List of 2015 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 2015.

# Date Film Gross Note(s)
1 January 4, 2015 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $21,732,090
2 January 11, 2015 Taken 3 $39,201,657
3 January 18, 2015 American Sniper $89,269,066 American Sniper reached #1 after three weekends of limited release. It also broke Ride Along's record ($41.5 million) for the highest weekend debut in January and the highest IMAX weekend for an R-rated movie ($11.5 million). American Sniper's 4 day MLK weekend ($107.2 million) also broke Ride Along's record ($48.6 million) for the highest MLK 4-day weekend. On top of that it also broke The Passion of the Christ's record ($83.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a winter release.
4 January 25, 2015 American Sniper $64,628,304 Beside breaking The Hangover Part II's record (3,675 theaters) for the widest release for an R-rated movie (3,705); American Sniper's second weekend also broke The Passion of the Christ's record ($53.2 million) for the biggest second weekend ever for an R-rated movie.
5 February 1, 2015 American Sniper $30,660,528 American Sniper became the first film in 2015 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends
6 February 8, 2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water $55,365,012
7 February 15, 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey $85,171,450 Fifty Shades of Grey broke The Passion of the Christ's record ($83.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in February and Valentine's Day's record ($63.1 million) for the highest President's Day weekend debut.
8 February 22, 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey $22,259,030
9 March 1, 2015 Focus $18,685,137
10 March 8, 2015 Chappie $13,346,782
11 March 15, 2015 Cinderella $67,877,361
12 March 22, 2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent $52,263,680
13 March 29, 2015 Home $52,107,731
14 April 5, 2015 Furious 7 $147,187,040 Furious 7 broke Captain America: The Winter Soldier's record ($95.0 million) for the highest weekend debut in April and Clash of the Titans' record ($61.2 million) for the highest Easter weekend debut.
15 April 12, 2015 Furious 7 $59,585,930
16 April 19, 2015 Furious 7 $29,156,595
17 April 26, 2015 Furious 7 $17,821,440 Furious 7 became the first film since The Hunger Games to top the box office for four consecutive weekends.
18 May 3, 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron $191,271,109 Avengers: Age of Ultron's $3 million gross from Thursday preview showings in IMAX broke The Dark Knight Rises' record ($2.3 million) for the highest grossing Thursday from IMAX showings of all-time.
19 May 10, 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron $77,746,929
20 May 17, 2015 Pitch Perfect 2 $69,216,890 Pitch Perfect 2 broke High School Musical 3's record ($42 million) for the highest weekend debut for a musical film.
21 May 24, 2015 Tomorrowland $33,028,165
22 May 31, 2015 San Andreas $54,588,173
23 June 7, 2015 Spy $29,085,719
24 June 14, 2015 Jurassic World $208,806,270 Jurassic World broke Man of Steel's record ($116.6 million) for the highest weekend debut in June and Godzilla's record ($93.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a creature feature film. It also broke Marvel's The Avengers' records ($207.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in the summer, for a 3D film, and of all-time.
25 June 21, 2015 Jurassic World $106,588,440 Jurassic World broke Marvel's The Avengers' record ($103.1 million) for the highest second weekend gross of all-time. In second place, Inside Out's $90.4 million opening weekend broke The Day After Tomorrow's record ($68.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film that did not open in first place, Avatar's record ($77 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original film as well as The Simpsons Movie's record ($74 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non sequel animated feature.
26 June 28, 2015 Jurassic World $54,532,615
27 July 5, 2015 Inside Out $29,771,224 Inside Out reached the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. Initial estimates had Jurassic World ahead of Inside Out.
28 July 12, 2015 Minions $115,718,405 Minions' $46.2 million opening day gross broke Toy Story 3's record ($41.1 million) for the biggest opening day gross for an animated film.
29 July 19, 2015 Ant-Man $57,225,526
30 July 26, 2015 Ant-Man $24,909,332
31 August 2, 2015 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation $55,520,089
32 August 9, 2015 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation $28,502,372
33 August 16, 2015 Straight Outta Compton $60,200,180 Straight Outta Compton broke Walk the Line's record ($22.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a music biopic and American Pie 2's record ($45.1 million) for highest grossing opening weekend in August for an R-rated film.[1]
34 August 23, 2015 Straight Outta Compton $26,364,020
35 August 30, 2015 Straight Outta Compton $13,133,560
36 September 6, 2015 War Room $9,480,535 War Room reached the #1 spot in its second weekend of release.
37 September 13, 2015 The Perfect Guy $25,888,154 Initial estimates had The Visit ahead of The Perfect Guy.
38 September 20, 2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials $30,316,510
39 September 27, 2015 Hotel Transylvania 2 $48,464,322 Hotel Transylvania 2 broke Hotel Transylvania's record ($42.5 million) for the highest weekend debut in September.
40 October 4, 2015 The Martian $54,308,575
41 October 11, 2015 The Martian $37,005,266
42 October 18, 2015 Goosebumps $23,618,556
43 October 25, 2015 The Martian $15,732,907 The Martian reclaimed the #1 spot in its fourth weekend of release.
44 November 1, 2015 The Martian $11,715,097 The Martian became the first film since Furious 7 to top the box office for four weekends, as well as the first film since Guardians of the Galaxy to top the box office for four non-consecutive weekends.
45 November 8, 2015 Spectre $70,403,148
46 November 15, 2015 Spectre $33,681,104
47 November 22, 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 $102,665,981
48 November 29, 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 $52,004,595
49 December 6, 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 $18,857,547
50 December 13, 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 $11,413,316 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 became the first film since Furious 7 to top the box office for four consecutive weekends.
51 December 20, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $247,966,675 Star Wars: The Force Awakens' $57 million gross from Thursday night preview showings broke Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2's record ($43.5 million) for the highest grossing Thursday night gross of all-time, and its $5.7 million gross from Thursday night IMAX showings broke Avengers: Age of Ultron's record ($3 million) for the highest grossing Thursday from IMAX showings of all-time. Its $119.1 million opening day gross broke Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2's records ($91.1 million) for the highest single and opening day gross of all-time. It also broke The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey's record ($84.6 million) for the highest weekend debut in December, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire's record ($158 million) for the highest weekend debut in the holiday season, and Jurassic World's records ($208.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3D film and of all-time. It had the highest weekend debut of 2015.
52 December 27, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $149,202,860 Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke Jurassic World's record ($106.6 million) for the highest second weekend gross of all-time, and its $49.3 million gross on Christmas Day broke Sherlock Holmes' record ($24.6 million) for the highest gross on Christmas Day of all-time.

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2015[2]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Disney $936,662,225
2. Jurassic World Universal $652,270,625
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron Disney $459,005,868
4. Inside Out $356,461,711
5. Furious 7 Universal $353,007,020
6. Minions $336,045,770
7. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Lionsgate $281,723,902
8. The Martian 20th Century Fox $228,433,663
9. Cinderella Disney $201,151,353
10. Spectre MGM / Columbia $200,074,609

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://variety.com/2015/film/news/straight-outta-compton-box-office-opening-final-1201571387/
  2. ↑ "2015 DOMESTIC GROSSES". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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