library(robotstxt)
paths_allowed("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_film")
##  en.wikipedia.org
## [1] TRUE
library(rvest)

Read

url <- "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_film"
page <- read_html(url)

Extract

highest_grossing <- page |>
  html_element("table.wikitable") |>  # selects the first wikitable
  html_table()

View

head(highest_grossing)
## # A tibble: 6 × 4
##    Rank Title                 Distributor `Worldwide gross`
##   <int> <chr>                 <chr>       <chr>            
## 1     1 Inside Out 2          Disney      $1,698,863,816   
## 2     2 Deadpool & Wolverine  Disney      $1,338,073,645   
## 3     3 Moana 2               Disney      $1,059,242,164   
## 4     4 Despicable Me 4       Universal   $971,315,095     
## 5     5 Wicked                Universal   $756,535,681     
## 6     6 Mufasa: The Lion King Disney      $723,060,982