Wonka became the first film since Barbie to top the box office in its fourth weekend as well as the first film since Top Gun: Maverick to top the box office for three non-consecutive weekends.
Mean Girls became the first film of 2024 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. Initial estimates had The Beekeeper ahead of Mean Girls.
Civil War broke Hereditary's record ($13.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for an A24 film and the first from the company that debuted #1 at the weekend box office.
Inside Out 2 broke The Super Mario Bros. Movie's record ($92.3 million) for the highest second weekend gross for an animated film and had the biggest second weekend for a film since Avengers: Endgame ($147.4 million). It also became the first animated film to gross $100 million in its second weekend.
Inside Out 2 became the first film since Mean Girls to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. It also broke Frozen II's record (25 days) for the fastest animated film to reach $1 billion worldwide, doing so in 19 days.
Twisters broke The Day After Tomorrow's record ($68.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a natural disaster film. During the week, Inside Out 2 broke Frozen II's record as the highest-grossing animated film worldwide.
Deadpool & Wolverine broke Deadpool 2's records for the highest Thursday preview night ($18.6 million) and the biggest opening day ($53.3 million) for an R-rated film with $38.5 million and $96 million respectively. It also broke The Lion King's record ($191.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in July, Deadpool's record ($132.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film, and Jurassic World's record ($208.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a summer release. It currently has the highest weekend debut of 2024. During the weekend, Inside Out 2 broke Incredibles 2's records ($608.6 million) for the highest-grossing animated film and highest-grossing Pixar film of all time at the domestic box office.
Deadpool & Wolverine became the first film since Inside Out 2 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. During the week, Deadpool & Wolverine broke Joker's record as the highest-grossing R-rated film worldwide.
Deadpool & Wolverine reclaimed the #1 spot in its fifth weekend of release, making it the first film since Avatar: The Way of Water to top the box office in its fifth weekend of release and the first film since The Croods: A New Age to top the box office for four non-consecutive weekends. During the weekend, Inside Out 2 became the first animated film to gross $1 billion at the international box office.
Deadpool & Wolverine became the first film since Avatar: The Way of Water to top the box office in its sixth weekend of release and the first film since Spider-Man: No Way Home to top the box office for five non-consecutive weekends.
Moana 2 broke Frozen II's records for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film ($130.3 million) and the highest Thanksgiving weekend ever ($86 million) as well as Frozen's record ($67.4 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend debut. Its worldwide opening weekend ($386.3 million) broke The Super Mario Bros. Movie's record ($377 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend for an animated film. In second place, Wicked's –27.9% drop broke Top Gun: Maverick's record (–28.9%) for the smallest second weekend drop for any film debuting with over $100 million in its opening weekend. It also broke Grease's record ($190 million) for the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation at the domestic box office. Wicked and Moana 2 became the first two films since Minions: The Rise of Gru and Thor: Love and Thunder in 2022 to bring in over $100 million over two consecutive weekends.
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