24. THE WILD ROBOT
Universal Pictures | DreamWorks Animation • September 27, 2024 • Directed by Chris Sanders
Animation • Rated PG • 102 min • $78m Budget • $334,509,500 | Worldwide Box Office
23. MAXXXINE
A24 • July 5, 2024 • Directed by Ti West
Horror • Rated R • 101 min • $10m Budget • $22,057,160 | Worldwide Box Office
22. GLADIATOR II
Paramount Pictures • November 22, 2024 • Directed by Ridley Scott
Action • Rated R • 148 min • $310m Budget • $462,180,717 | Worldwide Box Office
21. HERETIC
A24 • November 8, 2024 • Directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods
Horror • Rated R • 111 min • $10m Budget • $60,040,465 | Worldwide Box Office
20. Dìdi (弟弟)
Focus Features • July 26, 2024 • Directed by Sean Wang
Drama • Rated R • 94 min • $4.5m Budget • $5,244,935 | Worldwide Box Office
19. FLOW
Sideshow | Janus Films • November 22, 2024 • Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
Animation • Rated PG • 85 min • $4m Budget • $30,899,104 | Worldwide Box Office
18. A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
Paramount Pictures • June 28, 2024 • Directed by Michael Sarnoski
Horror • Rated PG-13 • 100 min • $67m Budget • $261,907,653 | Worldwide Box Office
17. NO OTHER LAND
mTuckman Media • August 30, 2024 • Directed by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Documentary • Not Rated • 96 min • $3,651,497 | Worldwide Box Office
16. CONCLAVE
Focus Features • October 25, 2024 • Directed by Edward Berger
Drama • Rated PG • 120 min • $20m Budget • $127,848,258 | Worldwide Box Office
15. NOSFERATU
Focus Features • December 25, 2024 • Directed by Robert Eggers
Horror • Rated R • 132 min • $50m Budget • $181,954,339 | Worldwide Box Office
14. SMILE 2
Paramount Pictures • October 18, 2024 • Directed by Parker Finn
Horror • Rated R • 127 min • $28m Budget • $138,128,854 | Worldwide Box Office
13. IMMACULATE
NEON • March 22, 2024 • Directed by Michael Mohan
Horror • Rated R • 89 min • $9m Budget • $34,853,031 | Worldwide Box Office
12. DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
Marvel Studios | Walt Disney Pictures • July 26, 2024 • Directed by Shawn Levy
Superhero • Rated R • 128 min • $200m Budget • $1,338,073,645 | Worldwide Box Office
11. WE LIVE IN TIME
A24 • October 11, 2024 • Directed by John Crowley
Drama • Rated R • 108 min • $20m Budget • $58,661,116 | Worldwide Box Office
10. FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
Warner Bros Pictures • May 24, 2024 • Directed by George Miller
Action • Rated R • 148 min • $168m Budget • $174,375,791 | Worldwide Box Office
9. WICKED
Universal Pictures • November 22, 2024 • Directed by Jon M. Chu
Musical • Rated PG • 160 min • $150m Budget • $765,103,982 | Worldwide Box Office
8. THE BRUTALIST
A24 • December 20, 2024 • Directed by Brady Corbet
Drama • Rated R • 216 min • $9.6m Budget • $50,450,318 | Worldwide Box Office
7. THE SUBSTANCE
MUBI • September 20, 2024 • Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Horror • Rated R • 102 min • $18m Budget • $77,316,812 | Worldwide Box Office
6. LONGLEGS
NEON • July 12, 2024 • Directed by Oz Perkins
Horror • Rated R • 101 min • $10m Budget • $127,961,936 | Worldwide Box Office
5. CIVIL WAR
A24 • April 12, 2024 • Directed by Alex Garland
Horror • Rated R • 109 min • $50m Budget • $127,268,065 | Worldwide Box Office
4. DUNE: PART TWO
Warner Bros Pictures • March 1, 2024 • Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Sci-Fi • Rated PG-13 • 166 min • $190m Budget • $714,844,358 | Worldwide Box Office
3. ALIEN: ROMULUS
20th Century Studios • August 16, 2024 • Directed by Fede Álvarez
Sci-Fi • Rated R • 119 min • $80m Budget • $350,865,342 | Worldwide Box Office
2. SKYWALKERS: A LOVE STORY
Netflix • July 19, 2024 • Directed by Jeff Zimbalist, Maria Bukhonina
Documentary • Rated R • 99 min
1. ANORA
NEON • October 18, 2024 • Directed by Sean Baker
Comedy • Rated R • 139 min • $6m Budget • $57,395,612 | Worldwide Box Office
OVERRATED FILMS OF 2024
(Films that everyone was raving about that fell a little flat for me)
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2024
(Films that I wanted to be good and had tons of potential, but were some of the worst films of the year)
VENOM: THE LAST DANCE
Sony | Columbia Pictures • October 25, 2024 • Directed by Kelly Marcel
Superhero • Rated PG-13 • 110 min • $120m Budget • $478,937,618 | Worldwide Box Office
THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1
Lionsgate • May 17, 2024 • Directed by Renny Harlin
Horror • Rated R • 91 min • $8.5m Budget • $48,166,448 | Worldwide Box Office
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
Warner Bros Pictures • October 4, 2024 • Directed by Todd Phillips
Drama • Rated R • 138 min • $200m Budget • $207,500,287 | Worldwide Box Office
“BEST OF” STATS
MONTH OF RELEASE
| January: | 0 releases |
| February: | 0 releases |
| March: | 2 releases |
| April: | 1 release |
| May: | 1 release |
| June: | 1 release |
| July: | 5 releases |
| August: | 2 releases |
| September: | 2 releases |
| October: | 4 releases |
| November: | 4 releases |
| December: | 2 releases |
FILMS WITH FEMALE OR DIVERSE LEADS / CO-LEADS
18 out of 24
| 1. “Alien: Romulus” | Cailee Spaeny |
| 2. “Anora” | Mikey Madison |
| 3. “Civil War” | Kirsten Dunst & Cailee Spaeny |
| 4. “Dìdi (弟弟)” | Izaac Wang |
| 5. “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” | Anya Taylor Joy |
| 6. “Heretic” | Sophie Thatcher & Chloe East |
| 7. “Immaculate” | Sydney Sweeney |
| 8. “Longlegs” | Maika Monroe |
| 9. “MaXXXine” | Mia Goth |
| 10. “No Other Land” | Basel Adra & Yuval Abraham |
| 11. “Nosferatu” | Lily-Rose Depp |
| 12. “A Quiet Place: Day One” | Lupita Nyong’o |
| 13. “Skywalkers: A Love Story” | Angela Nikolau |
| 14. “Smile 2” | Naomi Scott |
| 15. “The Substance” | Demi Moore & Margaret Qualley |
| 16. “We Live In Time” | Florence Pugh |
| 17. “Wicked” | Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande |
| 18. “The Wild Robot” | Lupita Nyong’o |
PASS THE BECHDEL TEST
(1) It has to have at least two [named] women in it
(2) Who talk to each other
(3) About something besides a man
14 out of 24
| 1. “Alien: Romulus” |
| 2. “Anora” |
| 3. “Civil War” |
| *4. “Dìdi (弟弟)” |
| 5. “Dune: Part Two” |
| 6. “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” |
| 7. “Heretic” |
| *8. “Immaculate” |
| 9. “Longlegs” |
| 10. “MaXXXine” |
| 11. “Nosferatu” |
| *12. “Smile 2” |
| 13. “We Live In Time” |
| 14. “Wicked” |
FEMALE / DIVERSE / INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORS
14 out of 24
| 1. “Alien: Romulus” | Fede Álvarez (Uruguayan) |
| 2. “Civil War” | Alex Garland (English) |
| 3. “Conclave” | Edward Berger (Swiss/Austrian) |
| 4. “Deadpool & Wolverine” | Shawn Levy (Canadian) |
| 5. “Dìdi (弟弟)” | Sean Wang |
| 6. “Dune: Part Two” | Denis Villeneuve (Canadian) |
| 7. “Flow” | Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia) |
| 8. “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” | George Miller (Australian) |
| 9. “Gladiator II” | Ridley Scott (English) |
| 10. “No Other Land” | Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor (Israel, Palestine) |
| 11. “Skywalkers: A Love Story” | Maria Bukhonina (Siberian) |
| 12. “The Substance” | Coralie Fargeat (French) |
| 13. “We Live In Time” | John Crowley (Irish) |
| 14. “Wicked” | Jon M. Chu |
STUDIO OF RELEASE
| A24: | 5 releases |
| Marvel | 20th Century: | 2 release |
| mTuckman Media: | 1 release |
| MUBI: | 1 release |
| NEON: | 3 releases |
| Netflix: | 1 release |
| Paramout: | 3 releases |
| Sideshow | Janus: | 1 releases |
| Universal | DreamWorks | Focus: | 5 releases |
| Warner Bros: | 2 releases |
GENRE OF RELEASE
| ACTION: | 2 releases |
| ANIMATION: | 2 releases |
| COMEDY | MUSICAL: | 2 releases |
| DOCUMENTARY: | 2 releases |
| DRAMA: | 4 releases |
| HORROR: | 9 releases |
| SCI-FI: | 2 releases |
| SUPERHERO: | 1 releases |
RATING OF RELEASE
| R: | 16 releases |
| PG-13: | 3 releases |
| PG: | 4 releases |
RUNTIME RANGES
0 – 90 MINUTES
• Flow
• Immaculate
90 – 120 MINUTES
• Alien: Romulus
• Civil War
• Dìdi
• Heretic
• Longlegs
• MaXXXine
• No Other Land
• A Quiet Place: Day One
• Skywalkers: A Love Story
• The Substance
• We Live In Time
• The Wild Robot
120 – 150 MINUTES
• Anora
• Conclave
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Gladiator II
• Nosferatu
• Smile 2
150 – 180 MINUTES
• Dune: Part Two
• Wicked
180+ MINUTES
• The Brutalist
PRODUCTION BUDGETS
$0 – $30 MILLION
(Low Budget)
• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dìdi
• Flow
• Heretic
• Immaculate
• Longlegs
• MaXXXine
• Smile 2
• The Substance
• We Live In Time
$30-100 MILLION
(Moderate Budget)
• Alien: Romulus
• Civil War
• Nosferatu
• A Quiet Place: Day One
• The Wild Robot
$100-$199 MILLION
(BIG Budget)
• Dune: Part Two
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Wicked
$200 MILLION PLUS
(MEGA Budget)
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Gladiator II
WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE
$0 – $30 MILLION
• Dìdi
• MaXXXine
• No Other Land
$30-100 MILLION
• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Flow
• Heretic
• Immaculate
• The Substance
• We Live In Time
$100-$199 MILLION
• Civil War
• Conclave
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Longlegs
• Nosferatu
• Smile 2
$200 MILLION PLUS
• Alien: Romulus
• Dune: Part Two
• Gladiator II
• A Quiet Place: Day One
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot
$800 MILLION PLUS
—
$1 bILLION PLUS
• Deadpool & Wolverine
FAVORITES OF 2024
| ACTION: | “Furiousa: A Mad Max Saga” |
| ANIMATION: | “Flow” |
| COMEDY: | “Anora” |
| DOCUMENTARY: | “Skywalkers: A Love Story” |
| DRAMA: | “The Brutalist” |
| HORROR: | “Longlegs” |
| INTERNATIONAL: | “No Other Land” |
| LOW BUDGET: | “Anora” |
| SCI-FI: | “Alien: Romulus” |
| SUPERHERO: | “Deadpool & Wolverine” |
| THRILLER: | “Civil War” |
| PERFORMANCE: | Mikey Madison – “Anora” |
| Jesse Plemmons – “Civil War” |
WORST OF 2024
WIDE RELEASE
FESTIVALS | DIGITAL RELEASES
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