Walt Disney : Studios Hits $7 Billion in Global Box Office for 2018
December 10, 2018 at 04:15 pm EST
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On December 9, 2018, The Walt Disney Studios surpassed $7 billion in global box office for the calendar year. This is only the second time in history any studio has surpassed the $7 billion mark, after Disney's own industry-record 2016 global gross of $7.6 billion.
The Studios' estimated international box office gross through December 9 is an estimated $4.069 billion, marking our second biggest year and the third biggest in industry history.
With Disney's Mary Poppins Returns set to open on December 19, the Studios' domestic box office through December 9 is an estimated $2.948 billion, approaching the $3 billion industry record set by Disney in 2016.
To date, four of the top eight worldwide releases of the year are from The Walt Disney Studios, including the top two global and top three domestic releases.
Marvel's Studios $2 billion hit Avengers: Infinity War is the No. 1 film of the year globally and internationally and the No. 2 film of the year domestically, while Marvel Studios' Black Panther is the No. 1 film of the year domestically and No. 2 globally with $1.35 billion worldwide, including $700 million in the US/Canada. Pixar's Incredibles 2 is the biggest animated film in domestic history with $608.6 million and the No. 2 animated film of all time with $1.24 billion.
Other top titles from The Walt Disney Studios' in 2018 are Ant-Man and The Wasp, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Christopher Robin, as well as the new Walt Disney Animation Studios release Ralph Breaks the Internet, which recently marked its third consecutive week at No. 1 in the US and has earned nearly $260 million globally to date.
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The Walt Disney Company is a media and entertainment group. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by activity as follows:
- operation of theme parks and hotel resorts (33.9%): operation, as of 01/10/2022, of 10 theme parks (35 hotels) located in the United States (Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort and Aulani; 6 theme parks and 23 hotels), France (Disneyland Paris; 2 theme parks and 7 hotels), Japan (Tokyo Disney Resort; 2 theme parks and 5 hotels), Hong Kong (Hong Kong Disneyland; 1 theme park and 3 hotels) and China (Shanghai Disney Resort; 1 theme park and 2 hotels). The group is also involved in cruise sales (Disney Cruise Line), travel organization (Disney Vacation Club and Adventures By Disney), design and development of parks and other real estate properties, and sale of consumer products (children's books, toys, game software, films, etc.);
- operation of TV and radio channels (33.4%): domestic channels (Disney Channels, ESPN, ESPN Radio, Freeform, FX Channels and National Geographic Channels) and international channels (Disney, ESPN, Fox, National Geographic and Star). The group is also developing film post-production and website operation businesses;
- video streaming (23.1%);
- audiovisual content production and distribution (9.6%): TV programs, animated films, TV series, music, live entertainment, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Americas (81.5%), Europe (10.4%) and Asia/Pacific (8.1%).