Disney Made A Ridiculous Amount Of Money At The Box Office In 2019

Disney Made A Ridiculous Amount Of Money At The Box Office In 2019

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 3, 2020 1:30 pm EST

Last year saw the indomitable slate of blockbusters from almost every division of the company, breaking the record for the most movies to surpass $1 billion worldwide in a calendar year, according to Variety. Those include Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel ($1.13 billion) and Avengers: Endgame ($2.8 billion); Disney’s live-action remakes Aladdin ($1.05 billion) and The Lion King ($1.66 billion); Pixar’s Toy Story 4 ($1.07 billon); and Disney’s own Frozen II ($1.26 billion); and of course Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker at $815.7 million worldwide, and growing. Domestically, Disney dominated the top of the box office, with Disney taking the top 6 slots with Endgame, The Lion King, Toy Story 4, Frozen II, Captain Marvel, and The Rise of Skywalker. No. 7 was a Marvel co-produced film, Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home.

Of course, Disney had its share of “failures,” with Dumbo earning just $353.3 million worldwide and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil disappointing domestically (but still doing a healthy $490.4 million internationally). But there’s no question that Disney now owns the box office in way that no studio ever has, or will again — including the House of Mouse itself.

The next few years will see Disney’s separate divisions scaling back, the MCU returns with smaller, standalone films like Black Widow, Lucasfilm has put Star Wars films on hold until at least 2022, and Disney live-action remake fatigue has begun to set in. With Disney+ becoming the dumping ground for titles that Disney doesn’t want to take a chance with at the box office, it’s likely Disney will never reach those record-breaking heights of 2019 again. But I’m sure they’ll find other means to own our souls.