Mario, Luigi, Peach, and friends blast off into the cosmos for a galaxy-hopping adventure, battling Bowser’s latest scheme across a series of star-studded worlds inspired by the beloved 2007 Nintendo game.

Illumination and Nintendo’s sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the first video game film franchise to cross $2 billion combined, achieving the feat in just ten weekends. Critics were largely unimpressed — the film holds a 41% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 37 Metascore — but audiences disagreed entirely, rewarding it with a 91% Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score and strong word of mouth that kept it at #1 for three straight weekends.

Tracing Michael Jackson’s journey from a steel worker’s son in Gary, Indiana, fronting the Jackson 5, to becoming the most influential entertainer on the planet. The film, directed by Antoine Fuqua, stars Jackson’s real-life nephew Jaafar in his acting debut.

Michael opened to a record-breaking $97.2 million worldwide debut for a musical biopic and went on to become the highest-grossing musician biopic of all time. The reception has been deeply split: critics gave it a weak 39% on Rotten Tomatoes, criticizing its decision to end the story before Jackson faced child sexual abuse allegations, calling the portrayal “sanitized.” Audiences, however, embraced it with a remarkable 97% Audience Score, drawn in by Jaafar Jackson’s uncanny performance and concert-quality musical sequences.

A lone astronaut wakes up on a spacecraft with no memory of his mission, only to discover he’s humanity’s last hope of saving Earth from extinction. Based on Andy Weir’s bestselling novel, the film follows his journey across the stars and an unlikely alliance that could change everything.

Amazon MGM’s first true blockbuster surpassed fellow Andy Weir adaptation The Martian ($630.6 million) to become the highest-grossing Andy Weir film ever. Critics were nearly unanimous in their praise, with a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score and reviewers calling it “bold, surprisingly sweet, and considerably funny” — largely thanks to a standout performance from Ryan Gosling. The film had remarkable staying power, not posting a single weekend drop over 42% until its 11th week in theaters.

Twenty years after the original, Andy Sachs and Miranda Priestley cross paths again in a fashion industry transformed by digital media and changing power dynamics — forcing both women to navigate new rivalries and unexpected alliances.

Disney’s long-awaited sequel to the 2006 Fox classic opened to a stellar $76.7 million domestically and spent two consecutive weekends at #1. The film performed best internationally, where it earned 67% of its total gross, led by the UK ($45M), Italy ($37.1M), Brazil ($32.8M), and Germany ($32.3M). Audiences responded warmly to the reunion of Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, even as critics were more measured about the sequel’s freshness.

The third installment in China’s beloved racing-comedy franchise follows a determined driver chasing redemption on the track, blending high-octane racing sequences with the franchise’s signature comedic heart.

Released on Chinese New Year, Pegasus 3 earned a staggering $653.9 million in China alone — making it the franchise’s biggest entry and giving it the largest international total of any 2026 film. Remarkably, it made less than $1 million domestically in the US and was released in only a handful of territories outside China, proving the sheer scale of the Chinese box office on its own.

A determined young inventor transfers her consciousness into a robotic frog to infiltrate a wetland and save it from destruction, only to discover an entire hidden amphibian society along the way.

Pixar’s original animated feature delivered one of the studio’s best openings for a non-sequel in years, debuting to $45.3 million and holding the #1 spot through its second weekend. It’s now Pixar’s second-biggest original movie since 2017, trailing only Elemental. International audiences embraced it strongly, led by the UK ($18.7M), Germany ($16.9M), Japan ($15.3M), and Mexico ($15.2M).

Din Djarin and Grogu take on a high-stakes new mission for the New Republic, venturing across the galaxy and into unfamiliar territory as their bond is tested like never before.

Star Wars‘ first return to theaters in seven years opened over Memorial Day weekend to $98 million — a franchise opening-weekend record low, falling behind even Solo: A Star Wars Story. It dropped 70.1% in its second weekend, a steep decline that has it tracking as the lowest-grossing live-action Star Wars film. Critics were divided, landing the film at 62% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Emerald Fennell’s bold reimagining of Emily Brontë’s classic novel follows the consuming, destructive love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff against the windswept Yorkshire moors.

Launching over Valentine’s Day weekend with starpower from Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, the film made two-thirds of its total overseas, led by the UK ($34.3M), Australia ($14.5M), and Italy ($12.8M). Despite a strong $37.5 million four-day domestic opening at #1, it dropped off quickly and finished with just $84 million domestically — a steep fall reviewers attributed to Fennell’s polarizing, modern reinterpretation of the source material.

A low-budget horror film centered on Nikki, a young woman whose fixation with a stranger spirals into a terrifying psychological nightmare that blurs the line between obsession and reality.

What began as a modest horror release became one of 2026’s biggest word-of-mouth phenomena. After opening to $17.1 million, Obsession actually increased its earnings in consecutive weekends — making $23.9 million and $27.3 million in weekends two and three. Its fourth weekend ($25.3 million) outgrossed its opening, an almost unheard-of trajectory for a horror film and a testament to strong audience buzz.

Adapted from Kane Parsons’ viral internet horror concept, the film traps its protagonist in an endless maze of unsettling, liminal office spaces — empty hallways and fluorescent-lit rooms that exist just beyond the edge of reality.

A24 found a record-breaking hit with 20-year-old director Kane Parsons’ feature debut, built on the massive online fandom behind his original creepypasta YouTube videos. The film opened to a studio-record $81.4 million domestically, though it saw a steep 67.7% drop in its second weekend. It has already outgrossed Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Supreme to become A24’s biggest box office performer ever.