Highest Grossing Movie Each Year

Can you name the movie that grossed the most money at the worldwide box office each year since 1977?

I will include an actor from the movie as a hint

Years marked in gold are animated movies

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Year	Box Office	Actor	Movie
2025	$2,259,822,417	Yanting Lü	Ne Zha 2
2024	$1,698,863,816	Amy Poehler	Inside Out 2
2023	$1,447,138,421	Margot Robbie	Barbie
2022	$2,320,631,329	Sam Worthington	Avatar: The Way of Water
2021	$1,910,982,770	Tom Holland	Spider-Man: No Way Home
2020	$469,119,320	Natsuki Hanae	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train
2019	$2,799,439,100	Chris Hemsworth	Avengers: Endgame
2018	$2,048,359,754	Josh Brolin	Avengers: Infinity War
2017	$1,332,539,889	Daisy Ridley	Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
2016	$1,153,296,293	Chris Evans	Captain America: Civil War
2015	$2,068,223,624	Adam Driver	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2014	$1,104,054,072	Mark Wahlberg	Transformers: Age of Extinction
2013	$1,284,879,663	Idina Menzel	Frozen
2012	$1,518,812,988	Robert Downey Jr.	The Avengers
2011	$1,341,511,219	Alan Rickman	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
2010	$1,066,969,703	Tom Hanks	Toy Story 3
2009	$2,743,577,587	Zoe Saldaña	Avatar
2008	$1,003,845,358	Heath Ledger	The Dark Knight
2007	$960,996,492	Keira Knightley	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2006	$1,066,179,725	Johnny Depp	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2005	$895,921,036	Emma Watson	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2004	$929,103,646	Mike Myers	Shrek 2
2003	$1,118,887,224	Ian McKellen	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002	$923,015,234	Elijah Wood	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001	$974,755,371	Daniel Radcliffe	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Year	Box Office	Actor	Movie
2000	$546,388,108	Tom Cruise	Mission: Impossible II
1999	$924,305,084	Ewan McGregor	Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1998	$553,709,788	Bruce Willis	Armageddon
1997	$1,843,373,318	Leonardo DiCaprio	Titanic
1996	$306,173,844	Will Smith	Independence Day
1995	$327,225,643	Brad Pitt	Seven
1994	$771,055,561	James Earl Jones	The Lion King
1993	$978,167,947	Jeff Goldblum	Jurassic Park
1992	$346,492,782	Robin Williams	Aladdin
1991	$248,822,835	Paige O'Hara	Beauty and the Beast
1990	$290,177,167	Macaulay Culkin	Home Alone
1989	$401,188,924	Michael Keaton	Batman
1988	$238,093,220	Bob Hoskins	Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1987	$167,780,960	Tom Selleck	Three Men and a Baby
1986	$176,916,025	Val Kilmer	Top Gun
1985	$224,260,502	Meryl Streep	Out of Africa
1984	$234,760,911	Eddie Murphy	Beverly Hills Cop
1983	$252,601,637	Harrison Ford	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1982	$359,307,315	Drew Barrymore	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1981	$216,385,706	Christopher Reeve	Superman II
1980	$209,398,025	Carrie Fisher	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1979	$106,260,000	Dustin Hoffman	Kramer vs. Kramer
1978	$160,018,339	John Travolta	Grease
1977	$307,263,857	Mark Hamill	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope