Disney has smashed its all-time annual global box office record, according to a report by The Wrap. The report claims that the company has raked in $7.67 billion in the past seven months.
Disney has been knocking it out of the park throughout this year. With the epic Avengers: Endgame and the nostalgia fuelled, live-action remake of The Lion King on the forefront of this success story; the former becoming the highest-grossing film of all-time at $2.79 billion.
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The report says:
“Once “Captain Marvel” released in March, Disney was off to the races with $1.12 billion worldwide.”
As well as the major success of these two Marvel films, they were also joined by a pair of two popular live-action remakes: the aforementioned The Lion King and Aladdin.
The report demonstrates that:
“They too were global hits as “Aladdin” passed the $1 billion mark this past Friday. “The Lion King” has been even bigger, as it is set to pass $1 billion worldwide after just two weekends in U.S. Theatres”
The final major player in this rapidly growing box office receipt is Pixar’s Toy Story 4 which
“has earned $917 million worldwide so far and will at least pass the domestic run of “Toy Story 3.”
These figures here tell us that these past few months have been lined up with a slate from Disney of major franchises released in close succession with each other.
We can clearly see this demonstrated further with the company’s previous box office, earning $7.61 billion, record break in 2016. With major franchises like Star Wars and Marvel to once again rely on that year.
Now, with further films like Frozen 2 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker still on the way, it is almost certain Disney will reach $9 billion before the year is out.
So, are you enjoying Disney’s recent releases? Any future release you’re hyped about? Let us know in the comments!
