After the downturn of the pandemic, blockbuster cinema has bounced back in a significant way in 2023.
As reported by Variety, the dual release of Barbie and Oppenheimer led to a sizeable uptick in UK box office numbers in July. Earlier this year, meanwhile, The Super Mario Bros. Movie had the most successful global opening ever for an animated film.
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At the time of writing (August 7), the video game adaptation is still the highest-grossing movie of the year, earning over $1.3billion at the global box office (via BoxOfficeMojo). This is followed by Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which crossed the $1billion mark in August.
James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 is in third place, earning over $823million globally.
You can check out the full top 10 highest-grossing movies of the year below.
1. The Super Mario Bros. Movie – $1,351,478,338
2. Barbie – $1,031,481,000
3. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 – $845,303,497
4. Fast X – $704,709,660
5. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse – $683,100,143
6. The Little Mermaid – $564,244,557
7. Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania –…
