This is a list of films which ranked number one at the weekend box office for the year 2023.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Gross Notes 1 Avatar: The Way of Water $45,838,986 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way of Water became the first two films to consecutively top the box office for four consecutive weekends each since The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015 and 2016. 2 $32,824,684 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way of Water became the first two films to consecutively top the box office for five consecutive weekends each since Stakeout and Fatal Attraction in 1987. 3 $20,133,106 Avatar: The Way of Water became the first film since The Wretched to top the box office for six consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Spider-Man: No Way Home to top the box office in its sixth weekend, as well as for six total weekends. During the weekend, the film surpassed $2 billion at the global box office. 4 $15,968,532 Avatar: The Way of Water became the first film since Avatar to top the box office for seven consecutive weekends, as well as the first film since Spider-Man: No Way Home to top the box office in its seventh weekend. 5 Knock at the Cabin $14,127,170 6 Magic Mike's Last Dance $8,305,317 7 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania $106,109,650 8 $31,964,803 9 Creed III $58,370,007 Creed III broke Creed IIs record ($35.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a boxing film, as well as The Longest Yards record ($47.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for a sports film. 10 Scream VI $44,447,270 11 Shazam! Fury of the Gods $30,111,158 12 John Wick: Chapter 4 $73,817,950 13 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves $37,205,784 14 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $146,361,865 The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke Sonic the Hedgehog 2s record ($72.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a video game adaptation as well as surpassing the former's lifetime gross ($190.9 million) to become the highest grossing video game adaptation of all time at the domestic box office. It also broke The Secret Life of Pets records ($104.3 million) for the highest weekend debuts for a non-sequel animated film and the highest weekend debut for an Illumination film. Its worldwide opening weekend ($377 million) broke Frozen IIs record ($358.5 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend for an animated film. 15 $92,347,190 The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke Frozen IIs record ($85.9 million) for the highest second weekend gross for an animated film. It also surpassed Warcraft to become the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time at the global box office. 16 $59,930,940 The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke Incredibles 2s record ($46.4 million) for the highest third weekend gross for an animated film. 17 $40,835,805 The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke Incredibles 2s record ($28.4 million) for the highest fourth weekend gross for an animated film. It also became the first film since Avatar: The Way of Water to top the box office for four consecutive weekends and the first animated film to pass $1 billion at the global box office since Frozen II. 18 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 $118,414,021 19 $62,008,548 20 Fast X $67,017,410 21 The Little Mermaid $95,578,040 22 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $120,663,589 23 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts $61,045,464 24 The Flash $55,043,679 25 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $19,003,633 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse reclaimed the #1 spot in its fourth weekend of release, making it the first film since The Super Mario Bros. Movie to top the box office in its fourth weekend. 26 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny $60,368,101 27 Insidious: The Red Door $33,013,036 28 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One $54,688,347 29 Barbie † $162,022,044 Barbie broke The Hangover Part IIs record ($85.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action comedy, Captain Marvels record ($153 million) for the highest weekend debut for a female-directed film, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's record ($108.9 million) for highest weekend debut for a film based on a toy, and The Dark Knight Rises record ($160.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-3D film. It had the highest weekend debut of 2023. In second place, Oppenheimers $82.4 million weekend debut broke Straight Outta Comptons record ($60.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a biopic. 30 $93,011,602 Barbie had the biggest second weekend for a film since Avengers: Endgame ($147.4 million). 31 $53,008,647 32 $33,833,294 Barbie became the first film since The Super Mario Bros. Movie to top the box office for four consecutive weekends and the first film since Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to top the box office in its fourth weekend. 33 Blue Beetle $25,030,225 During the week, Oppenheimer surpassed Sing to become the highest grossing film to never hit #1. 34 Gran Turismo $17,410,552 35 The Equalizer 3 $34,604,229 36 The Nun II $32,603,336 37 $14,534,579 During the weekend, Oppenheimers worldwide total ($912.7 million) surpassed Bohemian Rhapsodys total ($902 million) as the all-time highest-grossing biopic film. 38 $8,550,110 39 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie $22,764,354 40 The Exorcist: Believer $26,497,600 41 Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour $93,224,755 Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour broke Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tours record ($31.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a concert film. It became the highest-grossing concert film of all time worldwide as well, breaking Justin Bieber: Never Say Nevers record ($99 million). 42 $33,209,039 Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour became the first concert film to top the box office for two weekends. 43 Five Nights at Freddy's $80,001,720 Simultaneously released on Peacock. Five Nights at Freddys broke Puss in Boots record ($34.1 million) for the highest Halloween weekend debut. 44 $19,001,870 45 The Marvels $46,110,859 46 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes $44,607,143 47 $29,042,517 48 Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé $21,801,216 49 The Boy and the Heron $13,011,722 The Boy and the Heron became the first foreign language film as well as the first Japanese animated film since Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero to reach #1 at the box office. 50 Wonka $39,005,800 51 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom $27,686,211 52 Wonka $22,477,006 Wonka reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release.

Highest-grossing films

Calendar gross Highest-grossing films of 2023 by Calendar Gross RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Domestic Gross1.Barbie Warner Bros. Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman and Will Ferrell Greta Gerwig$636,225,9832.The Super Mario Bros. Movie Universal voices of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen and Fred Armisen Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic$574,934,3303.Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Sony Pictures voices of Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Karan Soni, Shea Whigham, Greta Lee, Daniel Kaluuya, Mahershala Ali and Oscar Isaac Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson$381,593,7544.Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Walt Disney Studios Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Will Poulter, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Linda Cardellini, Nathan Fillion and Sylvester Stallone James Gunn$358,995,8155.Oppenheimer Universal Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek and Kenneth Branagh Christopher Nolan$326,101,3706.The Little Mermaid Walt Disney Studios Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, Javier Bardem and Melissa McCarthy Rob Marshall$298,172,056 7.Avatar: The Way of Water Disney/20th Century Studios Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Dileep Rao, Matt Gerald, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco and Jemaine Clement James Cameron $283,067,8598.Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Walt Disney Studios Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, David Dastmalchian, Katy O'Brian, William Jackson Harper, Bill Murray, Michelle Pfeiffer, Corey Stoll and Michael Douglas Peyton Reed $214,504,9099.John Wick: Chapter 4 Lionsgate Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Skarsgård, Lance Reddick, Scott Adkins, Rina Sawayama, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Clancy Brown and Ian McShane Chad Stahelski $187,131,80610.Sound of Freedom Angel Studios Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino and Bill Camp Alejandro Monteverde $184,177,725

In-Year Release + Highest-grossing films of 2023 by In-year release Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1. Barbie Warner Bros. $636,236,401 2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie Universal $574,934,330 3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Sony $381,593,754 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Disney $358,995,815 5. Oppenheimer Universal $330,078,895 6. The Little Mermaid Disney $298,172,056 7. Wonka Warner Bros. $218,402,312 8. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Disney $214,504,909 9. John Wick: Chapter 4 Lionsgate $187,131,806 10. Sound of Freedom Angel Studios $184,178,046

+ Highest-grossing films by MPA rating of 2023Box Office Performance for G-Rated Movies in 2023 The Numbers, Retrieved July 26, 2024 G Teddy's Christmas PG The Super Mario Bros. Movie PG-13 Barbie R Oppenheimer

See also Lists of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

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