#1 of summer 2024 Biggest summer hit
2024 Animation Adventure Comedy 1h 36m English
80 Echo Score $1.7B worldwide
Directed by Kelsey Mann
About Inside Out 2 Summer 2024 · June to August
Summer 2024 Movies: Biggest Hits, Best-Rated & Box Office
1,998 films on the site were released from June 1 to August 31, 2024. Inside Out 2 ruled the box office with $1.7B worldwide, ahead of Deadpool & Wolverine. The best-rated release is Ghostlight. In all, the season took 13% less at the box office than summer 2023.
- films released June–August
- 1,998
- worldwide box office
- $7.2B
- Inside Out 2, #1
- $1.7B
- ranked by rating
- 259
#1 of summer 2024 June · July · August
Summer 2024 Month by Month
July was the strongest month of summer 2024 at the box office ($3.2B), led by Deadpool & Wolverine. June had 764 releases, July had 513 releases and August had 721 releases.
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- 764
- worldwide gross
- $2.8B
Biggest hit Inside Out 2 $1.7B - July 2024 Top month
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- worldwide gross
- $3.2B
Biggest hit Deadpool & Wolverine $1.3B -
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- 721
- worldwide gross
- $1.2B
Biggest hit It Ends with Us $351.4M
Box office
What Were the Biggest Summer Movies of 2024?
Inside Out 2 earned $1.7B worldwide, ahead of Deadpool & Wolverine ($1.3B). The top 20 took $6.6B, 91% of the $7.2B earned by the 396 summer releases with a box office record.
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13. Blink Twice $48.1M worldwide2024 · Mystery, Thriller · 1h 42m
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15. Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 $38.8M worldwide2024 · Drama, Western · 3h 1m
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19. Harold and the Purple Crayon $32.2M worldwide2024 · Animation, Adventure · 1h 32m
Dir. Carlos Saldanha
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Best-rated
The Best-Rated Summer Movies of 2024
Ghostlight is the best-rated film of summer 2024, followed by Good One and Maharaja; 259 of the season's 1,998 releases are ranked. Ranked by Echo Score, our 0–100 rating.
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#9 86 Echo Crossing Drama -
#10 86 Echo Green Border Drama -
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#12 86 Echo The Paradise of Thorns Thriller, Drama
Every summer since 2011
How Does Summer 2024 Compare?
Summer 2024 took $7.2B worldwide, down 13% on 2023; rank 12 of 16 summers since 2011, with 2015 the biggest ($10.7B). Totals count films with a box office record; summers with their own page are linked.
- Summer 2026 $8.3B#1: Spider-Man: Brand New Day · 131 releases
- Summer 2025 $5.7B#1: Jurassic World Rebirth · 792 releases
- Summer 2024 $7.2B#1: Inside Out 2 · 1,998 releases
- Summer 2023 $8.3B#1: Barbie · 2,066 releases
- Summer 2022 $5.2B#1: Jurassic World Dominion · 2,018 releases
- Summer 2021 $4.4B#1: F9: The Fast Saga · 2,033 releases
- Summer 2020 $1B#1: The Eight Hundred · 1,753 releases
- Summer 2019 $10B#1: The Lion King · 2,053 releases
- Summer 2018 $10.2B#1: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom · 1,862 releases
- Summer 2017 $9.5B#1: Despicable Me 3 · 1,631 releases
- Summer 2016 $10.3B#1: Finding Dory · 1,447 releases
- Summer 2015 $10.7B#1: Jurassic World · 1,419 releases
- Summer 2014 $8.5B#1: Transformers: Age Of Extinction · 1,282 releases
- Summer 2013 $9.3B#1: Despicable Me 2 · 1,186 releases
- Summer 2012 $8.8B#1: The Dark Knight Rises · 1,123 releases
- Summer 2011 $8.6B#1: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · 996 releases
FAQ
Summer 2024 Movies: Questions & Answers
Quick answers about the films released from June to August 2024, from the lists above.
What was the biggest movie of summer 2024?
Inside Out 2 (2024) earned the most of any film released from June to August 2024: $1.7B worldwide. Deadpool & Wolverine is second with $1.3B.
About Inside Out 2 What was the best-rated movie of summer 2024?
Ghostlight (2024) is the best-rated summer 2024 release on What's After the Movie. Ranked by Echo Score, our 0–100 rating.
About Ghostlight How much did summer 2024 movies make?
The 396 summer releases with a box office record took $7.2B worldwide, down 13% on summer 2023. Grosses that look like data errors are left out.
Which dates count as summer?
Films released from June 1 to August 31, 2024: 1,998 films on the site.