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The 10 Biggest Movies of 2016

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Released on December 16, Rogue One grossed more than $725 million before the year was out, and will likely pass $1 billion in ticket sales.

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Suicide Squad did more than $745 million in ticket sales despite receiving poor reviews and not releasing in China – an indication of strong interest in Time Warner’s DC movie universe. A spinoff built around the movie’s Harley Quinn character is in the works.

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Suicide Squad

Warner’s return to J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World franchise got off to a sound start with Fantastic Beasts and its roughly $775 million in 2016 ticket sales.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Fox’s Deadpool grossed more than $783 million on a $58 million production budget, making it the most profitable film of 2016.

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Deadpool

Batman v Superman had the year’s biggest domestic opening ($166 million) and went on to do $873 million in global ticket sales – making it the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2016.

Batman v Superman

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Comcast’s The Secret Life of Pets was one of the year’s biggest breakout hits, grossing more than $875 million worldwide and adding to a run of successful projects from the company’s Universal Pictures division.

The Secret Life of Pets

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Disney’s live-action Jungle Book did roughly $967 million at movie theaters in 2016. With that kind of performance, it’s no surprise that the company is working on a sequel.

The Jungle Book

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Zootopia released March 30 and went on to gross roughly $1.02 billion in global ticket sales, making it the third-highest-grossing new film property ever and 2016’s third-highest-grossing film.

Zootopia Zootopia

Finding Dory delivered the year’s best domestic gross with roughly $486 million in ticket sales. By the end of 2016, the picture had taken in roughly $1.03 billion worldwide – another huge hit for Pixar.

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Finding Dory Finding Dory

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Captain America: Civil War pulled in $1.15 billion, making it the top-grossing film of 2016 and proving the strength of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. The 14 films in the MCU have done nearly $11 billion in combined ticket sales, and new entries in the Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor, and Spider-Man series are on deck for 2017.

Captain America: Civil War

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