Top ten highest grossing movie weekends in the U.S. 2023

In 2023, "Barbie" was the movie with the highest- grossing weekend in the United States, recording a total revenue of 155 million dollars on its opening weekend. It was followed closely at 146.36 million dollars by “The Super Mario Bros. Movie's” first weekend.Franchises reign supremeAll the highest-grossing movie openings belong to movie franchises or were part of a bigger cinematic universe. “Avatar: The Way of Water”, the sequel of the highest-grossing movie ever released, grossed over 134 million dollars in its first weekend and made a splash in China, the first international market. The Marvel Cinematic Universe, or MCU, is the highest-grossing movie franchise worldwide, before Star Wars and Harry Potter.Superhero fatigue?The pandemic and the rise of video-on-demand have strongly impacted movie attendance. Movie theater chains are heavily relying on blockbusters to attract viewers, who would rather enjoy big productions on a wider screen. Still, a lot of moviegoers are more interested in watching movies at home and consider seeing movies in theaters to be too expensive. Even Marvel is not immune to this phenomenon, as several of its most recent productions have recorded a week-to-week box-office drop between 60 and 70 percent. Released in February 2023, the latest installment of the Ant-Man franchise plunged 69 percent the weekend following its release, the biggest yet in the MCU’s history.

在2023年，电影《芭比》以其开画周末创下的高达1.55亿美元的票房收入，荣登美国周末票房冠军。紧随其后的是《超级马里奥兄弟》的首周末票房，收入达1.4636亿美元。电影系列和更大的电影宇宙构成了票房收入最高的电影首映。作为史上票房最高的电影《阿凡达：水之道》的续集，该电影在首周末便实现了1.34亿美元的票房收入，并在中国市场引起了轰动，成为首个国际市场。漫威电影宇宙（MCU）是全球票房收入最高的电影系列，超过了《星球大战》和《哈利·波特》系列。尽管疫情和视频点播的兴起对电影观影人数产生了强烈影响，但电影院连锁企业仍严重依赖大片来吸引观众，而观众更愿意在大银幕上欣赏大型制作。然而，许多电影观众更倾向于在家观看电影，并认为在电影院观影过于昂贵。即使是漫威也无法幸免于这一现象，因为其最近的多部作品在票房上均出现了60%至70%的周跌幅。2023年2月发布的《蚁人》系列的最新作品，在发布后的周末票房下跌了69%，创下了MCU历史上的最大跌幅。