The 2026 box office is two stories at once. At the top, five films are already past $1 billion with two months to go, more than all of 2025’s releases managed. Underneath, the money is more international than ever: across the year’s 200 biggest films, two dollars in three came from outside the US and Canada.
Below are the 25 highest-grossing films of 2026 worldwide as of October 28, 2026, from Box Office Mojo, and what the totals add up to.
The short version
- No. 1: Spider-Man: Brand New Day, $2.52 billion. The Odyssey ($1.80 billion), Toy Story 5 ($1.15 billion), Michael ($1.03 billion) and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($1.01 billion) complete the billion-dollar club.
- Five billion-dollar films, against four for all 2025 releases.
- Concentration: the top 10 have earned $10.59 billion, 48% of the $22.0 billion the year’s top 200 films have grossed. The top five alone have earned 34%.
- International money dominates: across the top 200, 34% of gross came from the US and Canada and 66% from the rest of the world.
- Seven of the top 25 barely played in the US. They earned under 1% of their gross in the US and Canada, nearly all of it abroad.
The top 25 worldwide
| Rank | Film | Worldwide | US & Canada | International | US & Canada share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spider-Man: Brand New Day | $2,519,482,113 | $958,746,343 | $1,560,735,770 | 38.1% |
| 2 | The Odyssey | $1,796,044,383 | $625,526,295 | $1,170,518,088 | 34.8% |
| 3 | Toy Story 5 | $1,149,137,473 | $480,294,461 | $668,843,012 | 41.8% |
| 4 | Michael | $1,028,703,388 | $372,303,388 | $656,400,000 | 36.2% |
| 5 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie | $1,012,633,975 | $429,814,610 | $582,819,365 | 42.4% |
| 6 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $693,492,689 | $220,556,651 | $472,936,038 | 31.8% |
| 7 | Project Hail Mary | $684,451,526 | $344,050,007 | $340,401,519 | 50.3% |
| 8 | Pegasus 3 | $656,459,523 | $1,374,946 | $655,084,577 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Minions & Monsters | $528,855,391 | $183,171,260 | $345,684,131 | 34.6% |
| 10 | Obsession | $524,858,685 | $263,451,715 | $261,406,970 | 50.2% |
| 11 | Backrooms | $400,624,375 | $197,523,513 | $203,100,862 | 49.3% |
| 12 | Hoppers | $389,685,783 | $166,010,783 | $223,675,000 | 42.6% |
| 13 | Resident Evil | $384,585,364 | $154,277,312 | $230,308,052 | 40.1% |
| 14 | Once Upon a Time in the Middle East | $356,858,394 | $413,760 | $356,444,634 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Kung Fu Soccer | $351,081,543 | — | $351,081,543 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu | $345,602,060 | $177,730,060 | $167,872,000 | 51.4% |
| 17 | Moana | $323,879,198 | $126,229,663 | $197,649,535 | 39.0% |
| 18 | All Wishes Come True! | $307,784,556 | $713,708 | $307,070,848 | 0.2% |
| 19 | Dear You | $291,080,421 | $1,341,804 | $289,738,617 | 0.5% |
| 20 | Disclosure Day | $247,207,766 | $116,636,645 | $130,571,121 | 47.2% |
| 21 | Wuthering Heights | $241,801,072 | $84,001,072 | $157,800,000 | 34.7% |
| 22 | Scary Movie | $231,886,052 | $108,277,762 | $123,608,290 | 46.7% |
| 23 | Blades of the Guardians | $215,363,913 | $1,606,672 | $213,757,241 | 0.7% |
| 24 | Scream 7 | $207,999,405 | $121,935,967 | $86,063,438 | 58.6% |
| 25 | Scare Out | $200,371,064 | — | $200,371,064 | 0.0% |
Source: Box Office Mojo, 2026 worldwide box office, as of October 28, 2026. Grosses are cumulative for films released in 2026. Several are still in release and will keep growing. Shares are our calculation.
The billion-dollar five
Each of this year’s billion-dollar films set a record of its own:
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie was the first 2026 release to cross $1 billion, in June, per Variety.
- Michael crossed $1 billion in July, the first biopic ever to do so, per Variety. It’s a music biopic, and 36% of its gross came from the US and Canada.
- Toy Story 5 became the third $1 billion film of 2026, per TheWrap. Its soundtrack also produced a No. 1 hit: Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” (see every Hot 100 No. 1 of 2026).
- The Odyssey ($1.80 billion) and Spider-Man: Brand New Day ($2.52 billion) are the year’s two biggest.
Where the money came from
Among the top Hollywood releases, the share earned in the US and Canada ranges from about half (Project Hail Mary and Obsession, both about 50%) to under a third (The Devil Wears Prada 2, 32%). The billion-dollar films sit in the middle at 35% to 42%, which is the usual shape for a global franchise. The international audience is what turns a $400 million domestic hit into a billion-dollar one.
The other half of the international story is films that never really played in America. Seven of the top 25 earned less than 1% of their worldwide gross in the US and Canada: Pegasus 3, Once Upon a Time in the Middle East, Kung Fu Soccer, All Wishes Come True!, Dear You, Blades of the Guardians and Scare Out. Pegasus 3, distributed by Maoyan, earned $656 million, 99.8% of it outside the US and Canada, and ranks eighth in the world.
How 2026 compares with 2025
| 2025 releases (full run) | 2026 releases (to Oct. 28) | |
|---|---|---|
| Films past $1 billion | 4 | 5 |
| No. 1 film | Ne Zha 2, $2.27B | Spider-Man: Brand New Day, $2.52B |
| Top 10 combined | $11.18B | $10.59B |
| Top 200 combined | $25.55B | $22.01B |
Source: Box Office Mojo 2025 and 2026 worldwide charts, read October 28, 2026. 2025 figures include money late-2025 releases earned in 2026. 2026 figures are not final, with two months and the holiday season still to come.
2026 already has more billion-dollar films and a bigger No. 1 than 2025, and its top 10 is within about $600 million of 2025’s full-run total.
Method
- Data: Box Office Mojo’s 2026 worldwide chart (top 200 films by worldwide gross), read October 28, 2026, with domestic (US and Canada) and international splits as reported. 2025 comparison from the same site’s 2025 chart.
- Our calculations: totals, top-10 and top-5 shares, domestic shares, and the count of films with under 1% domestic gross.
- Records: the milestone claims above link to the trade report that announced them.
Last updated: October 28, 2026. We’ll refresh the table as the year closes.
Frequently asked questions
What is the highest-grossing movie of 2026? Spider-Man: Brand New Day, with $2.52 billion worldwide as of October 28, 2026, per Box Office Mojo: $958.7 million in the US and Canada and $1.56 billion internationally. The Odyssey is second with $1.80 billion.
How many 2026 movies have made $1 billion? Five, as of October 28, 2026: Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey, Toy Story 5, Michael and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. That is already more than the four 2025 releases that crossed $1 billion. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie was the first 2026 release to get there, in June.
Is Michael the highest-grossing biopic ever? Yes. Michael crossed $1 billion in July 2026, becoming the first biopic to do so, per Variety, and it has grossed $1.03 billion worldwide per Box Office Mojo.
How does 2026 compare to 2025 at the box office? 2026’s top films are ahead on billion-dollar hits: five so far, against four among 2025 releases (Ne Zha 2, Zootopia 2, Avatar: Fire and Ash and Lilo & Stitch). The 2026 top 10 had grossed $10.59 billion by late October, against $11.18 billion for 2025’s top 10. Those 2025 totals include money earned into 2026 by late-2025 releases, so the 2026 figure will keep growing.
