As of this weekend, Ant - Man has officially crossed the $ 500 million mark
in global box office receipts.
That's still true to an extent, but streaming services and a
more global box office have dramatically shifted our expectations for when great movies can come our way.
After just 26 days in theaters, and having only opened in the massive Chinese market this weekend, Black Panther has passed $ 1 billion
in global box office.
Global box office for all films each each country around the world reached $ 32.6 billion in 2011, up 3 % over the previous year.
Mr Keogh told The Australian Financial Review the response from roadshow investors was «really positive», particularly in the US, where a number of cinema chains are listed, investors understood the sector and record
global box office takings were forecast for next year as a string of big name movie franchises hit the market.
After setting
global box office records in 2009 and 2010, Warner Bros. had to settle for second place in both U.S. and foreign market share in 2011.
All of those big numbers came at the expense of competitors like Sony, which suffered the biggest reversal out of any studio last year, dropping
from global box office leader in 2012 to a disappointing 5th place in 2013.
This has setup Disney to break the record for total
global box office grosses as the studio has earned a reported $ 7 billion in 2016, surpassing previous studio records as pointed out by The Tracking Board.
It's worth noting that both of those previous Marvel films pulled in well over $ 1 billion in
total global box office.
The studio's best - performing 2013 film, The Smurfs 2, placed just 21st on the year - end
global box office chart with $ 347.5 million collected worldwide.
Box Office Mojo reports that the actual
global box office numbers for the film's opening weekend settled around $ 290 million and with another $ 33 million added to that from Monday's earnings the film has just passed $ 323 million globally.
While many of the films nominated are bound to benefit financially from their Oscar nominations, it's hard to say how much more Wonder Woman would have made with any Oscar recognition, since the film's theatrical run ended in the fall with a massive
global box office haul of $ 821.8 million.
A day after he became the first director to cross the $ 10 - billion threshold in
global box office receipts thanks to «Ready Player One,» Spielberg and his Amblin Entertainment are reteaming with Warner Bros..
Clearly Abbas - Mustan, with the additional turns they pack on top of the original film's existing ones, were trying to recreate the deliciously trashy magic of their last film, 2008's tawdry, twisty, compulsively watchable
global box office smash Race, but some moderation in all respects would have been more thrilling.
2016's movie industry highlights include a monster year for Walt Disney, as the Mouse House set a new
yearly global box office record, becoming the first studio to ever top $ 7 billion in worldwide ticket sales.
Thanks to the huge contributions from each of those units, Disney set a Hollywood record in 2016 for
annual global box office sales ($ 7 billion).
«Deadpool» charged along with an anarchic energy on its way to two Golden Globe nominations and the biggest R -
rated global box office in human history while mercilessly eviscerating the superhero genre.
Seven hundred and eighty - three million dollars of
global box office later, that question has been conclusively answered, so this time out the filmmakers can concentrate on perfecting the form.
Now that he has unleashed his second «Avengers» movie to
global box office domination, Joss Whedon has been able to let his guard down a bit about how exhausting it is to make a movie...
The
final global box office review of 2014 traces the winners, losers and trends in film worldwide... Does US box - office slump mean stagnation or rejuvenation?
Combined with an estimated international gross of $ 359 million, «Coco's»
global box office take stands at an estimated $ 537.9 million through Sunday.
Still, Fifty Shades of Grey earned more than $ 338.4 million
from global box offices and had become Universal Studios» highest - grossing R - rated film internationally.
The intergalactic sci - fi romp has already collected more than $ 500 million in
global box office revenue, and it could be on its way to becoming Disney's latest billion - dollar blockbuster.
Rogue One passed $ 1 billion in
global box office gross over the weekend, and the film is now the highest - grossing domestic film released in 2016 at more than $ 500 million in North American ticket sales, according to Box Office Mojo.
Disney had a hugely impressive 2013 from a financial standpoint, finishing second in
global box office receipts despite releasing basically half the number of films as box office leader Warner Bros..
Academy Award ® winning duo Russell Crowe and Sir Ridley Scott combine creative forces again, this time to recreate the epic story of ROBIN HOOD, this Summer's UK and
global box office smash (UK: # 15.4 million, over Worldwide: $ 300 million).
The film currently has $ 131.3 million
in global box office receipts, having opened in about 59 % of the international markets.
The studio already has two moderate successes this year in the animated LEGO Batman Movie ($ 310 million in
global box office) and Kong: Skull Island ($ 564 million).
«After achieving its historic opening weekend at
the global box office, Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues to thrill audiences and break records in Imax theatres worldwide,» said Greg Foster, CEO of Imax Entertainment.
The new film Jurassic World shattered
a global box office record earlier this month when it became the first movie in history to bring in over $ 500 million in its opening weekend.
Since its Christmas Day release, «The Wolf Of Wall Street» has raked in $ 338 million at
the global box office and is up for five awards at Sunday's Academy Awards.
The surprise hit of the year, having the best opening ever for an R - rated movie ($ 132.4 million) and earning over $ 780 million at
the global box office, was also the most illegally downloaded movie of 2016, according to TorrentFreak.
But with «The Force Awakens» earning over $ 1 billion at
the global box office, and breaking countless records, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy had Abrams on speed dial when she needed someone reliable to take over «Episode IX.»
Mad Max was already among the highest - grossing films in this year's field of Best Picture nominees, with more than $ 377 million in
global box office.
In addiiton, Universal Pictures hit $ 5 billion at
the global box office over the holidays for the second time ever.
Remakes, like the fore - mentioned Cinderella, Maleficent (2014), or Alice In Wonderland (2010) push
the global box office turnstiles for up to a Billion bucks apiece.
Even pictures like the live - action Cinderella, released earlier this year, quietly brought home $ 520 Million at
the global box office — about what Terminator 2 got — but we're accustomed to these home runs from Disney that it barely registered on the radar.
Live - action Disney movies have been hugely successful at the box office in the last few years: The Jungle Book, Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland have taken in more than two and a half billion dollars at
the global box office.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has become the fastest film to take $ 1bn (# 674m) at
the global box office.
The sequel to 2016 ′ s surprise hit — which proved that
the global box office could not only stomach a comic - book character who swears and slays, but was desperate for such a bad widdle boy — is the closest Hollywood's superhero industrial complex has come to appealing directly to the mind of a Grade 5 classroom.
With over one Billion dollars at
the global box office, Avengers: Infinity War is looking to break all box office records.
And with an all - time record $ 3.2 billion collected in other countries (up a whopping 60 % compared to its take the previous year), Paramount easily topped
the global box office charts as well.