At least three Disney theatrical releases could top the billion-dollar benchmark at the global box office this year.
Disney's post-pandemic box office has been riddled with starts and stops, but midway through 2024 the studio appears to have hit a groove.
Still to come this year is"Moana 2," the hotly anticipated sequel to 2016's"Moana," which was the most streamed movie of 2023.of all time, topping $1.5 billion at the global box office. Its first R-rated Marvel Cinematic Universe flick —"Deadpool & Wolverine" —Sign up for our free Olympics Headlines newsletter.
"The billion-dollar club, while growing ever less exclusive with each passing year, is no less a remarkable achievement for any film to join its ranks, particularly when one studio has the potential to land a trifecta of such hits for film released in the same year," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore."Such is the enviable position that Disney, after a fallow post-Pandemic period has returned to glory with a vengeance.
Franchises like Star Wars, Marvel, Avatar and Pixar have transcended the big screen to become popular theme park lands and TV shows, and characters from those films appear on merchandise. In the year before the pandemic, Disney had seven theatrical releases top $1 billion at the box office. However, theater closures and production shutdowns, coupled with a creative team that was stretched too thin, led to a cinematic slump for the company in recent years.
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