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$0The US box office got off to a good start for the first quarter of the year by which time the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence movie Bad Boys For Life was the surprise top movie, then in March everything changed.
When the pandemic hit hard cinemas closed for 4 months and although there were weekly charts it was mainly from drive in theatres and studios started shifting release dates hoping things would get back to normal by the end of the year.
Tenet opened in August and it was considered Warner Bros. opened it too early and the movie despite taking $58 Million was considered a flop.
Studios have moved their films around even more since cinemas started to re-open and have gone into 2021 or been moved to streaming, but Warner Bros. again have tested the water at the end of the year with Wonder Woman 1984 which got a release on Christams day 2020 at cinemas and on HBO Max.
Disney has bypassed cinema all together on 2 of their potential biggest movie with Mulan going direct to Disney+ (for a premium price) and the Pixar movie Soul released on Christmas Day.
As it stands the top 20 movies in the US took a reasonable $1.6 Billion but compared to 2019 the top 20 took $5.8 Billion.
Here is 5 top grossing movies at the US box office in 2020.
Starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence who return as the Miami cop duo in the third in the Bad Boys series.
The movie was a surprise box office hit on its release on 17th January and took $204.5 Million at the US box office making the top movie of the year.
Released on the 10th January (wide, it cam out in 2019 on limited to catch the Oscar deadline) the movie is based during World War one and is film as if it was a continuous single shot.
Despite not winning the best movie Oscar the film took $158 Million at the US box office and is the second best movie of 2020.
The last movie in the Skywalker Saga was released in 2019 where it took $362.1 Million and was the 6th top movie.
Because of the pandemic the movie managed to be the 3rd best film of 2020 after taking $153 Million.
After going through a strange redesign for its main character Sonic when fan feedback was not too good about his look in the trailer the movie moved to February 14th release date.
The film was a surprise hit and took $146.2 Million at the US box office making it the 4th top movie of 2020.
The sequel movie the 2017 smash hit Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle was released in 2019 where it took $175.4 Million and was the 11th top film in that year.
In 2020 the movie took $142.5 Million and is the 5th top grossing of the year.
With the first quarter of the year over and most of the cinemas closed across the US it a good time to pause for a moment and take a look at the top film during the first 3 months of 2020.
Twenty five years after the first teaming of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence first hit cinemas the third film in the buddy cop movie beats all expectations.
The movie was a mega smash at US box office with a total gross of $204 Million, and it was still at cinemas before the close down.
The movie was the hot tip to sweep the Oscars this year before everyone decided Parasite was the better film, but it didn't hurt Sam Mandes War Drama at the box office.
The movie was still a hit and pulled in a very good $158 Million at the US box office.
Despite getting a very mixed reaction from the Star Wars hard core, the much hailed end of the saga movie still pulled in the audiences with over $500 Million in the US box office in total.
In 2020 the movie took and impressive $153 Million.
Despite the early signs suggest this would be a flop the redesign of the main character Sonic pushed it to a $145 Million US gross.
Dwayne Johnsons sequel to the smash hit Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle didn't quite hit the same note but it was still a smash hit taking $141 Million in 2020, it has taken $316 Million in total.
Warner Bros. were maybe expecting a bit more from the Harley Quinn movie but it still managed a quite respectable $84 Million, no flop but no smash hit.
Greta Gerwig's adaptation of the classic novel was praised by critics and audiences alike and took $78 Million in the first quarter of 2020 in the US, it has taken $108 Million in total.
This Robert Downey Jr. vehicle was never going to reach the heights of anything with Iron Man in but the film still did better than expected considering the bad reviews, it took $77 Million.
Just creeping in before the American coronavirus shutdown the Universal monster movie took a very respectable $64 Million, its box office run was cut short and the movie is now available on streaming services.
Harrison Ford went back to nature for this down to earth movie which held its own at the box office with a $62 Million total gross, again the movie was still doing well when cinemas closed their doors.
It's the end of the first quarter of 2020, and with cinemas closed in the UK until further notice it seems like a good time to look at the top 10 films of 2020 so far.
Sam Mandes film is by far the top grossing film of 2020 so far, with a total gross of £43 Million it has taken more than double that of the number film.
This is no surprise from the British director, the movie saw tipped for glory at the Oscar but ended up loosing out ot Parasite, still the British public took to the World War II film.
Despite the difficult production and fan feedback for the design of Sonic when the first trailer came out, director Jeff Fowler went back to the drawing board and re-did the central character and it seems to have worked.
The movie ended up grossing a very good £19 Million, far than than was expected.
Despite an amount of disappointment from a section of the Star Wars fan base the last episode of the "Skywalker Saga" did very well over the holiday period, altohugh it is the lowest grossing of the sequel trilogy.
A gross of £18 Million in 2020 adds to the £39 Million taken in December of 2019.
Greta Gerwig's adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott classic novel was a fan favourite which took £17.7 Million at the ox office.
Many people had written this film off before release but the repairing of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence worked and the movie grossed nearly £16 Million at the UK box office.
Another surprise hit as the Robert Downey Jr. movie took £15.8 Million at the box office.
Dwayne Johnson's sequel may not have been the smash Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle was but it still manages a respectable £14.7 Million.
Winning the best film Oscar did this South Korean movie wonders as it became the highest grossing foreign language film ever in the UK with a total of £12 Million.
Guy Ritchie returns to his directiorial roots with this London based gangster movie which took £11.5 Million.
More was expected from this Harley Quinn movie starring Margot Robbie but the film under performed, it still managed a £8.8 Million total gross.
Horror, Thriller The Invisible Man makes its debut at the top of the US box office on its debut weekend knocking Sonic The Hedgehog from the top while My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising also makes an impressive debut at number 4.
Directed by Leigh Whannell the new take on a monster movie makes its way to the top of the US box office with ease over the weekend with a debut gross of $29 Million.
The Elisabeth Moss and Oliver Jackson-Cohen starring movie is well places to to have a good run at the box office and with nothing but a Pixar movie aiming at a totally different market coming of note until late March it could have a big number final gross.
The speedy blue hedgehog movie starring Jim Carrey falls to number 2 this week after a couple of weeks at the top with $16 Million over the weekend.
This brings the Jeff Fowler directed video game adaptation to $128.2 Million after 3 weeks of release.
The Harrison Ford starring movie falls to 3 this week with $13.2 Million taking its total to $45.8 Million after 2 weeks of release.
The Japanese anime superhero film makes its debut at number 4 on the US box office with a weekend take of $5.1 Million.
With a mid-week release the film has taken $8.4 Million to date.
The Will Smith and Martin Lawrence buddy cop movie which has been a surprise smash hit falls to 5 this week with $4.3 Million to boost its total to $197.3 Million after 7 weeks of release.
THe Oscar winning movie from South Korea directed by Bong Joon Ho is the longest running film on the box office this week with 20 weeks in total and is at number 12 this week.
It may not have done the numbers of Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle but the Dwayne Johnson sequel is doing well and this week has the top total gross on the box office with $313.7 Million after 12 weeks, it is this weeks number 11.
There is no moving Will Smith and Martin Lawrence from the top of the global box office as thie reunion as the Bad Boys stays at the top for a third weekend, and with a quiet weekend for new releases the top new film is Gretel and Hansel at number 7.
Beating all expectation before release the Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah directed movie spends its third weekend at the top of the global box office with $48.4 Million from 64 countries.
THe total global gross for the movie is now $290.7 Million and is now by far the top grossing of the series.
Sticking to number 2 this week is Sam Mendes World War movie that swept the BAFTA's last night, it takes $30.5 Million over the weekend from 53 countries.
THe movie, which is expected to do well at next weekends Oscars has a total global gross of $249 Million after 4 weeks of release.
After a poor start the Robert Downey Jr. movie is picking up fans across the globe and this week remains at number 3 with $25.4 Million from 64 countries.
The film has taken a better than expected $126.6 Million globally after 4 weeks of release.
The sequel movie may not have done the number Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle did 2 years ago but the film has still done well, remaining at 4 this week the film takes $11.3 Million from 59 countries for a total of $754.8 after 9 weeks.
Falling to 5 this weekend is Greta Gerwig's retelling of the classic novel which takes $10.5 Million from 48 countries for a total gross of $162.8 Million after 5 weeks of release.
This version of the movie has far out grossed all other version by a large margin with the 1995 version directed by Gillian Armstrong coming closest with $50 Million global gross.
No big new releases this weekend with the top new film this retelling of the Grim fairytale making its debut at number 7 with $7.5 Million from 18 countries.