Prior to merging with Fox next quarter in 2019, Walt Disney Studios is celebrating a $7 billion global B.O. win for 2018 YTD. It’s the second time in history any studio has surpassed the $7B mark, after Disney’s own industry-record 2016 global gross of $7.6B. Broken down, Disney earned an estimated $4.069B overseas through Dec. 9, marking the studio’s second biggest year and the third biggest in industry history.
Disney once again led all studios and on Sunday celebrated its own milestone: Its 2018 slate, led by Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Incredibles 2, has generated north of $3 billion domestically to top the industry mark Disney set in 2016 when it hit $3 billion, a first for any distributor.
It may be uncommon for now, but with Disney having eaten so many companies (and surely looking at more), I'm sure passing 7 billion will become a yearly thing for them.
Listening to most often lately:
Ariana Grande ~ "we can't be friends (wait for your love)"
Ariana Grande ~ "imperfect for you"
Kacey Musgraves ~ "The Architect"
Disney hit a major box office milestone, crossing the all-time record for global ticket sales for a single studio. After this weekend, the company has surpassed $7.67 billion worldwide, smashing the benchmark previously set by Disney in 2016 with $7.61 billion. Also this weekend, Disney became the first studio to hit the $5 billion mark overseas with an estimated $5.09 billion to date.
And that number will only increase with Frozen 2 and The Rise of Skywalker later this year, not to mention The Lion King and even Toy Story 4 are still running strong.
We’re a dyad in the Force. Two that are one. "I offered you my hand once. You wanted to take it." - Kylo Ren "I did want to take your hand. Ben's hand." - Rey
I would’ve thought they’d already be way past that what with Toy Story 4, Avengers: Endgame, The Lion King, and Aladdin.
Listening to most often lately:
Ariana Grande ~ "we can't be friends (wait for your love)"
Ariana Grande ~ "imperfect for you"
Kacey Musgraves ~ "The Architect"
I know that. That's why I didn't mention Maleficent, which has a low domestic gross.
Listening to most often lately:
Ariana Grande ~ "we can't be friends (wait for your love)"
Ariana Grande ~ "imperfect for you"
Kacey Musgraves ~ "The Architect"
I'm sorry if that came across snippy. I had just edited part of my post that mentioned Maleficent's 500 million intake because I knew that was international just before you posted, and I thought that might be what you were referring to.
Listening to most often lately:
Ariana Grande ~ "we can't be friends (wait for your love)"
Ariana Grande ~ "imperfect for you"
Kacey Musgraves ~ "The Architect"
I'm glad. I've often found I offend people even when I'm not trying to my whole life. The past few years I've fallen into a bad habit of not even bothering to try anymore, but decided lately that it's always worth trying regardless of how other people act or react.
Listening to most often lately:
Ariana Grande ~ "we can't be friends (wait for your love)"
Ariana Grande ~ "imperfect for you"
Kacey Musgraves ~ "The Architect"
So Disney made 3 billion more than last year.... And that itself was a record. I'm not saying this with awe; I'm more disturbed that one studio is pulling so much money in now.
Listening to most often lately:
Ariana Grande ~ "we can't be friends (wait for your love)"
Ariana Grande ~ "imperfect for you"
Kacey Musgraves ~ "The Architect"
Disney's Divinity wrote:So Disney made 3 billion more than last year.... And that itself was a record. I'm not saying this with awe; I'm more disturbed that one studio is pulling so much money in now.
The difference is that the money from last year came from Marvel and Pixar, while this year everything they released was successful except Dumbo and Maleficent.