#1 of 604 2020 · Action, Thriller
$426.5M worldwide · 10% of the chart's total
Bad Boys for Life (2020) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in 2020, with $426.5M worldwide, ahead of Tenet (2020) at $365.3M and Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) at $319.7M. 604 English-language films released in 2020 report a worldwide gross, $4.4B in all, 31% of it from the US & Canada. 13 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is down 85% on 2019, whose releases took $28.7B. By genre, Action leads with $2.2B across 78 English releases.
#1 of 604 2020 · Action, Thriller
$426.5M worldwide · 10% of the chart's total
Bad Boys for Life (2020) leads with $426.5M, 10% of the total. The top 5 together took $1.6B, 36% of what all 604 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Ranks 1 to 50 of 604. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2020.
Jan 17, 2020 US and Canada: $206.3M Rest of the world: $220.2M Worldwide: $426.5M
Sep 3, 2020 US and Canada: $58.5M Rest of the world: $306.8M Worldwide: $365.3M
Feb 14, 2020 US and Canada: $149M Rest of the world: $170.7M Worldwide: $319.7M
Jan 17, 2020 US and Canada: $77M Rest of the world: $174.4M Worldwide: $251.4M
Nov 25, 2020 US and Canada: $58.6M Rest of the world: $157.3M Worldwide: $215.9M
Dec 25, 2020 US and Canada: $46.8M Rest of the world: $122.8M Worldwide: $169.6M
Feb 28, 2020 US and Canada: $70.4M Rest of the world: $74.1M Worldwide: $144.5M
Mar 6, 2020 US and Canada: $61.6M Rest of the world: $80.4M Worldwide: $141.9M
Mar 20, 2020 US and Canada: $84.3K Rest of the world: $122.9M Worldwide: $123M
Dec 25, 2020 US and Canada: $946.2K Rest of the world: $121M Worldwide: $122M
Jan 24, 2020 US and Canada: $36.5M Rest of the world: $78.7M Worldwide: $115.2M
Feb 21, 2020 US and Canada: $62.3M Rest of the world: $48.8M Worldwide: $111.2M
Sep 4, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $70M
May 1, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.9M
Dec 18, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.3M
Nov 20, 2020 US and Canada: $793.5K Rest of the world: $50.1M Worldwide: $50.9M
Jan 3, 2020 US and Canada: $21.2M Rest of the world: $28.3M Worldwide: $49.5M
Feb 14, 2020 US and Canada: $27.3M Rest of the world: $22.1M Worldwide: $49.4M
Apr 10, 2020 US and Canada: $450K Rest of the world: $48.8M Worldwide: $49.3M
Aug 28, 2020 US and Canada: $23.9M Rest of the world: $25.3M Worldwide: $49.2M
Oct 23, 2020 US and Canada: $2.4M Rest of the world: $45.6M Worldwide: $48M
Aug 21, 2020 US and Canada: $20.8M Rest of the world: $23.5M Worldwide: $44.3M
Oct 9, 2020 US and Canada: $21.3M Rest of the world: $22.1M Worldwide: $43.4M
Feb 14, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.1M
Dec 18, 2020 US and Canada: $15.2M Rest of the world: $27M Worldwide: $42.1M
Jan 10, 2020 US and Canada: $17.3M Rest of the world: $23.6M Worldwide: $40.9M
Mar 13, 2020 US and Canada: $12.6M Rest of the world: $27.3M Worldwide: $39.9M
Dec 4, 2020 US and Canada: $3.7M Rest of the world: $35.8M Worldwide: $39.5M
Oct 20, 2020 US and Canada: $113.5K Rest of the world: $34.6M Worldwide: $34.7M
Oct 16, 2020 US and Canada: $14.2M Rest of the world: $17.1M Worldwide: $31.2M
Jan 10, 2020 US and Canada: $22.2M Rest of the world: $8.2M Worldwide: $30.4M
Oct 22, 2020 US and Canada: $203.6K Rest of the world: $29.1M Worldwide: $29.3M
May 15, 2020 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $26.4M Worldwide: $28.6M
Feb 21, 2020 US and Canada: $10.1M Rest of the world: $15.9M Worldwide: $25.9M
Oct 9, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.8M
Jan 31, 2020 US and Canada: $15.3M Rest of the world: $7M Worldwide: $22.3M
Feb 14, 2020 US and Canada: $20.6M Rest of the world: $112.6K Worldwide: $20.7M
Feb 21, 2020 US and Canada: $12.6M Rest of the world: $7.7M Worldwide: $20.3M
Dec 25, 2020 US and Canada: $6.5M Rest of the world: $12.4M Worldwide: $18.9M
Nov 13, 2020 US and Canada: $9M Rest of the world: $9M Worldwide: $18.1M
Mar 13, 2020 US and Canada: $9.9M Rest of the world: $6.2M Worldwide: $16.1M
Mar 6, 2020 US and Canada: $13.6M Rest of the world: $1.9M Worldwide: $15.5M
Dec 11, 2020 US and Canada: $3.1M Rest of the world: $12.2M Worldwide: $15.3M
Aug 28, 2020 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: $12.5M Worldwide: $14.4M
May 1, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.3M
Oct 30, 2020 US and Canada: $10.5M Rest of the world: $2.7M Worldwide: $13.2M
Dec 25, 2020 US and Canada: $12.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.7M
Jul 24, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.6M
Jul 23, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.1M Of the top 10, The Invisible Man (2020) earned the biggest share at home (49% in the US & Canada), while Hooking Up (2020) made 100% of its gross abroad. Across all 604 films, $1.3B (31%) came from the US & Canada.
13 of 604 films crossed $100M and took $2.7B between them, 62% of the total. 548 films, 91% of the list, earned under $10M.
February releases took the most, $983.5M from 53 films, led by Sonic the Hedgehog (2020). June was the quietest month ($39.9M). Each column is a release month and links to that month's chart.
Of these 10 years, 2019 earned the most: $28.7B from 898 films, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019). 2020 took $4.4B.
| Year | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 544 films | 544 | $24.2B | – | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) $1.3B |
| 2012 576 films · +7% | 576 | $26B | +7% | The Avengers (2012) $1.5B |
| 2013 601 films · ±0% | 601 | $26B | ±0% | Frozen (2013) $1.3B |
| 2014 649 films · −5% | 649 | $24.6B | −5% | Transformers: Age Of Extinction (2014) $1.1B |
| 2015 682 films · +10% | 682 | $27.1B | +10% | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) $2.1B |
| 2016 696 films · +1% | 696 | $27.4B | +1% | Captain America: Civil War (2016) $1.2B |
| 2017 771 films · +2% | 771 | $27.9B | +2% | Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) $1.3B |
| 2018 828 films · +1% | 828 | $28.3B | +1% | Avengers: Infinity War (2018) $2.1B |
| 2019 898 films · +1% | 898 | $28.7B | +1% | Avengers: Endgame (2019) $2.8B |
| 2020 604 films · −85% | 604 | $4.4B | −85% | Bad Boys for Life (2020) $426.5M |
Action took $2.2B across 78 films, 49% of the total, ahead of Comedy ($1.9B) and Drama ($1.7B). A film counts once for each of its genres.
Every year from 1919 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $28.7B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 604 films as the chart.
Bad Boys for Life (2020) leads with $426.5M worldwide, $206.3M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Tenet (2020) at $365.3M and Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) at $319.7M.
604 English-language films released in 2020 report a worldwide gross, $4.4B in all, or $7.2M per film on average. 2019 releases took $28.7B.
None. 13 films crossed $100 million, led by Bad Boys for Life (2020) with $426.5M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 2020. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.