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The decade of the 2010s in film involved many significant developments in the motion picture industry as Disney towered all over its competitors. The studio's titles occupy exactly half of the top 50 highest-grossing movies at the worldwide box office of these ten years with solely one of those entries not reaching a billion dollars and the only three features on the entire list to cross the $2 billion mark, while Universal and Warner Bros. share the distant second place at eight titles each. Furthermore, non-Disney films managed to become the top-grosser of a year merely twice during the decade. This domination culminated in the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.

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Highest-grossing films

The list has more 2019 films in the top 50 than any other year, with nine in total (seven by Disney). It is then followed by 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 with six; 2012 with five; 2013 with four; 2010 and 2011 with three; and 2014 with two (the only year in which Disney did not have a billion dollar grosser and failed to make the list). All but three films (two animated and one biopic) are based on another property. Figures are given in United States dollars.

List of worldwide highest-grossing films
RankTitleDistributor(s)Worldwide grossYearRef.
1 Avengers: Endgame Disney $2,797,800,564 2019
[1]
2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $2,068,223,624 2015
[2]
3 Avengers: Infinity War $2,048,359,754 2018
[3]
4 Jurassic World Universal $1,671,713,208 2015
[4]
5 The Lion King Disney $1,656,943,394 2019
[5]
6 The Avengers $1,518,812,988 2012
[6]
7 Furious 7 Universal $1,516,045,911 2015
[7]
8 Frozen II Disney $1,450,026,933 2019
[8]
9 Avengers: Age of Ultron $1,405,403,694 2015
[9]
10 Black Panther $1,346,913,161 2018
11 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Warner Bros. $1,341,511,219 2011
12 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Disney $1,332,539,889 2017
13 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Universal $1,309,484,461 2018
14 Frozen Disney $1,290,000,000 2013
15 Beauty and the Beast $1,263,521,126 2017
16 Incredibles 2 $1,242,808,192 2018
17 The Fate of the Furious Universal $1,236,005,118 2017
18 Iron Man 3 Disney $1,214,811,252 2013
19 Minions Universal $1,159,398,397 2015
20 Captain America: Civil War Disney $1,153,304,495 2016
21 Aquaman Warner Bros. $1,147,661,807 2018
22 Spider-Man: Far From Home Sony $1,131,927,996 2019
23 Captain Marvel Disney $1,128,274,794 2019
24 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Paramount $1,123,794,079 2011
25 Skyfall Sony / MGM $1,108,561,013 2012
26 Transformers: Age of Extinction Paramount $1,104,054,072 2014
27 The Dark Knight Rises Warner Bros. $1,084,939,099 2012
28 Toy Story 4 Disney $1,073,394,593 2019
29 Joker Warner Bros. $1,072,651,773 2019
30 Toy Story 3 Disney $1,066,969,703 2010
31 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker $1,065,837,407 2019
32 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story $1,056,057,273 2016
33 Aladdin $1,050,693,953 2019
34 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $1,045,713,802 2011
35 Despicable Me 3 Universal $1,034,799,409 2017
36 Finding Dory Disney $1,028,570,889 2016
37 Alice in Wonderland $1,025,467,110 2010
38 Zootopia $1,023,784,195 2016
39 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Warner Bros. $1,021,103,568 2012
40 Despicable Me 2 Universal $970,761,885 2013
41 The Jungle Book Disney $966,550,600 2016
42 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Sony $962,126,927 2017
43 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Warner Bros. $960,283,305 2010
44 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $958,366,855 2013
45 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $956,019,788 2014
46 Bohemian Rhapsody 20th Century $903,655,259 2018
47 Spectre Sony / MGM $880,674,609 2015
48 Spider-Man: Homecoming Sony $880,166,924 2017
49 Ice Age: Continental Drift 20th Century $877,244,782 2012
50 The Secret Life of Pets Universal $875,457,937 2016

Highest-grossing film per year

Disney releases were the annual top-grossers for the entire latter half of the decade.

YearTitleStudio(s)Worldwide GrossRef.
2010 Toy Story 3 Disney $1,066,969,703
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Warner Bros. $1,342,511,219
2012 The Avengers Disney $1,518,812,988
2013 Frozen $1,280,802,282
2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction Paramount $1,104,054,072
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Disney $2,068,223,624
2016 Captain America: Civil War $1,153,304,495
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi $1,332,539,889
2018 Avengers: Infinity War $2,048,359,754
2019 Avengers: Endgame $2,797,800,564

Most acclaimed films

On Rotten Tomatoes , the following five films of the 2010s received 100% critics' ratings. [52]

Metacritic listed the following as the top ten highest rated films (at the time of their release) of the 2010s. [53]

  1. Boyhood
  2. Moonlight
  3. Roma
  4. Manchester by the Sea
  5. 12 Years a Slave
  6. Gravity
  7. Parasite
  8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  9. Carol
  10. The Social Network

Metacritic also listed the following films as most mentioned on critic's lists of the best films of the 2010s. [54]

  1. Mad Max: Fury Road
  2. Moonlight
  3. The Social Network
  4. Get Out
  5. Under the Skin
  6. The Tree of Life
  7. (Tie) Inception and Inside Llewyn Davis
  8. Boyhood
  9. The Master

According to They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?, a site which numerically calculates reception among critics, the most acclaimed films of the 2010s are: [55]

  1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  2. The Tree of Life
  3. Moonlight
  4. Parasite
  5. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
  6. A Separation
  7. Melancholia
  8. Mad Max: Fury Road
  9. Get Out
  10. The Turin Horse
  11. Holy Motors
  12. Under the Skin
  13. Zama
  14. The Act of Killing
  15. Phantom Thread
  16. Boyhood
  17. Toni Erdmann
  18. Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
  19. Twin Peaks: The Return
  20. The Master

Den of Geek listed the following as the top ten best movies of the decade. [56]

  1. Parasite
  2. Inception
  3. Mad Max: Fury Road
  4. Get Out
  5. Her
  6. Ex Machina
  7. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  8. Hereditary
  9. The Social Network
  10. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Rolling Stone magazine listed the following as the top ten best movies of the decade. [57]

  1. Moonlight
  2. The Social Network
  3. Holy Motors
  4. Ted
  5. Boyhood
  6. Get Out
  7. Toni Erdmann
  8. The Master
  9. Roma
  10. Mad Max: Fury Road
  11. Carol

Indiewire listed the following as the top ten best movies of the decade.

  1. Moonlight
  2. Under the Skin
  3. Certified Copy
  4. The Act of Killing
  5. Inside Llewyn Davis
  6. Holy Motors
  7. Carol
  8. The Master
  9. Mad Max: Fury Road
  10. Lady Bird

In 2016, BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century poll of film critics listed the following as the top ten best films of the 2010s so far. [58]

  1. Boyhood
  2. The Tree of Life
  3. A Separation
  4. Inside Llewyn Davis
  5. The Act of Killing
  6. Holy Motors
  7. Mad Max: Fury Road
  8. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  9. The Master
  10. The Social Network

In 2017, The New York Times ' list of "The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far" selected the following as the best films of the 2010s so far. [59]

  1. A Touch of Sin
  2. Inside Out
  3. Boyhood
  4. Inside Llewyn Davis
  5. Timbuktu
  6. In Jackson Heights
  7. White Material
  8. Mad Max: Fury Road
  9. Moonlight

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