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It was an exciting year, with superhero- on- superhero battles in Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the untold story of the stealing of the Death Star plans finally told in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and a live- action return to an animated Disney classic in The Jungle Book. Video game movies strove for another comeback with Assassin’s Creed and Warcraft, and late- year Oscar contenders like Moonlight and La La Land are still circulating in theaters. Also, Deadpool. Deadpool happened.

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to round up which movies made the biggest splash at the box office this year. For this list we’ve ranked according to worldwide totals, given the growing weight of international markets like China, but we’ve included both global and domestic box office numbers for each entry. Let’s count them down! Warcraft. Worldwide: $4.

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Domestic: $4. 7 million. Surprised by this entry? It’s understandable.

Warcraft did not perform very well at all in the U. S., which accounted for barely 1. U. S. Directed by Duncan Jones, Warcraft starred Vikings. This lavish fantasy film spent a long time in post- production due to the amount of special effects required to bring Azeroth to life. Critics were left pretty underwhelmed by Warcraft, which probably didn’t do it much favors at the box office, but for fans of the source material it was pretty gratifying to see their favorite characters brought to life in a big- budget extravaganza. No official word yet on a sequel, but if it does happen then it may end up skipping U.

S. Kung Fu Panda 3. Worldwide: $5. 21 million. Domestic: $1. 43 million. The first of several animated animal movies on this list, Kung Fu Panda 3 showed that audiences still love Jack Black- voiced martial arts expert Po, who is (in case the title doesn’t give it away) a panda.

The third movie in the series sees Po reunited with his biological father, Li Shan (voiced by Bryan Cranston), and facing off against a new adversary – a centuries- old Spirit Warrior called Kai (J. K. Simmons). Kung Fu Panda 3 proved to be perfect Spring moviegoing fare for parents with kids, and also performed extremely well in China, which accounted for $1. If you’re noticing a pattern, after Warcraft, of movies making the list thanks to their performance in China, then strap in, because that’s going to be a common theme among this year’s biggest worldwide box office hits. X- Men: Apocalypse.

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Worldwide: $5. 44 million. Domestic: $1. 55 million. Century Fox landed two big superhero movie hits this year (you can probably guess what the other one was), and while X- Men: Apocalypse received mixed reviews from critics and was, on the whole, one of the less successful entries in the X- Men universe, audiences still showed up to see the mutant team back in action. Taking the prequel series another decade forward – this time into the 1. Apocalypse introduced Oscar Isaac as its titular villain, an ancient and devastatingly powerful mutant, capable of bringing others under his sway.

Perhaps realizing that the roster of young X- Men weren’t enough by themselves to bring in the big numbers, Fox made the decision to reveal Hugh Jackman’s cameo role as Wolverine in the trailers, teasing a bloody sequence in which the clawed mutant escapes from the Alkali Lake facility. Wolverine can next be seen in his third standalone movie (and, theoretically, his final appearance in the role), Logan, which is set for release in March 2. The Mermaid (Mei ren yu)Worldwide: $5. China: $5. 26. 8 million. U. S.: $3. 2 million. We weren’t kidding when we said that China is a huge film market – to the point that it is expected to overtake the U. Download Sausage (2016) Movie here. S. Kung Fu Hustle director Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid grossed $5.

China alone – a noteworthy figure, given that no American movies came close to making that much domestically this year (the closest is Finding Dory, with $4. The Mermaid is a fantasy rom- com that stars Deng Chao as a wealthy businessman whose extermination of sea life in a wildlife reserve attracts the attention of merpeople living in the region. They send an assassin (Lin Yun) who is capable of blending in with humans to take him out, but after a series of failed attempts on his life the business tycoon finds himself falling for the beautiful mermaid instead.

For those who missed it during its limited U. S. Doctor Strange. Worldwide: $6. 57 million.

Domestic: $2. 29 million. The Doctor is in!

The latest Marvel Studios superhero origin story, starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the titular role, was a certified late- year success, even if its totals were rather modest compared to Marvel’s other 2. With horror movie veteran Scott Derrickson at the helm, Doctor Strangedelivered trippy visuals as Stephen Strange found himself spiralling through dimensions and having his mind opened wide following a car accident that crippled his hands and ended his career as a surgeon. Also starring Mads Mikkelsen (who makes an appearance in another movie on this list), Rachel Mc. Adams, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Tilda Swinton in a controversial piece of casting as the Ancient One, Doctor Strange featured a post- credits scene with Thor himself, thereby confirming that Cumberbatch will return to the role in next year’s Thor: Ragnarok. Suicide Squad. Worldwide: $7. Domestic: $3. 25 million. Task Force X might be the worst heroes ever – a tagline that critics vehemently agreed with – but that didn’t stop them cashing in at the box office like Captain Boomerang at a diamond exchange.

Directed by David Ayer, Suicide Squad was the third entry in Warner Bros.’ burgeoning DC Extended Universe, and the pressure was on for it to get the franchise back on track following the mixed reception of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Despite the rash of bad reviews, Suicide Squad was a box office hit that came close to matching Batman V Superman. If nothing else, it gave the world its first live- action version of Harley Quinn in a feature film, played by rising star Margot Robbie, who is set to reprise the role in Gotham City Sirens. The fate of Jared Leto’s Joker, who wasn’t quite so well- received, remains uncertain, however. Will we see him face off against Ben Affleck’s Batman, or will he be quietly filed away in the history books? Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Worldwide: $7. 50 million.

Domestic: $2. 21 million. The Harry Potter movie franchise may have concluded several years ago, but the world still has a bad case of Potter fever.

The wizard himself made a comeback onstage this year in the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and on the big screen Warner Bros. This franchise- starter followed eccentric animal lover Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) during one of his many trips around the world, with the wizard finding himself in hot water after accidentally letting his collection of strange creatures loose upon the city. Fantastic Beasts. The movie made a significant chunk of its total (more than $5. Newt Scamander and Harry Potter’s native home, the U.

K., and also landed well in China, where it made $8. Those numbers definitely bode well for the future of the wizarding world. Deadpool. Worldwide: $7. Domestic: $3. 63 million. Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick’s script for Deadpool made 2. Century Fox rather nervous, in large part because the screenwriters were dead set against toning it down so that the movie could get a PG- 1. R- rated comic book movies had been made before, certainly, but cutting out kids and young teens as an audience was a big risk.

When the movie was eventually green lit, director Tim Miller had to make do with a far more modest budget than the rest of the X- Men movies were permitted – something that was worked into the movie by Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) forgetting his ammo bag, thereby cutting the cost of a massive shootout.