The 10 highest-grossing movies of 2016, ranked by Jason Guerrasio on Dec 29, 2016, 1:44 PM Advertisement
 The movie industry had another banner year as it took in over $11.1 billion in global ticket sales, surpassing last year's record figure. Some reasons for that included Marvel, a guy in red tights, and animated movies. Disney was the biggest contributor to the record-breaking year, taking in over $7 billion at the worldwide box office thanks to titles like "Captain America: Civil War," "Finding Dory," and "Zootopia," which all earned over $1 billion in worldwide earnings. Five of the top 10 worldwide box-office earners of 2016 are Disney titles (domestically it gets six out of the top 10). Outside of the house that Walt built, 20th Century Fox's "Deadpool" was the biggest shock, taking in huge coin. And though they had lousy reviews, Warner Bros.' DC Comics movies "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Suicide Squad" still took in impressive figures. Below are the 10 biggest worldwide box-office earners of 2016, and why "Rogue One" will climb up this list daily through the new year. Note: All figures are from Box Office Mojo. SEE ALSO: The 10 biggest box office bombs of 2016 10. "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" — $675 million worldwide (estimate)*  *"Rogue One" is still a new release in theaters and will climb higher even by the end of the year. US domestic: $400 million (by end of weekend) With over $635 million worldwide at the time of this writing, we had to pull out the crystal ball for this one, since the latest "Star Wars" movie is rising up the box-office charts on a daily basis. Though "Doctor Strange" is currently in 10th place with a $656.4 million worldwide take, "Rogue One" will surpass that within the next day. As with "The Force Awakens" last year, Disney has masterfully made the last few weeks of the year its time to dominate the movie business with a "Star Wars" release. It should be just under first place at the domestic box office by the time the new year hits.
9. "Suicide Squad" — $745.6 million  Domestic: $363 million Despite bad reviews, this DC title from Warner Bros. continued to plug away at the box office. After having the biggest opening weekend of all time for an August release and then sales dropping almost 67.5% in its second weekend domestically, the movie found its groove. And it certainly helped that it took in over $400 million internationally.
8. "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" — $746.1 million  Domestic: $217.3 million *Still in theaters Though the "Harry Potter" spin-off movie isn't making the enormous figures that Warner Bros. saw with the "Potter" franchise, it still came in as the studio's third-highest earner of the year domestically.
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