20 Highest Grossing Movies Of 2016 - Ranked Worst To Best
Disney always wins, baby.
History dictates that just because a movie makes a dumptruck full of cash at the box office, that doesn't mean it's actually any good.
2016 supported this hypothesis perfectly, as about half of the year's 20 highest-grossing movies were either flat-out bad or at least eyebrow-raising, while the better movies on this list ranged from "good" to freaking awesome.
So, what else does this list tell us? Well, Disney can basically do no wrong both critically and commercially, Warner Bros. needs to get their franchises sorted out, and video game movies are still a pretty grim prospect.
Oh, and people keep talking about the superhero bubble bursting, but considering the comic book films on this list made almost $5 billion combined, it's safe to say that market isn't going away anytime soon.
Here are the 20 highest-grossing movies of 2016 ranked from worst to best...
20. Ice Age: Collision Course
Box Office: $407.7 million (#16 out of 20)
The fifth entry into the Ice Age franchise is even more soulless and irritating than the last one, a dull cash-grab sure to be the babysitting tool of lazy parents the world over.
Ice Age is the quintessential example of a franchise where most of the entries blur together into an inseparable gloop, because they're all so damn samey. Again, the movie milks some ultra-cheap sentiment to nothing but tumbleweed, and though Scrat provides some minor amusement, his best work is long behind him.
Sadly, while it initially seemed like an underwhelming box office performance might put the series out to pasture, it still ended up scraping back almost four-fold its budget. Horrid filmmaking on every level.