If 2024 will be remembered for anything, it will be Disney’s absolute resurgence at the box office.
After a series of non-event movies in 2023, namely Pixar’s Elemental, Marvels, Haunted Mansion, and Wish, the Mouse House is back on fire this year, earning $2 billion for the three films. It became the only film studio to surpass that milestone. Inside Head 2 ($652.9 million), among the top five films, Deadpool and Wolverine, the highest-grossing R-rated films of all time ($636.7 million), and Moana 2 ($342 million) . And that number will only increase with the release of Mufasa this Friday, with the prequel’s opening box office set at $50 million. Searchlight’s James Mangold’s Bob Dylan film Complete Unknown will also be released on Christmas Day.
Disney’s domestic tally includes box office revenue from 20th Century Studios and the Searchlight label.
This is the second time since 2019 that Disney has surpassed $2 billion, and the last time will be in 2022. It is also the seventh time since 2010 that Disney has surpassed $2 billion in box office revenue in the United States and Canada.
Pixar’s Inside Head 2 became the 11th highest-grossing movie of all time at the domestic box office, and the highest-grossing domestically released animated film of all time. Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine is the second-highest-grossing film of 2024 and the 12th highest-grossing film in the United States. Moana 2 is currently the fifth-highest grossing movie of the year. Disney’s 20th Century label’s “Planet of the Apes” and “Alien: Romulus” also grossed $171 million and $105 million, respectively.
The Bob Chapek Disney era ramped up a ton of content to meet the demands of the launch of Disney+ and audience desire for streaming during the coronavirus pandemic, but what we’re seeing now is This is the result of the Eiger administration. His mission since taking over from Čapek, expressed at a town hall in November 2023, is that “when it comes to creativity, quality is of course important, and in many ways quantity can destroy quality.” I think there is.”
