Not exact matches
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.
According to Headlines &
Global News, the film industry ended the year with more than $ 11 billion in domestic
box office sales, buoyed by heavy hitters like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Deadpool and Zootopia.
Typically, top movie talent negotiate a cut of the «back end» — what a studio makes from
box -
office sales,
global distribution, and syndication.
It's worth noting that another Fox Searchlight film, Birdman, was among the lowest - grossing Best Picture Oscar winners of all - time, but it went on to gross more than $ 100 million worldwide, while 12 Years a Slave (another slavery - themed period drama) grossed $ 187 million in
global ticket
sales, according to
Box Office Mojo.
And 32 % of its
global ticket
sales came from China alone, according to
Box Office Mojo.
In addition to the success of the original film, looming over the Merc with a Mouth's second big screen adventure was Marvel Studios» Avengers: Infinity War, which has dominated the
box office since its late April, having grossed just more than $ 1.8 billion in
global ticket
sales to date.
According to a report from Forbes, DC's latest film has sailed past the $ 300 million mark at the
global box office after just a week of ticket
sales.