The year 2024 will have been rejoicing in French cinemas. A little less in American theaters, since the US box office suffered a drop of 4% compared to 2023, totaling 8.5 billion dollars in revenue (compared to 8.8 billion in 2023). And yet, there is no shortage of films that have met with immense success. Starting with Vice-Versa 2essential number 1 at the world box office (with 1.7 billion in total revenue), which broke all records, becoming the most popular animated film successful in the history of the 7th art, even climbing to 8th place in the ranking of the biggest hits of all time. Deadpool & Wolverine is the other billionaire film of the year.
Discover the top 10 of the 2024 global box office below:
1. Vice-Versa 2 : $1.698 billion in revenue
2. Deadpool & Wolverine : 1.338 billion
3. Despicable Me 4 : 969 millions
4. Vaiana 2 : 882 millions
5. Dune 2 : 714 millions
6. Wicked : 634 millions
7. Godzilla x Kong : 571 millions
8. Kung Fu Panda 4 : 547 millions
9. Yolo : 498 millions
10. Pegasus 2 : 478 millions
By dissecting this overall box office of the yearwe can already see that almost half (4 out of 10) are animated films. We also see that 2024 will have been a flagship year for Disney, which has 3 of the 4 biggest successes. Finally, we can note the presence of two foreign films in this top 10: Yolo et pegasus are two Chinese films which were a hit in the country and which are thus included in the final ranking of 2024.
If we go beyond this top 10, we find the blockbusters which were able to meet expectations, like Venom 3 (476 millions), Beetlejuice 2 (451 millions), Gladiator II (435 millions), Bad Boys: Ride or Die (404 millions), Planet of the Apes: the new kingdom (397 millions), Twisters (370 million) or even It Ends with Us et Alien: Romulus (350 millions).
The first French film of box-office mondial 2024 East A little something extra. It is placed in 42nd position in the year's ranking with 84 million dollars collected worldwide. Le Comte de Monte Cristo is just behind, in 47th place, with 74 million.
