Google’s top trending movies of 2024 have been revealed, and there are some surprise omissions. 2024 has been a big release year, with box office successes coming both from MCU titles likeDeadpool & Wolverineand Disney fare such asMoana 2and Pixar’sInside Out 2. Universal’s musical adaptationWickedhas also been one of the big hits this fall, continuing to rage on at the box office past its third weekend in theaters. As the year continues, other big releases are planned, includingsequelSonic the Hedgehog 3, among others.

Now,Google has revealed their top trending searches for 2024 movies. This data refers to the searches that had a high spike in traffic over a sustained period in 2024 as compared with 2023. These movies do not necessarily have to have been released in 2024 to make the list. This year, the top 10 trending searches for movies include, in order,Inside Out 2,Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,It Ends with Us,Saltburn,Dune: Part Two,Twisters,Deadpool & Wolverine,Despicable Me 4,Terrifier 3, andAlien: Romulus. Check out the full list below:

David Howard Thornton’s Art the Clown grits his teeth while standing in front of a ceiling fan in Terrifier 3

What This Means For 2024 Movies

Saltburn Was Released In 2023

In general, the top trending Google searches for movies correlate with what has done well at the box office in 2024. Five of the ten titles (Inside Out 2,Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,Dune: Part Two,Deadpool & Wolverine, andDespicable Me 4) are also in thetop 10 highest-grossing movies of the yearat the worldwide box office so far. Another three (Twisters,It Ends With Us, andAlien: Romulus) are in the top 25. These trends make sense, as it is logical thatmovies that did well at the box office over a sustained period would also be Google searched.

Perhaps the most surprising entry on the list isSaltburn.Saltburnis the only one of the ten titles that was not released in 2024. Directed by Emerald Fennell,Saltburnis a psychological thrillerthat was released to relatively positive reviews last year. Scenes from the film, some of which were quite risqué, trended on TikTok for months after the movies came out.Saltburn’s inclusion on the top trending searches for 2024 shows that its virality extended far past its immediate post-release conversation.

Terrifier 3 Is A Standout Selection

While a lot of thisGoogletop 10 list is fairly predictable, such as the box office hitInside Out 2being the no. 1 trending search, it is more notable that bothSaltburnandTerrifier 3made the list.Terrifier 3is a horror film made on an incredibly small budget. Not only did it turn an immense profit at the box office, but its place on this elite list (among much higher-budget films) shows that the movie succeeded in being wrapped in the zeitgeist. It is heartening to see these smaller movies find success online amidst conventional blockbusters.