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Australian actress Margot Robbie poses on the pink carpet upon arrival for the European premiere of “Barbie” in central London on July 12, 2023. – Hollywood A-listers have been walking red carpets in hot pink, glitter is back, and companies from The Gap to Burger King are doing rose-colored collaborations: “Barbie” mania is everywhere as the hotly anticipated film hits theaters worldwide. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

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Highest-grossing films of 2023: Barbie at No 2!

Films released in 2023 continue to break records as the world returns to movie theatres following the Covid-19 pandemic

records in 2023
Australian actress Margot Robbie poses on the pink carpet upon arrival for the European premiere of “Barbie” in central London on July 12, 2023. – Hollywood A-listers have been walking red carpets in hot pink, glitter is back, and companies from The Gap to Burger King are doing rose-colored collaborations: “Barbie” mania is everywhere as the hotly anticipated film hits theaters worldwide. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Films released in 2023 continue to break records as the world returns to movie theatres following the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Below are the Top 10 grossing films of the year as at 10 August 2023.

RankFilmAmount
1The Super Mario Bros. Movie$1,358,172,882
2Barbie$1,059,661,086
3Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3$845,430,906
4Fast X$719,113,931
5Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse$684,036,937
6Full River Red$673,556,758
7The Wandering Earth 2$604,456,556
8Oppenheimer$581,246,227
9The Little Mermaid$566,614,096
10Lost in the Stars$522,117,106

BOX OFFICE RECORDS

The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the first film based on a video game, the eleventh animated film, and the 52nd film overall, to gross $1 billion worldwide.

Barbie became the 53rd film overall to gross $1 billion worldwide.

The Fast & Furious franchise became the seventh film franchise to gross $7 billion with the release of Fast X.

The Spider-Man franchise became the third film franchise to gross $10 billion with the release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Oppenheimer had the highest-grossing opening weekend for an R-rated film since the Covid-19 pandemic. It is the highest-grossing World War II film of all time, surpassing Dunkirk (2017), also directed by Christopher Nolan.

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