NEW MONEY
Unusual year, unusual boxoffice chart. We break down the ten highest-grossing films, a list that’s Marvel-free and full of surprises
1 $469 million THE EIGHT HUNDRED
2020’s champion is a Chinese historical drama, about 452 soldiers trapped in a warehouse. Basically Reservoir Dogs, but epic.
2 $428 million BAD BOYS FOR LIFE
A barnstorming action movie in a year short on action movies, it wildly outperformed its two predecessors.
3 $422 million MY PEOPLE, MY HOMELAND
The follow-up to last year’s My People, My Country, which made similar stacks of cash, this Chinese anthology proved patriotism pays.
4 $354 million TENET
Made less than half of Inception’s gross, but Christopher Nolan has said he’s “thrilled” with the figures.
5 $308 million SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
The combo of Jim Carrey and a toothy blue Erinaceidae worked gangbusters. A follow-up is incoming.
6 $250 million DOLITTLE
No Infinity Gauntlet could stop the sound of Robert Downey Jr attempting a Welsh accent. Where’s Thanos at?
7 $240 million LEGEND OF DEIFICATION
Roll over, MCU. The Fengshen Cinematic Universe, a Chinese animated venture, hit big with its second film.
8 $237 million DEMON SLAYER — INFINITY TRAIN
There was no stopping the Infinity Train: the Japanese anime has out-grossed Titanic and Frozen in its home country,
9 $202 million BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN)
The Margot Robbie-driven spin-off is the biggest theatrically released superhero movie of 2020. Sorry, Bloodshot.
10 $147 million THE SACRIFICE
Another Chinese war movie, this one about soldiers trying to repair a bridge as US bombs fall. Clearly not a bridge too far, going by its box office.