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While "Captain Marvel" is the first true blockbuster of the year and rebounded a sluggish 2019 box office, it's not the only movie to be popular with audiences.
"How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" and M. Night Shyamalan's "Glass" have grossed over $100 million.
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The surprise hit of the year, though, is "The Upside," a remake of the French movie, "The Intouchables," starring Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart. The comedy has also grossed over $100 million and was made for $37.5 million.
It's still early, so box-office disappointments are still among the highest-grossing movies of the year. "The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part" has grossed $101 million in the US since debuting over a month ago, while its predecessor had already made over double that in the same amount of time in 2014.
James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez's big-budget "Alita: Battle Angel" has made just $82 million in the US, but its worldwide box office has kept it from being a complete disaster. It's made $394 million worldwide and had a $170 million production budget.
Business Insider will keep a running list of the highest-grossing movies in the US as 2019 continues. All numbers are based on figures from Box Office Mojo, unless otherwise stated.
Below are the 9 highest-grossing movies at the US box office in 2019, so far:
What critics said: "Henson is a gifted actress and physical comedian. She manages to hold together "What Men Want" with the sheer force of her powerful charisma, but the film around her is harried, messy and woefully underwritten." — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times
8. "Escape Room"
Release date: January 4
Domestic gross so far: $56,531,110
Worldwide gross so far: $141,831,110
Estimated production budget: $9 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 48%
What critics said: "Escape Room is a throwback without the bite, a bloodless PG-13 thriller that recalls the mechanized horror trend while sanding off its serrated edges." — Scott Tobias, NPR
7. "Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral"
Release date: March 1
Domestic gross so far: $59,068,015
Worldwide gross so far: $59,798,037
Estimated production budget: N/A
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 13%
What critics said: "It's lights out for Madea as Tyler Perry ends the drag reign of his most beloved comic creation. This is the 11th and final film in the Madea franchise, and it's a slack, formless, monotonous mess. And yet Madea still gets in her licks. Your call." — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
6. "Alita: Battle Angel"
Release date: February 14
Domestic gross so far: $81,821,539
Worldwide gross so far: $394,045,377
Estimated production budget: $170 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 60%
What critics said: "It's goofy as hell and borderline inexcusable at times, but it's also kind of glorious." — Sam Adams, Slate
5. "The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part"
Release date: February 8
Domestic gross so far: $101,319,713
Worldwide gross so far: $171,419,713
Estimated production budget: $100 million (Source: IMDbPro)
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 86%
What critics said: "Far from awesome, it settles for being just OK -- lacking the surprise that elevated the original, while appearing reasonably content to simply follow the instructions." — Brian Lowry, CNN
4. "The Upside"
Release date: January 11
Domestic gross so far: $105,875,578
Worldwide gross so far: $118,425,578
Estimated production budget: $37.5 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 41%
What critics said: "It's a film that contains complicated, sad, interesting ideas rarely expressed on screen... but whose package is fundamentally unsuited to showcase those ideas, like a sweater with the holes in all the wrong places." — Emily Yoshida, Vulture
3. "Glass"
Release date: January 18
Domestic gross so far: $110,520,530
Worldwide gross so far: $246,033,190
Estimated production budget: $20 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 37%
What critics said: "The kind of depressing misfire that hurts even more given what it could have been." — Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
2. "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World"
Release date: February 22
Domestic gross so far: $135,643,095
Worldwide gross so far: $466,543,095
Estimated production budget: $129 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 91%
What critics said: "So much of The Hidden World is stuffed with filler material. But in certain wordless moments, this grand final entry really sings." — David Sims, The Atlantic
1. "Captain Marvel"
Release date: March 8
Domestic gross so far: $266,213,933
Worldwide gross so far: $762,083,380
Estimated production budget: N/A
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 79%
What critics said: "As shaky and unfocused as "Captain Marvel" often seems, it manages to reach its destination with confidence. In the end, Larson sticks the landing, albeit with something more muted than absolute triumph." — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
