No shock right here: Walt Disney is the No. 1 studio on the field workplace, not simply worldwide with $4.9 billion, but in addition home with $2 billion and abroad with $2.9 billion. This comes after an preliminary New Yr’s weekend which noticed Avatar: The Method of Water overperforming, that pic contributing near $1 billion overseas. It’s the seventh consecutive 12 months that Disney ahs been No. 1 on the world field workplace, from 2016-2022.
Disney’s moola was made off of 16 theatrical releases.
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Common is the No. 2 studio of 2022 with $3.9 billion worldwide, with $1.649 billion stateside and $2.251 billion offshore, and that’s with the largest slate of any studio (additionally together with their Focus Options label).
We instructed you final week earlier than Dec. 31 hat Disney was eyeing slightly below $2 billion with $1.93 billion stateside, probably the most of any studio. Earlier than Christmas, we additionally instructed you that Disney was rallying previous $4 billion worldwide.
Disney had solely three theatrical releases in China: Avatar 2, Loss of life on the Nile and Encanto.
The Burbank, CA-based studio had 4 of the highest eight films of 2022 stateside with Avatar: The Method of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually, Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity and Thor: Love and Thunder), contributing to an estimated 27% home market share.
Six Disney movies opened to No. 1 in U.S. and Canada: Avatar: The Method of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually, Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity, Thor: Love and Thunder, Barbarian and Loss of life on the Nile.
Disney additionally had 4 of the highest eight films worldwide in Avatar: The Method of Water, Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity, Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually, and Thor: Love and Thunder.
Disney-produced titles account for the highest 5 world debuts of the pandemic period, together with 4 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies (Spider-Man: No Method Residence, Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity, Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually, and Thor: Love and Thunder) and Avatar: The Method of Water.
Damaged down the studio’s prime pics for Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2022:
Avatar: The Method of Water (20th Century Studios) – $1,303M wwide, $401M home, $902M worldwide (nonetheless in launch) acquired an A CinemaScore, and 92% Rotten Tomatoes viewers. It was the No. 1 offshore launch of final 12 months, the No. 2 worldwide launch of 2022 and No. 3 of the pandemic period. It was additionally the quickest film to hit $1 billion worldwide in 2022, the sixth movie in historical past to succeed in $1B in its first two weeks of launch and the fourth Disney launch to succeed in $1B in its first two weeks. The sequel can also be the highest-grossing twentieth Century Studios characteristic because the first Avatar in 2009.
Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually (Marvel Studios) – $817M world, $436M home, $381M worldwide (nonetheless in launch). The Ryan Coogler directed title acquired an A CinemaScore, 94% Rotten Tomatoes Viewers, 84% Rotten Tomatoes Critics. It’s the third highest grossing film stateside of 2022 and it was No. 1 for 5 weekends in a row since opening, changing into the primary movie to perform this feat because the unique Black Panther in 2018.
Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity (Marvel Studios) – $956M world, $411M home, $544M worldwide with 85% Rotten Tomatoes Viewers. It was the fourth highest-grossing world launch of the 12 months. It additionally had the largest home opening weekend of 2022 ($187M); eleventh largest home opening weekend of all time and reigned for 9 weeks within the home prime 10. All-time worldwide, Physician Unusual 2 is the No. eleventh Marvel Cinematic Universe title of all-time, worldwide.
Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel Studios) – $761M world, $343M home, $418M worldwide. It was the highest-grossing movie within the Thor franchise domestically, and the eigth highest-grossing world launch of the 12 months. The pic lasted 9 weeks within the U.S./Canada prime 10.
Lightyear (Pixar Animation Studios) – $226M world, $118M home, $108M worldwide. The film had an A- CinemaScore, and ranked for 5 weeks within the home prime 10. It was additionally the second highest opening for an animated film in 2022 at $50.5M stateside after Common/Illumination’s Minions: Rise of Gru‘s $107M.
The re-release of Avatar added to Disney’s 2022 field workplace with a world gross of $76M. Different contributing releases included Loss of life on the Nile ($138M world), and the breakout horror hit Barbarian ($45M world), each from 20thCentury Studios, plus Brahmastra Half One: Shiva ($47M world) from Star Studios. I
Additionally, Searchlight Footage launched the critically-acclaimed The Banshees of Inisherin (98% Rotten Tomatoes Critics Rating), which has confirmed to be a frontrunner throughout awards season, in addition to The Menu (89% Rotten Tomatoes Critics Rating and nonetheless in launch), which has earned $72M globally, to this point. Different titles this 12 months from Disney included Unusual World from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Searchlight Footage’ Empire of Gentle and See How They Run, and The Bob’s Burgers Film and Amsterdam from twentieth Century Studios.
Forward for this 12 months, Disney has Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Little Mermaid, Elemental, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Future, Subsequent Purpose Wins, A Haunting in Venice, Want, from its labels which embody Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, Searchlight Footage, and twentieth Century Studios.
