Last week, we took a look at the top 20 circulating fiction books at the library over the course of the summer. This week, we’re going to see what were the most popular movies of the summer. The list ranges from 2016 Oscar winners to feel good family favorites!
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20.) Eye in the Sky
Total Circulation: 93
Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
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19.) Daddy’s Home
Total Circulation: 94
Brad Whitaker is a radio host trying to get his stepchildren to love him and call him Dad. But his plans turn upside down when their biological father, Dusty Mayron, returns.
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18.) Hail, Caesar!
Total Circulation: 96
A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio’s stars in line.
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17.) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Total Circulation: 99
Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance.
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16.) Norm of the North
Total Circulation: 99
When a real estate development invades his Arctic home, Norm and his three lemming friends head to New York City, where Norm becomes the mascot of the corporation in an attempt to bring it down from the inside and protect his homeland.
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15.) The Good Dinosaur
Total Circulation: 99
In a world where dinosaurs and humans live side-by-side, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
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14.) Kung Fu Panda 3
Total Circulation: 100
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Continuing his “legendary adventures of awesomeness”, Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home.
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13.) 45 Years
Total Circulation: 100
A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.
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12.) The Choice
Total Circulation: 102
Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life’s most defining events.
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11.) Room
Total Circulation: 107
A young boy is raised within the confines of a small shed.
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10.) Race
Total Circulation: 108
Jesse Owens’ quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy.
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9.) In the Heart of the Sea
Total Circulation: 109
A recounting of a New England whaling ship’s sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
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8.) 13 Hours
Total Circulation: 115
During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
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7.) The Finest Hours
Total Circulation: 132
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
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6.) My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Total Circulation: 136
A Portokalos family secret brings the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding.
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5.) The Revenant
Total Circulation: 139
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
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4.) Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Total Circulation: 162
A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.
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3.) Brooklyn
Total Circulation: 162
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
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2.) Zootopia
Total Circulation: 172
In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.
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1.) Joy
Total Circulation: 191
Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.
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