Year-ender 2023: From Barbie to Oppenheimer, here are the highest grossing movies of the year
Box Office Mojo data. Warner Bros.' ‘Barbie’ is the highest grossing movies worldwide with a worldwide Box Office collection of $1,441,820,453. Margot Robbie-starrer was produced on a budget of $145 million and became the first movie from a solo female director to cross $1 billion at the Box Office.
Barbie broke numerous records with one being the fastest Warner Bros film to cross $1 billion mark in 17 days, breaking the record held by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2." The 'Super Mario Bros. Movie' secures the second spot on the global box office chart, grossing an impressive $1,361,367,353 worldwide. Produced at a cost of $100 million, the movie broke a number of records, including the largest opening weekend for an animated movie.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie takes the top spot in the list of highest-grossing movie based on a video game. Christopher Nolan's directorial ‘Oppenheimer’ collected $952,021,870 gross at worldwide Box Office and ranks third in the list of highest grossers of the year worldwide.
Produced at a cost of $100 million, it became the second-highest-grossing R-rated movie. It is a bio-drama based on the father of the atomic bomb that became the highest-grossing biopic ever. James Gunn's directorial movie ranks fourth in the list with worldwide Box Office collection being $845,555,777.
Produced at a cost of $250 million, the director took an obscure Marvel comic and managed to create one of the MCU's most successful franchises. A sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, it failed to surpass its predecessor's 2017 Box Office collection that had grossed more than $863 million worldwide.
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