The Walt Disney Studios Posts USD 7.3B in Global Box Office And Record Domestic Year Of USD 3.09 Billion

With USD 7.3254 billion in global box office from January 1 through December 31, 2018, The Walt Disney Studios has posted the second biggest year in industry history, behind only Disney’s own 2016 record of USD 7.6053 billion. Disney remains the only studio to reach the USD 7 billion mark. Three of Disney’s releases hit the billion-dollar mark globally, including Avengers: Infinity War with USD 2.05 billion, Black Panther with USD 1.35 billion and Incredibles 2 with USD 1.24 billion, while Ant-Man and The Wasp surpassed USD 620 million.

Domestic box office of USD 3.0923 billion is a new industry record, ahead of Disney’s previous record of USD 3.0009 billion set in 2016. The studio released 10 films in 2018, including the top three industry releases of the year: Black Panther with USD 700 million to become the No. 3 film of all time; Avengers: Infinity War with $678.8 million, which ranks as the No. 4 film ever; and Incredibles 2 with USD 608.6 million to become the No. 1 animated release of all time and the No. 9 overall release in history. WithAnt-Man and The Wasp and Solo: A Star Wars Story, five of Disney’s 2018 releases have surpassed USD 200M domestically to date, the sixth consecutive year at least four of the studio’s releases have reached this milestone.

International box office of USD 4.2331 billion represents Disney’s second biggest year and the third best in industry history, withAvengers: Infinity War and Black Panther ranking as the No. 1 and No. 3 international releases of the year.

2018 is Disney’s third consecutive year over USD 6 billion, fourth consecutive year over $5 billion, and sixth consecutive year over USD 4 billion. It is also Disney’s fourth consecutive year over $2 billion domestically and third consecutive year over USD 4 billion internationally.

Capping 2018 are two new releases: Walt Disney Animation Studios’Ralph Breaks The Internet, which debuted over Thanksgiving and recently crossed USD 360 million worldwide, and Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns, which opened just ahead of Christmas and has brought in USD 200 million globally, including USD 115 million domestically and USD 33 million in the UK, in its first two weeks.Marking the year’s success, Alan Horn, Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios, said: “Thanks to the support of fans of Disney, Pixar, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm around the world, it’s been a monumental year for The Walt Disney Studios. I want to especially acknowledge Marvel Studios’ pivotal year, during which Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War sparked conversation and broke records and expectations to cap an unprecedented first decade for this exceptional studio. Right alongside these superheroic performances was the return of the Supers in Pixar’s Incredibles 2, bringing these beloved characters back to the screen with their powers stronger than ever. We truly appreciate the amazing talent of our studio team as well as the filmmakers and creative we’re fortunate to work with, and we look forward to a great 2019.”—BCS Bureau