There is no doubt that 2026 is turning out to be a successful year for the North American box office. At the time of writing, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is the top-grossing film domestically with a $415.2 million current domestic haul. In the No. 2 position is Ryan Gosling’s sci-fi movie Project Hail Mary, which has earned $332 million so far, followed by Antoine Fuqua’s musical drama Michael, which has grossed $263.7 million as of now.
One common thing among all these top-grossing films in North America is how strongly they opened domestically during their three-day weekend. Here are the top five 2026 films that scored the biggest domestic openings, as per Box Office Mojo.
Top Five Biggest Opening Weekends of 2026 (North America)
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: $131.7 million
- Michael: $97.2 million
- Project Hail Mary: $80.5 million
- The Devil Wears Prada 2: $76.7 million
- Scream 7: $63.6 million
From the above figures, it is clear that only one film so far in 2026 has delivered a domestic opening of over $100 million – The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($131.7 million). Although Michael came quite close with an impressive $97.2 million debut.
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Interestingly, the combined domestic opening figures for the top 5 debuts of 2026 total $449.7 million. In comparison, the cumulative total of the top five opening weekends at the domestic box office in 2025 was $698.4 million, which is around 55% higher than in 2026. However, with several eagerly anticipated Hollywood films yet to be …read more
Disclaimer : This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by FilmyFriday. Source:: koimoi.com
