This year has been very difficult for the movie industry, to say the least, with nearly all Cineplexs being shut down for most of the year because of the pandemic – and despite drive-ins being open and some movies getting released to the miniscule movie theatres across the country that were allowed to be opened – the box office numbers have been far removed from their usual stellar numbers as in the years past.
The following are the top 30 movies (up through December 19):
1. Bad Boys for Life – 204 million
2. 1917 – 157 million
3. Sonic the Hedgehog -146 million
4. Jumanji: The Next Level – 124 million
5. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – 124 million
6. Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn – 84 million
7. Dolittle – 77 million
8. Little Women – 71 million
9. The Invisible Man – 65 million
10. The Call of the Wild – 62.3 million
11. Onward – 61.5 million
12. Knives Out – 50 million
13. Frozen II – 47 million
14. Tenet – 46 million
15. Spies in Disguise – 37 million
16. The Gentlemen – 36 million
17. Just Mercy – 35.7 million
18. Parasite – 31 million
19. The Croods: A New Age – 27 million
20. Fantasy Island – 26 million
21. Uncut Gems – 25.7 million
22. The New Mutants – 24 million
23. Like a Boss – 22 million
24. The Grudge – 21 million
25. Unhinged – 20.8 million
26. The Photograph – 20.5 million
27. The War with Grandpa – 18 million
28. Underwater – 17 million
29. The Turning – 15.4 million
30. Gretel & Hansel – 15.3 million
Please note that so many tentpole movies and blockbusters (like Wonder Woman 1984, Black Widow and anything from the Marvel franchise) were expected to be released in 2020, but nearly all of them have been delayed until next year or beyond. Reminder: Wonder Woman 1984 will be out in theatres TODAY (Christmas Day) and on HBO Max.
There were also quite a number of box office movies (like Mulan, Enola Holmes, Artemis Fowl and the upcoming animated film Soul, just to name a few) that opted to air on streaming services (like Netflix and Disney+) rather than keep delaying their releases.
A few big news items that were announced in 2020 included Johnny Depp basically being forced to leave the Fantastic Beasts franchise because of the libel suit against The Sun (the UK newspaper). Meanwhile fans are demanding that Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard be fired from Aquaman 2. A more positive piece of news was that director Nia DaCosta (who directed the latest reboot of Candyman) will be the director of Captain Marvel 2. And, one of the most buzzed about performances of the year is from actor Riz Ahmed, the lead star in the 2019 film Sound of Metal where he plays a heavy metal drummer whose life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing. His performance in the film is so impressive that he is being touted as a possible Oscar nominee, which would make him the first Muslim lead nominee.
The following list consists of the 2020 movies that either performed very poorly at the box office, have been deemed some of the worst movies of the year by various critics (as well as movie goers) or just had horrible looking trailers. I’ll let you decide which is which.
They appear in alphabetical order:
Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Brahms: The Boy II
Capone
Come Play
Doolittle
Downhill
Endings, Beginnings
Freaky
Gretel and Hansel
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Irresistible
Like a Boss
Sonic the Hedgehog
The Hunt
The Lovebirds
The King of Staten Island
The New Mutants
The Rhythm Section
The TurningThe War with Grandpa
Underwater
Unhinged
Unpregnant
What movies did you actually get to see before the theatres closed down? What movies did you enjoy watching on any of the streaming services? What is the top movie delayed form this year that you cannot wait to see? Please share your thoughts and comments.
TOMORROW: Awards
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