box office has established a major record. At the time of writing, all 10 movies in the Top 10 at the global box office are sequels, which are in this case defined as direct follow-ups that are not prequels, reboots, or other non-sequel projects that are still IP-connected like 2023’s Barbie. This is the first time this has happened in at least 50 years. See the full breakdown of the 2024 Top 10 below:
Rank Title Worldwide Box Office #1 Inside Out 2 $1.69 billion #2 Deadpool & Wolverine $1.34 billion #3 Despicable Me 4 $968.2 million #4 Dune: Part Two $714.4 million #5 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire $571.7 million #6 Kung Fu Panda 4 $547.6 million #7 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice $451 million #8 Venom: The Last Dance $438.9 million #9 Bad Boys: Ride or Die $404.5 million #10 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes $397.4 million
While box office records are spottier before 1974, it seems entirely likely that this is in fact the first time that this record has ever happened, as the modern preponderance of sequels began around the 1980s. While sequels did exist from the early years of cinema through 1974, they were much less common.
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Source: Total Film