Iron Man 3 easily won the title of the highest-grossing movies of 2013, raking in over $1.2 billion worldwide. The next three spots on the list went to Despicable Me 2 ($918 million), Fast & Furious 6 ($788 million) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($771 million).
Of the top 20 highest-grossing films, 16 of them were sequels or based on books, comics or existing intellectual properties.
Of the fourfilmsnot relying on brand-name recognition, Gravity ($652 million) was the highest in seventh place. The other three “original” films were The Croods, Pacific Rim, and Now You See Me.
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Top 20 highest-grossing films of 2013:
1. Iron Man 3 – $1,215,439,994
2. Despicable Me 2 – $918,573,535
3. Fast & Furious 6 – $788,679,850
4. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – $771,484,011
5. Monsters University – $743,559,607
6. Man of Steel – $662,845,518
7. Gravity – $652,394,288
8. Thor: The Dark World – $627,858,622
9. The Croods – $587,204,668
10. World War Z – $540,007,876
11. Oz the Great and Powerful – $493,311,825
12. Star Trek Into Darkness – $467,365,246
13. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – $426,244,000
14. The Wolverine – $414,828,246
15. Pacific Rim – $407,602,906
16. GI Joe: Retaliation – $375,740,705
17. Frozen – $363,012,773
18. Now You See Me – $351,723,989
19. The Hangover Part III – $351,000,072
20. The Great Gatsby – $348,840,419
Source: Box Office Mojo
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