List of 2016 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2016.[1]

Number-one films
# Weekend end date Film Gross Notes Ref
1January 3, 2016Star Wars: The Force Awakens$90,241,673Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke Avatar's record ($68.4 million) for the highest third weekend gross of all time and American Sniper's record ($89.2 million) for the highest weekend gross in January.
2January 10, 2016$42,353,785Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 became the first two films to win at least four consecutive weekends in a row since Dumb and Dumber and Legends of the Fall. The former also became the first film in history to gross over $800 million at the domestic box office.
3January 17, 2016Ride Along 2$35,243,095
4January 24, 2016The Revenant$16,009,718The Revenant reached #1 on its third weekend in wide release and fifth overall weekend of release.
5January 31, 2016Kung Fu Panda 3$41,282,042Kung Fu Panda 3 broke The Nut Job's record ($19.4 million) for the biggest January opening for an animated film.
6February 7, 2016$21,242,181In third place, Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the first film in history to gross over $900 million at the domestic box office and became the third film to gross over $2 billion worldwide after Avatar and Titanic.
7February 14, 2016Deadpool$132,434,639Deadpool's $12.5 million Thursday night gross broke The Hangover Part II's record ($10.4 million) for the highest Thursday night gross for an R-rated film. It also broke Fifty Shades of Grey's records ($85.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in February and for the President's Day weekend, American Sniper's record ($89.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a winter release, The Matrix Reloaded's record ($91.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film, and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith's record ($108.4 million) for the largest opening weekend for 20th Century Fox.
8February 21, 2016$56,470,167
9February 28, 2016$31,115,195Deadpool became the first film of 2016 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.
10March 6, 2016Zootopia$75,063,401Zootopia broke The Lorax's record ($70.2 million) for the biggest March opening for an animated film and Frozen's record ($67.4 million) for the highest wide opening weekend for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film.
11March 13, 2016$51,339,887
12March 20, 2016$37,164,158Zootopia and Deadpool became the first two films to win at least three consecutive weekends in a row since Ride Along and The Lego Movie in 2014. The former also became the first animated film since The Lego Movie to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.
13March 27, 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$166,007,347Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice broke The Hunger Games' records ($152.5 million) for the highest weekend debut in March and for a spring release, Furious 7's record ($147.2 million) for the highest Easter weekend debut, Man of Steel's record ($116.6 million) for the highest opening weekend for a film starring Superman and The Dark Knight Rises' records ($160.8 million) for the highest opening weekend for a film based on a DC Comics property and a film starring Batman. Its $422.5 million worldwide opening weekend broke The Avengers' record ($392.5 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend debut for a comic book film.
14April 3, 2016$51,335,254During the week, Deadpool became the second highest grossing R-rated film of all-time ($355.1 million) behind The Passion of the Christ ($370.7 million).[2]
15April 10, 2016The Boss$23,586,645
16April 17, 2016The Jungle Book$103,261,464During the week, Zootopia became the tenth animated film to gross over $300 million.
17April 24, 2016$61,538,821
18May 1, 2016$43,714,706
19May 8, 2016Captain America: Civil War$179,139,142Captain America: Civil War broke Iron Man 3's record ($174.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe outside of the Avengers films and Spider-Man 3's record ($151.1 million) for the highest debut for a film featuring Spider-Man. It had the highest weekend debut of 2016.
20May 15, 2016$72,637,142
21May 22, 2016The Angry Birds Movie$38,155,177
22May 29, 2016X-Men: Apocalypse$65,769,562
23June 5, 2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows$35,316,382
24June 12, 2016The Conjuring 2$40,406,314
25June 19, 2016Finding Dory$135,060,273Finding Dory's $54.7 million opening day gross broke Minions' record ($46 million) for the highest opening day gross for an animated film. It also broke Toy Story 3's record ($110.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Pixar animated film and Shrek the Third's records ($121.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and a PG-rated film.
26June 26, 2016$72,959,954Finding Dory broke Shrek 2's record ($72.1 million) for the highest second weekend for an animated film.
27July 3, 2016$41,817,176Finding Dory broke Shrek 2's record ($37.9 million) for the highest third weekend for an animated film and became the fastest animated movie ever to reach $300 million. It also became the first animated film since Zootopia to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.
28July 10, 2016The Secret Life of Pets$104,352,905The Secret Life of Pets broke Inside Out's records ($90.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original film and for a non-sequel animated film. During the week, Finding Dory became the fifth animated film to gross over $400 million.
29July 17, 2016$50,838,355During the week, Finding Dory surpassed Shrek 2 ($441.2 million) as the highest grossing animated film of all time.
30July 24, 2016Star Trek Beyond$59,253,211
31July 31, 2016Jason Bourne$59,215,365
32August 7, 2016Suicide Squad$133,682,248Suicide Squad broke Guardians of the Galaxy's record ($94.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in August.
33August 14, 2016$43,536,013
34August 21, 2016$20,855,401
35August 28, 2016Don't Breathe$26,411,706
36September 4, 2016$15,833,223
37September 11, 2016Sully$35,028,301
38September 18, 2016$21,653,017
39September 25, 2016The Magnificent Seven$34,703,397
40October 2, 2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children$28,871,140
41October 9, 2016The Girl on the Train$24,536,265
42October 16, 2016The Accountant$24,710,273
43October 23, 2016Boo! A Madea Halloween$28,501,448
44October 30, 2016$17,220,312
45November 6, 2016Doctor Strange$85,058,311
46November 13, 2016$42,970,065
47November 20, 2016Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them$74,403,387
48November 27, 2016Moana$56,631,401
49December 4, 2016$28,270,989
50December 11, 2016$18,533,804Moana became the first animated film since Finding Dory to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.
51December 18, 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story$155,081,681Rogue One: A Star Wars Story broke Minions' record ($115.7 million) for the highest debut for a prequel.
52December 25, 2016$64,033,768
53January 1, 2017$49,609,002Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Moana became the first two films to top the box office for at least three consecutive weekends in a row since Deadpool and Zootopia.

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2016 by Calendar Gross[3]

RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Gross
1. Finding Dory Walt Disney Studios voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy Andrew Stanton $486,295,561
2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker Gareth Edwards $408,235,850
3. Captain America: Civil War Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Frank Grillo, William Hurt and Daniel Brühl
  • Anthony Russo
  • Joe Russo
 $408,084,349
4. The Secret Life of Pets Universal Pictures voices of Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, Steve Coogan and Albert Brooks Chris Renaud $368,384,330
5. The Jungle Book Walt Disney Studios Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken and Neel Sethi Jon Favreau $364,001,123
6. Deadpool 20th Century Fox Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano and Brianna Hildebrand Tim Miller $363,042,311
7. Zootopia Walt Disney Studios voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Tommy Chong, J. K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk and Shakira Byron Howard and Rich Moore $341,268,248
8. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Warner Bros. Pictures Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter and Gal Gadot Zack Snyder $330,360,194
9. Suicide Squad Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood and Cara Delevingne David Ayer $325,100,054
10. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Walt Disney Studios Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Max von Sydow J. J. Abrams $283,676,870

In-Year Release
Highest-grossing films of 2016 by In-year release[4]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1.Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryDisney$532,177,324
2.Finding Dory$486,295,561
3.Captain America: Civil War$408,084,349
4.The Secret Life of PetsUniversal$368,384,330
5.The Jungle BookDisney$364,001,123
6.DeadpoolFox$363,070,709
7.ZootopiaDisney$341,268,248
8.Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeWarner Bros.$330,360,194
9.Suicide Squad$325,100,054
10.SingUniversal$270,329,045


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2016[5]
GA Beautiful Planet
PGFinding Dory
PG-13Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
RDeadpool

References
  1. "Domestic Box Office Weekends For 2016". Box Office Mojo.
  2. "Top Grossing R Rated Movies at the Box Office". Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. "Domestic Box Office For 2016". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  4. "Domestic Box Office For 2016 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  5. "2016 Yearly Box Office for G Rated Movies". Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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