15 Highest Grossing Movies Of The Decade: Ranked Worst To Best

8. Jurassic World

Worldwide Box Office: $1.670 billion

All-Time Ranking: #4

2010s Ranking: #2

A late-in-the-day sequel that doubled as a soft-reboot of the franchise, did anybody expect Jurassic World to be as successful as it was? Yes, people like dinosaurs and, yes, people still love Jurassic Park, but would they actually turn out for a CG extravaganza? After all, the previous two follow-ons had been serious misfires that had left JP4 stalled for a decade.

Turns out that they would, to a tune that made The Avengers blush. Why it worked so well is now blatantly obvious - Pratt, dinos, international appeal, branding, nostalgia - but first hearing those record-breaking weekend numbers was quite a shock. To put it in perspective, the much more hyped Star Wars: The Force Awakens only made 20% than this. No wonder Colin Trevorrow is set to direct Episode IX.

In all fairness to World, it is the best (or rather, least awful) sequel and from its send-up of the original park's reveal to the T. Rex vs. I. Rex fight is an awful lot of fun, but there's nothing to tip it over the edge to quite deserve such success; it doesn't steer into the cynicism of product placement and corporately mandated repetition enough to justify outright doing it itself, meaning it feels a little too much like another Hollywood product.