Disney has achieved a significant milestone, becoming the first studio to surpass $5 billion in global box office revenue for 2023. Despite a slightly underwhelming debut for 'Mufasa: The Lion King,' Disney's success is attributed to numerous blockbusters across its various divisions, including Pixar's 'Inside Out 2,' Marvel's 'Deadpool & Wolverine,' and the promising 'Moana 2.'
Mere days after it became the first studio to pass the $2 billion mark domestically this year, Disney has achieved an even bigger victory by becoming the first studio to generate more than $5 billion globally. Disney has seen most of its verticals deliver major hits this year, even though its latest release — Mufasa: The Lion King — emerged as a bit of a disappointment last week. A sequel to 2019’s The Lion King remake, which grossed over $1.
The majority of the studio’s global revenue came from two films — Pixar’s Inside Out 2, which grossed nearly $1.7 billion worldwide, and Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine, which made over $1.3 billion. More recently, the studio’s Moana 2 emerged as another possible contender for the billion-dollar club; the animated sequel has made nearly $800 million worldwide so far.
Incidentally, each of these movies also received positive reviews. This is about as remarkable as the commercial success, because the post-pandemic era has been hit-or-miss on both fronts for mainstream fare. Disney is the first studio to pass the $5 billion milestone in a calendar year since 2019; it’s the sixth time since 2010 that the studio has hit this benchmark.
Unwanted Franchise Movies Took a Hit This Year Close What’s also clear with this year’s slate of Disney hits is that there’s enough of an audience for all kinds of cinema, as long as it’s IP-related. Unlike 2023, when two of the biggest hits were Barbie and Oppenheimer, the highest-grossing films of 2024 are all a part of some franchise or another. But with the massive under-performance of Warner Bros.
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