--- description: Inside Out, Straight Outta Compton and Pitch Perfect 2 broke up the superhero movies and action flicks title: Here Are This Summer's Biggest Box Office Winners image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here Are This Summer's Biggest Box Office Winners  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 8, 2015 6:45 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 8, 2015 6:45 PM CUT Fall doesn’t officially start until later in September, but hey, Labor Day is over and Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back at Starbucks, so it’s safe to conclude that the summer blockbuster season is officially over. The infographic below, which features data from the firm Rentrak, charts the 10 top-grossing films of the season—and there’s good news for those worried about whether the recent proliferation of superhero movies and reboots spells the end of Hollywood creativity. Yes, there is no shortage of action in a little over half the list, but there are also movies like _Inside Out_ and _Straight Outta Compton_ that break up the flashy explosions and iconic costumes. And while _Pitch Perfect_ is no longer the little-musical-comedy-that-could given its fifth-place ranking, the sequel’s success—marked by a female-driven cast and [the rare woman director](http://time.com/3858530/elizabeth-banks-female-directors-pitch-perfect-2/ "undefined"), Elizabeth Banks—sets it apart from other franchises. **Read next:** [_Elizabeth Banks on Directing Pitch Perfect 2: ‘I’m Not Interested in Representing My Entire Gender’_](http://time.com/3858530/elizabeth-banks-female-directors-pitch-perfect-2/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4025249/summer-box-office-winners/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4025249/summer-box-office-winners/"},"headline":"Here Are This Summer's Biggest Box Office Winners","datePublished":"2015-09-08T18:45:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:45:41.542Z","description":"Jurassic World and Avengers: Age of Ultron ruled theaters","url":"https://time.com/4025249/summer-box-office-winners/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4025249/summer-box-office-winners/","name":"Here Are This Summer's Biggest Box Office Winners"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"100 Years of Blockbusters in 5 Minutes","description":"Time has taken the highest grossing film each year for the past century and crammed them into 5 and a half minutes. No Intermission.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/tfrXo5zL/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-02-12T15:57:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tfrXo5zL.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4025249/summer-box-office-winners/","duration":"PT5M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4025249/summer-box-office-winners/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```