In 2024,Disneymanaged to achieve a major box office milestone that has only been achieved three times in cinema history. There were manysurprises at the 2024 box office, from movies likeFuriosa: A Mad Max Sagaunderperforming to the notable decrease in superhero movies making up the biggest earners. There were also severalbox office flops in 2024, including huge movies likeJoker: Folie à DeuxandMegalopolis.
On the flip side, several movies performed well at the box office in 2024 after a disappointing 2023. From the smaller movies that becamebox office success stories in 2024to the huge, blockbuster films likeDune: Part TwoandWicked, the year proved full of projects that earned big profits for major Hollywood studios. One such studio that had another expectedly successful year was Disney, which will undoubtedly continue withupcoming Disney moviestoo. 2024 marked a difference for Disney though, in that the studio managed to achieve something that has only been done three times before.
Every $1 Billion Movie In 2024 Came From Disney
Disney Claimed The $1 Billion Club For Itself
The milestone in question isDisney producing the only movies that crossed the $1 billion threshold in 2024. The first movie to do this wasInside Out 2in June 2024, which surpassed expectations and smashed multiple box office records, including becoming thehighest-grossing animated movieof all time. The second Disney-owned movie to cross $1 billion wasDeadpool & Wolverinein July 2024, the first MCU movie since 2019’sAvengers: Endgameto do so - not counting the Sony Pictures-producedSpider-Manmovies. The final movie to cross this milestone wasMoana 2.
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The only other movie that came close to crossing the $1 billion milestone in 2024 was Universal’sDespicable Me 4, which earned $969 million worldwide. Due to that movie falling short at the final hurdle, the 2024 $1 billion club consists of Disney-only movies. Both Marvel Studios (Deadpool & Wolverine) and Pixar (Inside Out 2) are subsidiaries of Walt Disney Studios, combining with the Walt Disney Animation Studios effort ofMoana 2to mark the fourth time in cinema history this has happened.
Disney Is The Only Studio To Ever Release Every $1 Billion Movie In A Single Year
With A Minimum Of Two Movies Released
What makes this feat even more impressive is that Disney is only competing with, well, Disney. The House of Mouse is the only studio to have released every $1 billion movie in a single year, going on to do so four times after the initial effort. The first came in 2010 when Disney releasedToy Story 3andAlice in Wonderland,which grossed $1.06 billion and $1.02 billion respectively. Three years later in 2013, the only movies to cross $1 billion wereIron Man 3andFrozen,both earning over $1.2 billion.
Another three years then passed before Disney completed the three-peat. This time, Disney’s success was even more unanimous and impressive, with the studio having four $1 billion movies in 2016. These wereCaptain America: Civil War($1.1 billion),Rogue One: A Star Wars Story($1.05 billion),Finding Dory($1.02 billion), andZootopia($1.02 billion). Eight years later, Disney repeated the impressive milestone with the three aforementioned movies, solidifying the studio as an undisputed king of the box office once more.
