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Blue aliens, a family of superheroes, and a city of talking animals have gotten stronger The Walt Disney Company In 2025, it will take first place at the domestic box office.
Full-year ticket sales in the United States and Canada are expected to increase by about 4% to $9.05 billion from 2024. According to Comscore, Disney had the highest share of the line, accounting for $2.49 billion, or 27.5%, of ticket sales.
It had its closest competitors Warner Bros. Discoveryit was $1.9 billion domestically, or 21%, and UniversalIt was 1.7 billion dollars or 19.7%. Together, these three studios accounted for nearly 70% of the domestic box office market.
No other studio topped $1 billion in domestic ticket sales, or accounted for more than 7% of the box office total.
“(Warner Bros., Disney and Universal) have the advantage of having at least two or more distinct and successful sub-brands — such as Marvel under Disney, New Line under WB and Illumination under Universal — under their corporate umbrella, which allows these studios to dominate at least in terms of total box office and market share,” Paul said. Comscore trends.
Disney’s great art was due to its already famous intellectual property. Four of its films ranked among the top ten highest-grossing domestic releases of the year, including the live-action remake of 2016’s Zootopia sequel Lilo & Stitch, Fantastic Four: First Steps, and another entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the third Avatar film.
“For most years the box office has been dominated by well-known IP and non-original content; films with brand name recognition theoretically give those films an opportunity in terms of marketing and potential box office success,” Dergarabedian said.
In fact, nine of the 10 biggest films at the domestic box office are from existing IP. Warner Bros.’ The Sinners was the only original title to make the list.
“2025 had some big-budget originals that did incredibly well … but lest anyone think this trend is going away, 2026 will surpass 2025 in terms of high-profile sequels and well-known IP,” Dergarabedian said.
This is especially true of Disney.
The studio plans to release its first Star Wars film in theaters in 2019, titled The Mandalorian and Grogoo, named after popular characters from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian; Toy Story 5 hits theaters in June, followed by the live-action Moana in July; followed by the highly anticipated Avengers: Endgame in December.
A new Spider-Man movie will also hit theaters in 2026, but as part of a deal with Sony to have the character as part of Disney’s MCU, Sony will keep most of the box office revenue while Disney will get merchandise sales.
Box office also Warner Bros. “Supergirl” and “Dune: Three Three,” Universal’s “Minions 3,” “Super Mario Galaxy Movie” and “Odyssey,” Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” and Sony’s third “Jumanji” movie.
“As we look to 2026, there is a lot of optimism,” said Sean Robbins, director of analytics. Fandango and founder of Box Office Theory “The slate is full of high-profile franchises alongside filmmaker-led tentpoles, some fan-run and others family-run … as well as an inevitable crop of strong or potentially surprising performers in horror, comedy, indie and other genres.”
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