by: keaton marcus

It’s Mostly Cause of “Avengers: Endgame”, but Disney is on Record Pace

Disney, and Buena Vista have taken over the box office for a long, long time—and since the year 2000, the massive studio has won the yearly market share six times, in the years 2000, 2003, 2016, 2017, 2018, and this year. If you noticed, since the collaborations with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Disney has been thriving more than ever—and furthermore, of the Disney share this year, a Marvel picture, Avengers: Endgame, has taken a massive 39% of the total 2.1 billion dollars grossed so far.

Here is a list of the top four films produced by Disney/Buena Vista/Marvel and their grosses and collaboration to the total gross:

The biggest film this year for Disney is Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, which has taken the leading 39% of the studio grosses this year domestically. The film has grossed 851.9M in North America, and 1.9B overseas for a worldwide total of 2.781B. This makes it second domestically all-time, and runner-up globally all-time. This is one of the examples of the sheer force that Marvel has brought Disney.

Another Marvel production is number two for Disney this year, Captain Marvel, which has taken about 20% of the studio earnings. The film ended grossing an impressive 426.8M domestically, along with 701.4M in foreign territories for a worldwide tally of 1.128B. The picture is 21st all-time in North America, and 22nd all-time worldwide.

A collaboration with Disney and Pixar holds in third for the year, Toy Story 4, which has contributed to about 16% of the totals this year. Currently, the animated flick has earned 349.4M domestically, and an additional 427.2M overseas, resulting in a global total of 776.7M. These grosses make the hit 51st all-time domestically, and 92nd all-time worldwide.

The one film in the top four that wasn’t a collaboration was Disney’s reboot, Aladdin, which accounted for about 15% of all studio grosses this year. The film tallied 332.6M domestically, with 629.7M overseas for a global bout of 962.4M. The earnings make the live-action reboot 61st domestically and 45th worldwide.

Yes, Disney has been a behemoth in the box office this year, grossing 35% of the entire film industry’s earnings this year, leading the group by more than 20%. As you also have noticed, three of the top four Disney pictures this year have been collaborations wth either Marvel or Pixar, proving once again that the giant studio does better with collabs. Already having grossed 2.1B, the studio is also on pace to have it’s second biggest year of all-time, about 300 million behind last year. With The Lion King coming just next weekend, we’re looking for some more box office hits. Keep checking Box Office Face Offs for more updates!