Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1 | The Eight Hundred | CMC Pictures Holdings | $461,339,528 |
2 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train | Toho / Aniplex (Sony Music Japan) | $435,000,000[3] |
3 | My People, My Homeland | China Lion Film Distribution | $433,241,288[4] |
4 | Bad Boys for Life | Sony Pictures / Columbia | $426,505,244 |
5 | Tenet | Warner Bros. | $363,129,000 |
6 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Paramount | $319,715,683 |
7 | Dolittle | Universal | $245,521,062 |
8 | Jiang Ziya | Beijing Enlight Pictures | $240,661,689 |
9 | A Little Red Flower | HG Entertainment | $238,600,000[5][6] |
10 | Shock Wave 2 | Universe Films Distribution | $226,320,000[a] |
After being re-released in 4K in China, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone grossed over $1 billion, becoming the second billion-dollar film in the Wizarding World franchise.
2020 box office records
- China overtook North America as the world's largest box office market for the first time in 2020. China generated $2.7 billion in theatrical revenue compared to North America's $2.3 billion, the lowest for the North American box office in at least 40 years.[7] This has been largely attributed to the 9 pandemic having a greater negative impact in North America than in China.[8]
- Because of the relatively smaller impact of the pandemic on Asian film markets, the majority of the top ten highest-grossing films of the year are non-Hollywood (Chinese and Japanese) productions for the first time in history, as the rankings were previously always dominated by North American productions.[9]
Film records
- The Eight Hundred, a Chinese film, became the first ever non-Hollywood film production to become the highest-grossing film of the year. In previous years, the highest-grossing film of the year was always a Hollywood production. [10]
- Sonic the Hedgehog broke Pokémon: Detective Pikachu's record for the highest opening weekend for a film based on a video game, with $70 million domestic gross in the United States and Canada.[11] It went on to become the highest-grossing film based on a video game in the United States and Canada, surpassing Detective Pikachu, although it did not beat it in the worldwide box office.[12] Sonic the Hedgehog is also the highest-grossing superhero film of 2020, ending the Marvel Cinematic Universe's decade-long run of having the highest-grossing superhero film of the year (from 2010 to 2019).[13][14]
- Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, a Japanese anime film based on the manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, broke a number of box office records in several Asian countries.
- In Japan, Mugen Train set the first-day opening record with ¥1.2 billion ($11.3 million),[15] before breaking the opening weekend record with ¥4.6 billion ($43.8 million) over three days.[16] It went on to have the highest-grossing second weekend, and in ten days became the fastest film to cross ¥10 billion ($96.7 million), surpassing Spirited Away (2001) which had previously crossed the ¥10 billion milestone in 19 days and held the record for 19 years.[17] Mugen Train also became the fastest film to cross ¥20 billion in Japan, again faster than Spirited Away.[18] It also set the record for the highest-grossing IMAX release in Japan, surpassing the previous record holder Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).[19] In 59 days, Mugen Train set another record as the fastest film to cross the ¥30 billion milestone,[20] faster than Spirited Away which took 253 days to reach the same milestone.[21] In 66 days, the film set another record as the first film to top the Japanese box office charts for ten straight weekends (since the charts began publication in 2004).[22] In 73 days, Mugen Train grossed ¥32.48 billion to become the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, surpassing Spirited Away which held the record for 19 years.[23]
- In Taiwan, Mugen Train grossed NT$360 million (US$12.6 million) in 17 days, setting the record for the highest-grossing animated film of all time in Taiwan, surpassing the previous record holders Frozen 2 (2019) and Your Name (2016).[24][25] In 20 days, Mugen Train became the first animated film to cross NT$400 million in Taiwan,[26] before later crossing the NT$500 million milestone.[27]
- For the first time in box office history, two non-American animated film productions (Asian films), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train from Japan and Jiang Ziya from China, have become the highest-grossing animated films of the year. This has also been partly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28] It is also the first time since 1987 that a non-American animated film (Japanese anime), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, became the highest-grossing animated film of the year, and the first time an anime has made the top 10 highest grossing films of the year worldwide.
January | 4 | Tom Long | 51 | Australian | Actor | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | Edd Byrnes | 86 | American | Actor | ||
8 | Buck Henry | 89 | American | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | ||
9 | Ivan Passer | 86 | Czech | Director, Screenwriter | ||
10 | Neda Arnerić | 66 | Serbian | Actress | ||
12 | Tony Garnett | 83 | English | Producer | ||
14 | Jack Kehoe | 85 | American | Actor | ||
17 | Derek Fowlds | 82 | English | Actor | ||
20 | Joe Shishido | 86 | Japanese | Actor | ||
21 | Terry Jones | 77 | Welsh | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
22 | John Karlen | 86 | American | Actor | ||
25 | Monique van Vooren | 92 | Belgian-American | Actress | ||
26 | Kobe Bryant | 41 | American | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
28 | Harriet Frank Jr. | 96 | American | Screenwriter | ||
28 | Nicholas Parsons | 96 | English | Actor | ||
28 | Marj Dusay | 83 | American | Actress | ||
30 | Jörn Donner | 86 | Finnish-Swedish | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | ||
31 | Andree Melly | 87 | English | Actress | ||
February | 1 | Péter Andorai | 71 | Hungarian | Actor | |
1 | Luciano Ricceri | 79 | Italian | Production Designer | ||
3 | Gene Reynolds | 96 | American | Actor | ||
4 | José Luis Cuerda | 72 | Spanish | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | ||
4 | Gianni Minervini | 91 | Italian | Producer | ||
5 | Kevin Conway | 77 | American | Actor | ||
5 | Kirk Douglas | 103 | American | Actor, Producer | ||
6 | Raphaël Coleman | 25 | English | Actor | ||
7 | Orson Bean | 91 | American | Actor, Producer | ||
7 | Ann E. Todd | 88 | American | Actress | ||
8 | Robert Conrad | 84 | American | Actor | ||
8 | Volker Spengler | 80 | German | Actor | ||
8 | Grazia Volpi | 78 | Italian | Producer | ||
9 | Paula Kelly | 77 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
10 | Marge Redmond | 95 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
11 | Joseph Vilsmaier | 81 | German | Director | ||
13 | Rafael Romero Marchent | 93 | Spanish | Director, Actor | ||
14 | Lynn Cohen | 86 | American | Actress | ||
14 | John Shrapnel | 77 | English | Actor | ||
16 | Zoe Caldwell | 86 | Australian | Actress | ||
16 | Frances Cuka | 83 | English | Actress | ||
16 | Jason Davis | 35 | American | Actor | ||
16 | Kellye Nakahara | 72 | American | Actress | ||
17 | Ja'Net DuBois | 87 | American | Actress, Singer, Songwriter | ||
18 | Flavio Bucci | 72 | Italian | Actor | ||
18 | Tapas Paul | 61 | Indian | Actor | ||
19 | José Mojica Marins | 83 | Brazilian | Director, Actor | ||
20 | Claudette Nevins | 82 | American | Actress | ||
21 | Boris Leskin | 97 | Russian | Actor | ||
24 | Diana Serra Cary | 101 | American | Actress | ||
24 | Ben Cooper | 86 | American | Actor | ||
26 | Michael Medwin | 96 | English | Actor | ||
27 | Burkhard Driest | 80 | German | Actor | ||
27 | Eugene Dynarski | 86 | American | Actor | ||
29 | Dieter Laser | 78 | German | Actor | ||
March | 2 | James Lipton | 93 | American | Writer, Actor | |
3 | Božidar Alić | 65 | Croatian | Actor | ||
6 | David Paul | 62 | American | Actor | ||
7 | Mart Crowley | 84 | American | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
8 | Max von Sydow | 90 | Swedish | Actor | ||
11 | Didier Bezace | 74 | French | Actor | ||
12 | Gary B. Kibbe | 79 | American | Cinematographer | ||
12 | Tonie Marshall | 68 | French | Actress, Director, Screenwriter | ||
15 | Suzy Delair | 102 | French | Actress, Singer | ||
15 | Roy Hudd | 83 | English | Actor | ||
16 | Stuart Whitman | 92 | American | Actor | ||
17 | Lyle Waggoner | 84 | American | Actor | ||
19 | Nazzareno Zamperla | 82 | Italian | Actor, Stuntman | ||
20 | Johnny Harris | 87 | Scottish | Composer, Arranger, Musician | ||
20 | Kenny Rogers | 81 | American | Actor, Singer, Songwriter | ||
23 | Lucia Bosè | 89 | Italian | Actress | ||
23 | David Collings | 79 | English | Actor | ||
23 | Alfio Contini | 92 | Italian | Cinematographer | ||
24 | Stuart Gordon | 72 | American | Director, Screenwriter | ||
24 | Terrence McNally | 81 | American | Screenwriter | ||
24 | Gerard Schurmann | 96 | English | Composer | ||
24 | Albert Uderzo | 92 | French | Director, Screenwriter | ||
26 | Mark Blum | 69 | American | Actor | ||
28 | Barbara Rütting | 92 | German | Actress | ||
29 | Krzysztof Penderecki | 86 | Polish | Composer, Conductor | ||
31 | Julie Bennett | 88 | American | Actress, Voice Actress | ||
31 | Andrew Jack | 76 | English | Dialect Coach, Actor | ||
April | 1 | Adam Schlesinger | 52 | American | Musician, Songwriter | |
3 | Hilary Dwyer | 74 | English | Actress | ||
3 | Hans Meyer | 94 | South African | Actor | ||
4 | Jay Benedict | 68 | American | Actor | ||
4 | Carlo Leva | 90 | Italian | Production Designer | ||
5 | Shirley Douglas | 86 | Canadian | Actress | ||
5 | Lee Fierro | 91 | American | Actress | ||
5 | George Ogilvie | 89 | Australian | Director, Actor | ||
5 | Honor Blackman | 94 | English | Actress | ||
6 | James Garbutt | 94 | English | Actor | ||
6 | James Drury | 85 | American | Actor | ||
7 | Allen Garfield | 80 | American | Actor | ||
9 | Malcolm Dixon | 66 | English | Actor | ||
9 | Marc Engels | 54 | Belgian | Sound engineer | ||
10 | Armando Francioli | 100 | Italian | Actor | ||
10 | Nobuhiko Obayashi | 82 | Japanese | Director, Screenwriter | ||
10 | Francis Reusser | 77 | Swiss | Director | ||
12 | Maurice Barrier | 87 | French | Actor | ||
12 | Tim Brooke-Taylor | 79 | English | Actor | ||
12 | Danny Goldman | 80 | American | Actor | ||
13 | Patricia Millardet | 63 | French | Actress | ||
13 | Ann Sullivan | 91 | American | Animator | ||
14 | Mario Donatone | 86 | Italian | Actor | ||
15 | Sean Arnold | 79 | English | Actor | ||
15 | Allen Daviau | 77 | American | Cinematographer | ||
15 | Brian Dennehy | 81 | American | Actor | ||
16 | Luis Sepúlveda | 70 | Chilean | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
17 | Filipe Duarte | 46 | Portuguese | Actor | ||
17 | Sergio Fantoni | 89 | Italian | Actor | ||
19 | Philippe Nahon | 81 | French | Actor | ||
20 | Claude Evrard | 86 | French | Actor | ||
22 | Shirley Knight | 83 | American | Actress | ||
22 | Marcos Mundstock | 77 | Argentine | Actor, Comedian | ||
23 | Bruce Allpress | 89 | New Zealand | Actor | ||
26 | Peter H. Hunt | 81 | American | Director | ||
28 | Jill Gascoine | 83 | English | Actress | ||
29 | Irrfan Khan | 53 | Indian | Actor | ||
29 | John Lafia | 63 | American | Director, Screenwriter | ||
30 | Rishi Kapoor | 67 | Indian | Actor | ||
30 | Sam Lloyd | 56 | American | Actor | ||
May | 2 | Jan-Olof Strandberg | 93 | Swedish | Actor | |
3 | John Ericson | 93 | German-American | Actor | ||
6 | Leslie Pope | 65 | American | Set Decorator | ||
7 | Daniel Cauchy | 90 | French | Actor | ||
7 | Peque Gallaga | 76 | Filipino | Director, Screenwriter | ||
9 | Geno Silva | 72 | American | Actor | ||
9 | Little Richard | 87 | American | Musician | ||
11 | Jerry Stiller | 92 | American | Actor | ||
12 | Michel Piccoli | 94 | French | Actor | ||
15 | Ezio Bosso | 48 | Italian | Composer | ||
15 | Lynn Shelton | 54 | American | Director, Screenwriter | ||
15 | Fred Willard | 86 | American | Actor | ||
16 | Pilar Pellicer | 82 | Mexican | Actress | ||
16 | Jon Whiteley | 75 | Scottish | Actor | ||
17 | Monique Mercure | 89 | Canadian | Actress | ||
18 | Ken Osmond | 76 | American | Actor | ||
22 | Denise Cronenberg | 81 | Canadian | Costume Designer | ||
24 | Jean-Loup Dabadie | 81 | French | Screenwriter | ||
26 | Richard Herd | 87 | American | Actor | ||
26 | Irm Hermann | 77 | German | Actress | ||
26 | Anthony James | 77 | American | Actor | ||
27 | Peggy Pope | 91 | American | Actress | ||
28 | Lennie Niehaus | 90 | American | Composer | ||
30 | Michael Angelis | 76 | English | Actor | ||
31 | Dan van Husen | 75 | German | Actor | ||
June | 2 | Mary Pat Gleason | 70 | American | Actress | |
2 | Héctor Suárez | 81 | Mexican | Actor | ||
3 | Bruce Jay Friedman | 90 | American | Screenwriter | ||
6 | Malcolm Terris | 79 | American | Actor | ||
7 | Alan Metter | 77 | American | Director | ||
8 | Marion Hänsel | 71 | Belgian | Director, Screenwriter, Actress | ||
11 | Rosa María Sardá | 78 | Spanish | Actress, Comedian | ||
11 | Mel Winkler | 78 | American | Actor | ||
14 | Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz | 90 | Iranian | Actor | ||
14 | Sushant Singh Rajput | 34 | Indian | Actor | ||
17 | Lewis John Carlino | 88 | American | Director, Screenwriter | ||
18 | Vera Lynn | 103 | English | Actress, Singer | ||
19 | Ian Holm | 88 | English | Actor | ||
21 | Jürgen Holtz | 87 | German | Actor | ||
20 | Philip Latham | 91 | English | Actor | ||
22 | Steve Bing | 55 | American | Screenwriter | ||
22 | Joel Schumacher | 80 | American | Director, Costume Designer | ||
26 | Kelly Asbury | 60 | American | Director, Screenwriter | ||
26 | Stuart Cornfeld | 67 | American | Producer | ||
26 | Taryn Power | 66 | American | Actress | ||
27 | Linda Cristal | 89 | Argentine | Actress | ||
28 | Louis Mahoney | 81 | Gambian | Actor | ||
29 | Johnny Mandel | 94 | American | Composer, Songwriter | ||
29 | Carl Reiner | 98 | American | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
30 | Dan Hicks | 68 | American | Actor | ||
July | 2 | Tilo Prückner | 79 | German | Actor | |
2 | Kevin Rafferty | 72 | American | Director, Cinematographer | ||
2 | Ronald L. Schwary | 76 | American | Producer | ||
2 | Yoon Sam-yook | 83 | South Korean | Screenwriter, Director | ||
3 | Earl Cameron | 102 | Bermudian-English | Actor | ||
3 | Saroj Khan | 71 | Indian | Choreographer | ||
5 | Nick Cordero | 41 | Canadian | Actor | ||
5 | Bettina Gilois | 58 | American | Screenwriter | ||
6 | Ennio Morricone | 91 | Italian | Composer | ||
8 | Naya Rivera | 33 | American | Actress | ||
12 | Kelly Preston | 57 | American | Actress | ||
13 | Grant Imahara | 49 | American | Model Maker | ||
14 | Galyn Görg | 55 | American | Actress | ||
15 | Carlotta Barilli | 84 | Italian | Actress | ||
14 | Maurice Roëves | 83 | English | Actor | ||
16 | Phyllis Somerville | 76 | American | Actress | ||
17 | Zizi Jeanmaire | 96 | French | Dancer, Actress | ||
18 | Haruma Miura | 30 | Japanese | Actor | ||
19 | Sonia Darrin | 96 | American | Actress | ||
21 | Annie Ross | 89 | English-American | Actress, Singer | ||
23 | Leida Rammo | 96 | Estonian | Actress | ||
23 | Sérgio Ricardo | 88 | Brazilian | Director, Composer | ||
23 | Jacqueline Scott | 89 | American | Actress | ||
24 | Regis Philbin | 88 | American | Actor | ||
25 | John Saxon | 84 | American | Actor | ||
26 | Olivia de Havilland | 104 | English-American | Actress | ||
27 | Gianrico Tedeschi | 100 | Italian | Actor | ||
31 | Alan Parker | 76 | English | Director | ||
August | 1 | Wilford Brimley | 85 | American | Actor | |
1 | Tom Pollock | 77 | American | Producer, Executive | ||
1 | Reni Santoni | 81 | American | Actor | ||
3 | Billy Goldenberg | 84 | American | Composer, Songwriter | ||
9 | Anna Maria Bottini | 104 | Italian | Actress | ||
9 | Kurt Luedtke | 80 | American | Screenwriter | ||
9 | Franca Valeri | 100 | Italian | Actress | ||
10 | Silvana Bosi | 86 | Italian | Actress | ||
10 | Tetsuya Watari | 78 | Japanese | Actor | ||
11 | Trini Lopez | 83 | American | Singer, Actor | ||
14 | Linda Manz | 58 | American | Actress | ||
16 | Nikolai Gubenko | 78 | Russian | Actor, Director | ||
18 | Ben Cross | 72 | English | Actor | ||
22 | Allan Rich | 94 | American | Actor | ||
23 | Benny Chan | 58 | Hong Kong | Director, Screenwriter | ||
23 | Lori Nelson | 87 | American | Actress | ||
27 | David S. Cass Sr. | 78 | American | Stuntman, Director | ||
28 | Chadwick Boseman | 43 | American | Actor | ||
September | 3 | Birol Ünel | 59 | Turkish-German | Actor | |
4 | Annie Cordy | 92 | Belgian | Actress, Singer | ||
5 | Jiří Menzel | 82 | Czech | Director, Screenwriter | ||
6 | Kevin Dobson | 77 | American | Actor | ||
8 | Ronald Harwood | 85 | English | Screenwriter | ||
8 | Jaya Prakash Reddy | 74 | Indian | Actor | ||
10 | Diana Rigg | 82 | English | Actress | ||
12 | Barbara Jefford | 90 | English | Actress | ||
14 | Sei Ashina | 36 | Japanese | Actress | ||
14 | Al Kasha | 83 | American | Songwriter | ||
20 | Michael Chapman | 84 | American | Cinematographer | ||
20 | Alan Tomkins | 81 | English | Art Director | ||
20 | Gerardo Vera | 73 | Spanish | Director, Actor, Costume & Set Designer | ||
21 | Ron Cobb | 83 | American-Australian | Set Designer | ||
21 | Michael Lonsdale | 89 | French-English | Actor | ||
22 | Michael Gwisdek | 78 | German | Actor, Director | ||
23 | Juliette Gréco | 93 | French | Actress, Singer | ||
25 | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 74 | Indian | Singer, Actor | ||
25 | Goran Paskaljević | 73 | Serbian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
27 | Yūko Takeuchi | 40 | Japanese | Actress | ||
28 | Frédéric Devreese | 91 | Belgian | Composer | ||
29 | Helen Reddy | 78 | Australian | Singer, Actress | ||
29 | Mac Davis | 78 | American | Singer, Songwriter, Actor | ||
30 | Frank Windsor | 92 | English | Actor | ||
October | 1 | Murray Schisgal | 93 | American | Screenwriter | |
2 | Edward S. Feldman | 91 | American | Producer | ||
3 | Thomas Jefferson Byrd | 70 | American | Actor | ||
3 | Armelia McQueen | 68 | American | Actress | ||
4 | Clark Middleton | 63 | American | Actor | ||
5 | Margaret Nolan | 76 | English | Actress | ||
6 | Tommy Rall | 90 | American | Actor, Dancer | ||
6 | Wladimir Yordanoff | 66 | French | Actor | ||
8 | Camillo Bazzoni | 85 | Italian | Cinematographer, Director | ||
12 | Conchata Ferrell | 77 | American | Actress | ||
13 | Marisa de Leza | 87 | Spanish | Actress | ||
14 | Rhonda Fleming | 97 | American | Actress | ||
15 | Bhanu Athaiya | 91 | Indian | Costume Designer | ||
16 | Anthony Chisholm | 77 | American | Actor | ||
17 | Ryszard Ronczewski | 90 | Polish | Actor | ||
19 | Gianni Dei | 79 | Italian | Actor | ||
19 | Wojciech Pszoniak | 78 | Polish | Actor | ||
21 | Marge Champion | 101 | American | Actress, Dancer | ||
23 | Yehuda Barkan | 75 | Israeli | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
31 | Sean Connery | 90 | Scottish | Actor | ||
31 | Charles Gordon | 73 | American | Producer | ||
November | 1 | Carol Arthur | 85 | American | Actress | |
2 | Gigi Proietti | 80 | Italian | Actor | ||
2 | John Sessions | 67 | English | Actor | ||
5 | Geoffrey Palmer | 93 | English | Actor | ||
6 | Fernando Solanas | 84 | Argentine | Director, Screenwriter | ||
7 | John Fraser | 89 | Scottish | Actor | ||
10 | Sven Wollter | 86 | Swedish | Actor | ||
12 | Gernot Roll | 81 | German | Cinematographer | ||
13 | Philip Voss | 84 | English | Actor | ||
15 | Soumitra Chatterjee | 85 | Indian | Actor | ||
18 | Michel Robin | 90 | French | Actor | ||
21 | Malcolm Marmorstein | 92 | American | Screenwriter | ||
24 | Montserrat Carulla | 90 | Spanish | Actress | ||
26 | Daria Nicolodi | 70 | Italian | Actress, Screenwriter | ||
28 | David Prowse | 85 | English | Actor | ||
December | 1 | Hugh Keays-Byrne | 73 | English-Australian | Actor | |
2 | Warren Berlinger | 83 | American | Actor | ||
2 | Franco Giraldi | 89 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
2 | Pamela Tiffin | 78 | American | Actress | ||
4 | David Lander | 73 | American | Actor | ||
4 | François Leterrier | 91 | French | Director, Actor | ||
7 | Natalie Desselle-Reid | 53 | American | Actress | ||
10 | Tom Lister Jr. | 62 | American | Actor | ||
10 | Barbara Windsor | 83 | English | Actress | ||
11 | Kim Ki-duk | 59 | South Korean | Director, Screenwriter | ||
12 | Ann Reinking | 71 | American | Actress, Dancer | ||
15 | Caroline Cellier | 75 | French | Actress | ||
17 | Jeremy Bulloch | 75 | English | Actor | ||
18 | Peter Lamont | 91 | English | Production Designer | ||
19 | David Giler | 77 | American | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
19 | Rosalind Knight | 87 | English | Actress | ||
19 | Eileen Pollock | 73 | Northern Irish | Actress | ||
20 | Lee Wallace | 90 | American | Actor | ||
22 | Claude Brasseur | 84 | French | Actor | ||
29 | Claude Bolling | 90 | French | Composer, Arranger | ||
29 | Corrado Olmi | 94 | Italian | Actor | ||
30 | Dawn Wells | 82 | American | Actress | ||
31 | Robert Hossein | 93 | French | Actor, Director | ||
31 | Joan Micklin Silver | 85 | American | Director |
The year of 2020 featured many film releases, several cinematic events, and a plethora of deaths connected to the industry. The year was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous films originally scheduled for theatrical release were postponed or released on video on demand or streaming services, and as a result, 2020 was the first year since 2008 not to have a film gross $1 billion in its initial release, the first year since 2005 not to have a film gross over $900 million, the first year since 2000 not to have a film gross over $600 million, and the first year since 1995 not to have a film gross over $500 million. There was one movie, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, that passed over $1 billion in a re-release. It was also the first year in history when only four of the ten highest-grossing films were North American productions, the other six being Chinese or Japanese productions with one of the former, The Eight Hundred, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2020, a first for a non-American film. It is the first time since 2014 that a non-Disney film is the highest grossing film of the year and the first time since 1997 that a Disney film is not in the top 10 highest grossing films of the year.
However, it is to be kept in mind that several film companies stopped reporting box-office numbers during this time due to the pandemic, and several films are still in theatres where guidelines enable so.[1] As a result, numbers will grow if they are re-released in the future to compensate for the impact this pandemic has had on consumers and film-watchers.