List of 2018 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2018.[1]

Number-one films

# Weekend end date Film Gross Notes Ref
1January 7, 2018Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle$37,233,653Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle reached #1 in its third weekend of release.
2January 14, 2018$28,101,972
3January 21, 2018$19,505,170Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle became the first film in 2018 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since The Martian to top the box office in its fifth weekend.
4January 28, 2018Maze Runner: The Death Cure$24,167,011
5February 4, 2018Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle$10,930,222Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle reclaimed the #1 spot on its seventh weekend of release, making it the first film since Avatar to top the box office in its seventh weekend. It also became the first film since Star Wars: The Force Awakens to top the box office for four weekends as well as the first film since The Martian to top the box office for four non-consecutive weekends.
6February 11, 2018Fifty Shades Freed$38,560,195
7February 18, 2018Black Panther$202,003,951Black Panther broke Captain America: Civil War's record ($179.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe outside of the Avengers films. It also broke Deadpool's records ($132.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in February, for a winter release, and for the President's Day weekend.
8February 25, 2018$111,658,835
9March 4, 2018$66,306,935
10March 11, 2018$40,817,579Black Panther became the first film since Star Wars: The Force Awakens to top the box office for four consecutive weekends.
11March 18, 2018$26,650,690Black Panther became the first film since Avatar to top the box office for five consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to top the box office in its fifth weekend.
12March 25, 2018Pacific Rim Uprising$28,116,535Initial estimates had Black Panther ahead of Pacific Rim Uprising. During the weekend, Black Panther became the highest-grossing superhero film ever domestically, surpassing The Avengers.
13April 1, 2018Ready Player One$41,764,050
14April 8, 2018A Quiet Place$50,203,562A Quiet Place broke The Conjuring's record ($41.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original horror film.
15April 15, 2018Rampage$35,753,093
16April 22, 2018A Quiet Place$20,911,809A Quiet Place reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release.
17April 29, 2018Avengers: Infinity War$257,698,183Avengers: Infinity War broke Furious 7's record ($147.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in April, Beauty and the Beast's record ($174.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spring release, The Avengers' record ($207.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a superhero film and Star Wars: The Force Awakens' records ($247.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3D film, a PG-13-rated film, and of all-time. Its $640.5 million worldwide opening weekend broke Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice's record ($422.5 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend debut for a comic book film and The Fate of the Furious' record ($541.9 million) for the highest worldwide opening of all-time. It had the highest weekend debut of 2018.
18May 6, 2018$114,774,810Avengers: Infinity War broke Star Wars: The Force Awakens' record (12 days) for the fastest film to gross $1 billion worldwide, crossing the mark in 11 days.
19May 13, 2018$62,078,047
20May 20, 2018Deadpool 2$125,507,153Deadpool 2 broke It's records for the highest grossing Thursday preview night ($13.5 million) and the biggest opening day ($50.4 million) for an R-rated film with $18.6 million and $53.3 million respectively. It also broke The Matrix Reloaded's record ($91.7 million) for the biggest opening weekend for an R-rated sequel.
21May 27, 2018Solo: A Star Wars Story$84,420,489
22June 3, 2018$29,396,882
23June 10, 2018Ocean's 8$41,607,378
24June 17, 2018Incredibles 2$182,687,905Incredibles 2's opening day gross of $71.6 million broke Finding Dory's record ($54.7 million) for the highest opening day gross for an animated film. It also broke Finding Dory's records ($135.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Pixar animated film, an animated film overall, and Beauty and the Beast's record ($174.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a PG-rated film.
25June 24, 2018Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom$148,024,610Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom became the first two films to bring in over $100 million over two consecutive weekends since Shrek the Third and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End in 2007, and the first time this had ever happened over two non-holiday weekends. In second place, Incredibles 2's second weekend gross of $80.9 milion broke Finding Dory's record ($72.9 million) for the highest second weekend gross for an animated film.
26July 1, 2018$60,912,195
27July 8, 2018Ant-Man and the Wasp$75,812,205During the weekend, Incredibles 2 ($503.7 million) broke Finding Dory's record for the highest grossing animated film and highest grossing Pixar film of all time ($486.3 million) and became the first animated film to gross $500 million.
28July 15, 2018Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation$44,076,225
29July 22, 2018The Equalizer 2$36,011,640In second place, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again's $35 million opening weekend broke Into the Woods' record ($31.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a Broadway musical.
30July 29, 2018Mission: Impossible – Fallout$61,236,534
31August 5, 2018$35,323,815During the weekend, Black Panther became the first superhero film, and third film overall, to gross $700 million.
32August 12, 2018The Meg$45,402,195The Meg broke Deep Blue Sea's record ($19.1 million) for highest opening for a live-action shark film.
33August 19, 2018Crazy Rich Asians$26,510,140
34August 26, 2018$24,808,202
35September 2, 2018$21,964,345During the weekend, Incredibles 2 became the first animated film to gross $600 million.
36September 9, 2018The Nun$53,807,379
37September 16, 2018The Predator$24,632,284
38September 23, 2018The House with a Clock in Its Walls$26,608,020
39September 30, 2018Night School$27,257,615
40October 7, 2018Venom$80,255,756Venom broke Gravity's record ($55.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in October.
41October 14, 2018$35,006,107
42October 21, 2018Halloween$76,221,545Halloween broke Friday the 13th's record ($40.5 million) for the highest debut for a slasher film.
43October 28, 2018$31,419,070
44November 4, 2018Bohemian Rhapsody$51,061,119
45November 11, 2018The Grinch$67,572,855The Grinch broke How the Grinch Stole Christmas' record ($55 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Christmas-themed film.
46November 18, 2018Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald$62,163,104
47November 25, 2018Ralph Breaks the Internet$56,237,634In second place, Creed II's $35.2 million opening weekend broke Creed's record ($30.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a boxing film and 101 Dalmatians' record ($33.5 million) for the highest live-action Thanksgiving opening.
48December 2, 2018$25,566,945
49December 9, 2018$16,253,831Ralph Breaks the Internet became the first animated film since Coco to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.
50December 16, 2018Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse$35,363,376Ralph Breaks the Internet and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse became the first two animated films to top the box office for four consecutive weekends since Finding Dory and The Secret Life of Pets in 2016.
51December 23, 2018Aquaman$67,873,522
52December 30, 2018$52,114,571

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2018 by Calendar Gross[2]

RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Gross
1. Black Panther Walt Disney Studios Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker and Andy Serkis Ryan Coogler $700,059,566
2. Avengers: Infinity War Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Josh Brolin and Chris Pratt
  • Anthony Russo
  • Joe Russo
$678,815,482
3. Incredibles 2 voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huckleberry Milner and Samuel L. Jackson Brad Bird $608,581,744
4. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Universal Pictures Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Toby Jones, Ted Levine, BD Wong and Jeff Goldblum J. A. Bayona $417,719,760
5. Deadpool 2 20th Century Fox Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand and Jack Kesy David Leitch $318,482,400
6. The Grinch Universal Pictures voices of Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Cameron Seely and Angela Lansbury Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney $266,280,410
7. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Sony Pictures Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas and Bobby Cannavale Jake Kasdan $235,512,923
8. Mission: Impossible – Fallout Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan and Alec Baldwin Christopher McQuarrie $220,159,104
9. Ant-Man and the Wasp Walt Disney Studios Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Tip "T.I." Harris, David Dastmalchian, Hannah John-Kamen, Abby Ryder Fortson, Randall Park, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne and Michael Douglas Peyton Reed $216,648,740
10. Solo: A Star Wars Story Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo and Paul Bettany Ron Howard $213,767,512

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2018 by In-year release[3]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1.Black PantherDisney$700,059,566
2.Avengers: Infinity War$678,815,482
3.Incredibles 2$608,581,744
4.Jurassic World: Fallen KingdomUniversal$416,769,345
5.AquamanWarner Bros.$335,061,807
6.Deadpool 220th Century Fox$318,491,426
7.The GrinchUniversal$270,620,950
8.Mission: Impossible – FalloutParamount$220,159,104
9.Ant-Man and the WaspDisney$216,648,740
10.Bohemian RhapsodyFox$216,428,042


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2018
GPandas
PGIncredibles 2
PG-13Black Panther
RDeadpool 2

References

  1. "Domestic Box Office Weekends For 2018". Box Office Mojo.
  2. "Domestic Box Office For 2018". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  3. "Domestic Box Office For 2018 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 11, 2019.

See also

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2018 Succeeded by
2019
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