2010s in film

The decade of the 2010s in film involved many significant developments in the motion picture industry as Disney towered all over its competitors. The studio's titles occupy exactly half of the top 50 highest-grossing movies at the worldwide box office of these ten years with solely one of those entries not reaching a billion dollars and the only three features on the entire list to cross the $2 billion mark, while Universal and Warner Bros. share the distant second place at eight titles each. Furthermore, non-Disney films managed to become the top-grosser of a year merely twice during the decade. This domination culminated in the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.

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Highest-grossing films edit

The list has more 2019 films in the top 50 than any other year, with nine in total (seven by Disney). It is then followed by 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 with six; 2012 with five; 2013 with four; 2010 and 2011 with three; and 2014 with two (the only year in which Disney did not have a billion dollar grosser and failed to make the list). All but three films (two animated and one biopic) are based on another property. Figures are given in United States dollars.

List of worldwide highest-grossing films
RankTitleDistributor(s)Worldwide grossYearRef.
1Avengers: EndgameDisney$2,797,800,5642019
2Star Wars: The Force Awakens$2,068,223,6242015
3Avengers: Infinity War$2,048,359,7542018
4Jurassic WorldUniversal$1,671,713,2082015
5The Lion KingDisney$1,656,943,3942019
6The Avengers$1,518,812,9882012
7Furious 7Universal$1,516,045,9112015
8Frozen IIDisney$1,450,026,9332019
9Avengers: Age of Ultron$1,405,403,6942015
10Black Panther$1,346,913,1612018
11Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2Warner Bros.$1,341,511,2192011
12Star Wars: The Last JediDisney$1,332,539,8892017
13Jurassic World: Fallen KingdomUniversal$1,309,484,4612018
14FrozenDisney$1,290,000,0002013
15Beauty and the Beast$1,263,521,1262017
16Incredibles 2$1,242,808,1922018
17The Fate of the FuriousUniversal$1,236,005,1182017
18Iron Man 3Disney$1,214,811,2522013
19MinionsUniversal$1,159,398,3972015
20Captain America: Civil WarDisney$1,153,304,4952016
21AquamanWarner Bros.$1,147,661,8072018
22Spider-Man: Far From HomeSony$1,131,927,9962019
23Captain MarvelDisney$1,128,274,7942019
24Transformers: Dark of the MoonParamount$1,123,794,0792011
25SkyfallSony / MGM$1,108,561,0132012
26Transformers: Age of ExtinctionParamount$1,104,054,0722014
27The Dark Knight RisesWarner Bros.$1,084,939,0992012
28Toy Story 4Disney$1,073,394,5932019
29JokerWarner Bros.$1,072,651,7732019
30Toy Story 3Disney$1,066,969,7032010
31Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker$1,065,837,4072019
32Rogue One: A Star Wars Story$1,056,057,2732016
33Aladdin$1,050,693,9532019
34Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides$1,045,713,8022011
35Despicable Me 3Universal$1,034,799,4092017
36Finding DoryDisney$1,028,570,8892016
37Alice in Wonderland$1,025,467,1102010
38Zootopia$1,023,784,1952016
39The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyWarner Bros.$1,021,103,5682012
40Despicable Me 2Universal$970,761,8852013
41The Jungle BookDisney$966,550,6002016
42Jumanji: Welcome to the JungleSony$962,126,9272017
43Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1Warner Bros.$960,283,3052010
44The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug$958,366,8552013
45The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies$956,019,7882014
46Bohemian Rhapsody20th Century$903,655,2592018
47SpectreSony / MGM$880,674,6092015
48Spider-Man: HomecomingSony$880,166,9242017
49Ice Age: Continental Drift20th Century$877,244,7822012
50The Secret Life of PetsUniversal$875,457,9372016

Highest-grossing film per year edit

Disney releases were the annual top-grossers for the entire latter half of the decade.

YearTitleStudio(s)Worldwide GrossRef.
2010Toy Story 3Disney$1,066,969,703
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2Warner Bros.$1,342,511,219
2012The AvengersDisney$1,518,812,988
2013Frozen$1,280,802,282
2014Transformers: Age of ExtinctionParamount$1,104,054,072
2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensDisney$2,068,223,624
2016Captain America: Civil War$1,153,304,495
2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi$1,332,539,889
2018Avengers: Infinity War$2,048,359,754
2019Avengers: Endgame$2,797,800,564

Most acclaimed films edit

On Rotten Tomatoes, the following five films of the 2010s received 100% critics' ratings.[52]

Metacritic listed the following as the top ten highest rated films (at the time of their release) of the 2010s.[53]

  1. Boyhood
  2. Moonlight
  3. Roma
  4. Manchester by the Sea
  5. 12 Years a Slave
  6. Gravity
  7. Parasite
  8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  9. Carol
  10. The Social Network

Metacritic also listed the following films as most mentioned on critic's lists of the best films of the 2010s.[54]

  1. Mad Max: Fury Road
  2. Moonlight
  3. The Social Network
  4. Get Out
  5. Under the Skin
  6. The Tree of Life
  7. (Tie) Inception and Inside Llewyn Davis
  8. Boyhood
  9. The Master

According to They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?, a site which numerically calculates reception among critics, the most acclaimed films of the 2010s are:[55]

  1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  2. The Tree of Life
  3. Moonlight
  4. Parasite
  5. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
  6. A Separation
  7. Melancholia
  8. Mad Max: Fury Road
  9. Get Out
  10. The Turin Horse
  11. Holy Motors
  12. Under the Skin
  13. Zama
  14. The Act of Killing
  15. Phantom Thread
  16. Boyhood
  17. Toni Erdmann
  18. Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
  19. Twin Peaks: The Return
  20. The Master

Den of Geek listed the following as the top ten best movies of the decade.[56]

  1. Parasite
  2. Inception
  3. Mad Max: Fury Road
  4. Get Out
  5. Her
  6. Ex Machina
  7. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  8. Hereditary
  9. The Social Network
  10. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Rolling Stone magazine listed the following as the top ten best movies of the decade.[57]

  1. Moonlight
  2. The Social Network
  3. Holy Motors
  4. Ted
  5. Boyhood
  6. Get Out
  7. Toni Erdmann
  8. The Master
  9. Roma
  10. Mad Max: Fury Road
  11. Carol

Indiewire listed the following as the top ten best movies of the decade.

  1. Moonlight
  2. Under the Skin
  3. Certified Copy
  4. The Act of Killing
  5. Inside Llewyn Davis
  6. Holy Motors
  7. Carol
  8. The Master
  9. Mad Max: Fury Road
  10. Lady Bird

In 2016, BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century poll of film critics listed the following as the top ten best films of the 2010s so far.[58]

  1. Boyhood
  2. The Tree of Life
  3. A Separation
  4. Inside Llewyn Davis
  5. The Act of Killing
  6. Holy Motors
  7. Mad Max: Fury Road
  8. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  9. The Master
  10. The Social Network

In 2017, The New York Times' list of "The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far" selected the following as the best films of the 2010s so far.[59]

  1. A Touch of Sin
  2. Inside Out
  3. Boyhood
  4. Inside Llewyn Davis
  5. Timbuktu
  6. In Jackson Heights
  7. White Material
  8. Mad Max: Fury Road
  9. Moonlight

List of films edit

See also edit

References edit

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