This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2018.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Gross Notes 1 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle $37,233,653 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle reached the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. 2 $28,101,972 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle became the first film since Hidden Figures to top the box office in its fourth weekend of release. 3 $19,505,170 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle became the first film in 2018 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since The Revenant to top the box office in its fifth weekend. 4 Maze Runner: The Death Cure $24,167,011 5 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle $10,930,222 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle reclaimed the #1 spot on its seventh weekend of release, making it the first film since Avatar to top the box office in its seventh weekend. It also became the first film since Star Wars: The Force Awakens to top the box office for four weekends as well as the first film since The Martian to top the box office for four nonconsecutive weekends. 6 Fifty Shades Freed $38,560,195 7 Black Panther † $202,003,951 Black Panther broke Captain America: Civil Wars record ($179.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe outside of the Avengers films. It also broke Deadpools records ($132.4 million) for the highest weekend debuts in February, for a winter release, and for the President's Day weekend. 8 $111,658,835 9 $66,306,935 10 $40,817,579 Black Panther became the first film since Star Wars: The Force Awakens to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. 11 $26,650,690 Black Panther became the first film since Avatar to top the box office for five consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to top the box office in its fifth weekend. 12 Pacific Rim Uprising $28,116,535 During the weekend, Black Panther became the highest-grossing superhero film ever domestically, surpassing The Avengers. 13 Ready Player One $41,764,050 14 A Quiet Place $50,203,562 A Quiet Place broke The Conjurings record ($41.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original horror film. 15 Rampage $35,753,093 16 A Quiet Place $20,911,809 A Quiet Place reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. 17 Avengers: Infinity War $257,698,183 Avengers: Infinity War broke Furious 7s record ($147.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in April, Beauty and the Beasts record ($174.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spring release, The Avengers record ($207.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a superhero film and Star Wars: The Force Awakens records ($248 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Studios film, a 3D film, a PG-13-rated film, and of all-time. Its $640.5 million worldwide opening weekend broke Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justices record ($422.5 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend debut for a comic book film and The Fate of the Furious record ($541.9 million) for the highest worldwide opening of all-time. It had the highest weekend debut of 2018. 18 $114,774,810 Avengers: Infinity War broke Star Wars: The Force Awakens record (12 days) for the fastest film to gross $1 billion worldwide, crossing the mark in 11 days. 19 $62,078,047 20 Deadpool 2 $125,507,153 Deadpool 2 broke Its records for the highest grossing Thursday preview night ($13.5 million) and the biggest opening day ($50.4 million) for an R-rated film with $18.6 million and $53.3 million respectively. It also broke The Matrix Reloadeds record ($91.7 million) for the biggest opening weekend for an R-rated sequel. 21 Solo: A Star Wars Story $84,420,489 22 $29,396,882 23 Ocean's 8 $41,607,378 24 Incredibles 2 $182,687,905 Incredibles 2s opening day gross of $71.6 million broke Finding Dorys record ($54.7 million) for the highest opening day gross for an animated film. It also broke Finding Dorys records ($135.1 million) for the highest weekend debuts for a Pixar animated film, an animated film overall, and Beauty and the Beasts record ($174.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a PG-rated film. 25 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $148,024,610 Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom became the first two films to bring in over $100 million over two consecutive weekends since Shrek the Third and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End in 2007, and the first time this had ever happened over two non-holiday weekends. In second place, Incredibles 2s second-weekend gross of $80.9 million broke Finding Dorys record ($72.9 million) for the highest second-weekend gross for an animated film. 26 $60,912,195 27 Ant-Man and the Wasp $75,812,205 During the weekend, Incredibles 2 ($503.7 million) broke Finding Dorys record for the highest grossing animated film and highest grossing Pixar film of all time ($486.3 million) and became the first animated film to gross $500 million. 28 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation $44,076,225 29 The Equalizer 2 $36,011,640 30 Mission: Impossible – Fallout $61,236,534 31 $35,323,815 During the weekend, Black Panther became the first superhero film, and third film overall, to gross $700 million. 32 The Meg $45,402,195 The Meg broke Deep Blue Seas record ($19.1 million) for highest opening for a live-action shark film. 33 Crazy Rich Asians $26,510,140 34 $24,808,202 35 $21,964,345 During the weekend, Incredibles 2 became the first animated film to gross $600 million. 36 The Nun $53,807,379 37 The Predator $24,632,284 38 The House with a Clock in Its Walls $26,608,020 39 Night School $27,257,615 40 Venom $80,255,756 Venom broke Gravitys record ($55.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in October. 41 $35,006,107 42 Halloween $76,221,545 Halloween broke Friday the 13ths record ($40.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for a slasher film. 43 $31,419,070 44 Bohemian Rhapsody $51,061,119 45 The Grinch $67,572,855 The Grinch broke How the Grinch Stole Christmas record ($55 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Christmas-themed film. 46 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald $62,163,104 47 Ralph Breaks the Internet $56,237,634 In second place, Creed IIs $35.2 million opening weekend broke Creeds record ($30.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a boxing film and 101 Dalmatians record ($33.5 million) for the highest live-action Thanksgiving opening. 48 $25,566,945 49 $16,253,831 Ralph Breaks the Internet became the first animated film since Coco to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. 50 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse $35,363,376 Ralph Breaks the Internet and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse became the first two animated films to top the box office for four consecutive weekends since Finding Dory and The Secret Life of Pets in 2016. 51 Aquaman $67,873,522 52 $52,114,571

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 2018 by Calendar Gross Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross 1. Black PantherWalt Disney Studios Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Sterling K. Brown, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker and Andy Serkis Ryan Coogler $700,059,566 2. Avengers: Infinity War Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Peter Dinklage, Benedict Wong, Pom Klementieff, Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldaña, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin and Chris Pratt Anthony RussoandJoe Russo $678,815,482 3. Incredibles 2 voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huckleberry Milner, Samuel L. Jackson, Bob Odenkirk, Catherine Keener and Jonathan Banks Brad Bird $608,581,744 4. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Universal Pictures Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Toby Jones, Ted Levine, BD Wong and Jeff Goldblum J. A. Bayona $417,719,760 5. Deadpool 2 20th Century Fox Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T. J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand and Jack Kesy David Leitch $318,482,400 6. The Grinch Universal Pictures voices of Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Cameron Seely, Angela Lansbury and Pharrell Williams Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney $266,280,410 7. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Sony Pictures Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas and Bobby Cannavale Jake Kasdan $235,512,923 8. Mission: Impossible – Fallout Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan and Alec Baldwin Christopher McQuarrie $220,159,104 9. Ant-Man and the WaspWalt Disney Studios Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Tip "T.I." Harris, David Dastmalchian, Hannah John-Kamen, Abby Ryder Fortson, Randall Park, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne and Michael Douglas Peyton Reed $216,648,740 10. Solo: A Star Wars Story Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandiwe Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo and Paul Bettany Ron Howard $213,767,512

In-Year Release + Highest-grossing films of 2018 by In-year release Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1. Black Panther Disney $700,059,566 2. Avengers: Infinity War $678,815,482 3. Incredibles 2 $608,581,744 4. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Universal $416,769,345 5. Aquaman Warner Bros. $335,061,807 6. Deadpool 2 20th Century Fox $318,491,426 7. The Grinch Universal $270,620,950 8. Mission: Impossible – Fallout Paramount $220,159,104 9. Ant-Man and the Wasp Disney $216,648,740 10. Bohemian Rhapsody 20th Century Fox $216,428,042

+ Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2018 G Pandas PG Incredibles 2 PG-13 Black Panther R Deadpool 2

See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

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