2023 had its fair share of movie theater bombs as far as Hollywood projects are concerned. But how was the box office performance of some of the biggest Hollywood releases in 2024? As the year draws to a close, let us see some of this year’s most awaited and popular screen productions. Analyzing their effect on the audience, we will be able to decide whether 2024 has been a successful year for Hollywood.
Biggest money-making projects in the 2024 box office
Till now, the productions that have made the most money on the Hollywood screens are a trio of highly anticipated franchise sequels. These are Inside Out 2, Deadpool and Wolverine, and Despicable Me 4. The numbers are expected to rise even further with the successful reception of movies like Mufasa: The Lion King, which will be released just before the year’s close. Now let us see some of the movies that have impacted box office collections of 2024 significantly.
- Inside Out 2: The production by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has been highly awaited as the sequel to an already well-received franchise. It took only 3 days to reach a collection of $100 million. Its final theater collection was $1.699 billion. The movie came out in June 2024 and was the most successful box office release since Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig, was released in the previous year. In this sequel. The audience’s favorite emotions personified went through a plot dealing with a new set of feelings, foremost of which included Anxiety. The conflict between Joy and Anxiety as the human child enters into adulthood was beautifully portrayed by Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke.
- Deadpool and Wolverine: The Marvel Cinematic Universe inevitably comes with the promise of huge theater collections, loved and cherished as they are by popular audiences all around the world. It is the 34th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The story is a sequel to Deadpool 2, which came out in 2018. It marks the return of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. The movie made a total collection of over $1.3 billion.
- Despicable Me 4: Universal Pictures gifted the audience with yet another return of the supervillain-turned-special agent Gru and his cute yellow sidekicks. The sixth franchise film, counting the two spin-offs of Minions, this movie had already made $100 million in the theaters in just 4 days, and a total collection of $960,008,741 was made by the film.
- Dune: Part Two: A fantastic work by Warner Bros., the movie starred Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya, two of the most loved faces on the silver screen all over the world. The production was directed by Denis Villeneuve and was so successful a sequel to Dune that it took away six Academy Awards. The movie took just about a week to reach an audience collection of $100 million, making a total collection of $700.6 million.
- Moana 2: Yet another long-awaited sequel to the highly popular Disney venture Moana, it tells the story of the continued adventures of the titular character as she teams up with the shapeshifting demigod Maui. The production only took three days to complete a collection of $100 million at the movie theaters. Although originally planned as a limited series for Disney+, the production was later made into a one-hour and forty-minute film, which received great praise from the audience.
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire: Yet another Warner Bros. masterpiece, the film dominated the Hollywood screens for quite some time. It is the 38th Godzilla movie. Particularly, it is the sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). In just a week, the project had collected $100 million from happy audiences. Overseen by Director Adam Wingard, the project brought back Dr. Ilene Andrews and Bernie Hayes, who starred in the epic conflict bringing two enormous monsters together.
- Kung Fu Panda 4: In this fourth sequel of the highly popular series, Po the Panda and the fox come together against the evil chameleon who wants to steal the kung-fu skills of every Chinese master. The production took just 10 days to reach $100 million in the movie theaters.
Conclusion:
A glance at some of the biggest hits on the Hollywood screens this year shows the massive success of acclaimed franchise projects. Other than these superhits, a few non-franchise works like Wicked and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice also did well in the theaters. Overall, 2024 has been a successful year for Hollywood projects. The anticipation for 2025 is high for the new releases. The industry has recovered post-pandemic, and we, the fans of cinema, cannot wait to see what 2025 has in store for us.
