A look back at the most popular entertainment of 2023 ....
RETROSPECT
Highest grossing films worldwide of 2023
Barbie (US$1.441 billion)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (US$1.363 billion)
Oppenheimer (US$954 million)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (US$845 million)
Fast X (US$714 million)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (US$690 million)
Full River Red ($673 million)
The Wandering Earth 2 (US$604 million)
The Little Mermaid (US$569 million)
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (US$567 million)
Most successful films of the 2023-2024 awards season (so far) according to Rotten Tomatoes
Oppenheimer (66 wins)
The Holdovers (31 wins)
Killers of the Flower Moon (26 wins)
Anatomy of a Fall (21 wins)
Barbie (21 wins)
Poor Things (19 wins)
The Zone of Interest (16 wins)
Past Lives (12 wins)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse (12 wins)
May December (10 wins)
Most-streamed artists globally on Spotify in 2023
Taylor Swift
Bad Bunny
The Weeknd
Drake
Peso Pluma
Feid
Travis Scott
SZA
Karol G
Lana Del Rey
Most-streamed songs globally on Spotify in 2023
‘Flowers’ by Miley Cyrus
‘Kill Bill’ by SZA
‘As It Was’ by Harry Styles
‘Seven (featuring Latto)’ by Jung Kook
‘Ella Baila Sola’ by Eslabon Armado, Peso Pluma
‘Cruel Summer’ by Taylor Swift
‘Creepin’’ by Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, 21 Savage
‘Calm Down’ by Rema, Selena Gomez
‘Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53’ by Bizarrap, Shakira
‘Anti-Hero’ by Taylor Swift
Most-streamed local artists in Pakistan on Spotify in 2023
Atif Aslam
Talha Anjum
Umair
Abdul Hannan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Talhah Yunus
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Rovalio
Asim Azhar
Young Stunners
Most-streamed Pakistani songs on Spotify in 2023
‘Kahani Suno 2.0’ by Kaifi Khalil
‘Iraaday’ by Abdul Hannan, Rovalio
‘Bikhra’ by Abdul Hannan, Rovalio
‘Siyah’ by Abdul Hannan, BAIG
‘Pasoori’ by Ali Sethi, Shae Gill
‘Tu Hai Kahan’ by AUR
‘Sukoon’ by Hassan & Roshaan, Shae Gill
‘Ik Lamha’ by Azaan Sami Khan
‘Downers At Dusk’ by Talha Anjum, Umair
‘Jo Tu Na Mila’ by Asim Azhar
