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)
Highest-grossing films of 2023: Barbie closing in on No 1 – UPDATED
Films released in 2023 continue to break records as the world returns to movie theatres following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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 28 August 2023.
| Rank | Film | Amount |
| 1 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $1,360,723,878 |
| 2 | Barbie | $1,340,301,000 |
| 3 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | $845,512,112 |
| 4 | Oppenheimer | $780,277,056 |
| 5 | Fast X | $718,953,575 |
| 6 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | $688,995,078 |
| 7 | Full River Red | $673,556,758 |
| 8 | The Wandering Earth 2 | $604,456,556 |
| 9 | The Little Mermaid | $568,186,122 |
| 10 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | $552,432,191 |
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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