Disney crosses $2 billion at the North American box office; becomes the only studio to do so this year | Hollywood News
Walt Disney Studios has just crossed the $2 billion mark in North America, becoming the only studio to achieve this feat. Disney has had quite an eventful year with multiple blockbuster releases in 2024. Inside Out 2, the sequel to one of the most successful animated movies of all time, sits on the no. 1 spot in the animated releases category. The movie collected over 1.6 billion worldwide, with $658 million coming from the US alone.
While Deadpool and Wolverine got mixed reviews from critics, it cemented its place right behind Inside Out 2 in US rankings. Disney has crossed this threshold seven times since 2010. One has to really focus on the studio’s game plan and try to understand what they are doing with their projects to reach these outlandish numbers.
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Disney changed their stencil during Covid and adapted to the times with Disney+ and their partnership with Hotstar. While the plan worked to some degree, after a change in adminration, the studio seems to be doing better than ever before. The house of the mouse seems to be understanding the needs of its market and that too with a highly diverse audience.
Both of their biggest releases this year sit on completely different ends of the genre spectrum. But under the adminration of Bob Iger, the motion picture studio has released three of the top 5 films this year, with the third being Moana 2. Both Inside Out 2 and Moana 2 were under the threat of possible scrutiny, as they were both sequels to high-grossing films. Critics wondered whether both films will just prove to be just cash cows and will fail when it comes to an effective narrative. While questions were raised regarding Moana’s storyline, the film grossed over $300 million in the US.
With the release of Mufasa: The Lion King, the studio has yet another opportunity to add to these numbers with their competitors, like Universal and Paramount, right on their tails.
