Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Four Billion-Dollar Films for Disney shows Mouse house dominance

In 2019, Disney has four billion-dollar films in the first seven months. "Captain Marvel"; "Avengers: Endgame"; "Aladdin"; and "The Lion King" have grossed over $1 billion at the global box office. Pixar's "Toy Story 4" could gross more than $1 billion in the next couple of weeks. Disney's movies have grossed $7.67 billion already, which has surpassed their own record of $7.61 billion in 2016. "Frozen 2" and "Stars Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" could be two more movies that surpass the $1 billion mark also. "Frozen 2" will be released in November, and "Star Wars Episode IX" will be released in December 2019. In 2017, "Star Wars Episode 8" and live-action "Beauty and The Beast" surpassed $1 billion at the box office. Last year, three movies surpassed the $1 billion mark for Disney. "Black Panther"; "Avengers: Infinity War"; and "Incredibles 2" were the big moneymakers. In addition, "Avengers: Endgame" is the #1 movie at the box office of all-time. The movie surpassed "Avatar" to achieve this monumental feat. As for next year, "Black Widow" will be released as its own stand alone movie for MCU fans. Scarlett Johansson will reprise her role as the international spy and assassin, that is seen in other Marvel Studios movies. Rachel Weisz has been confirmed as a villain in the 2020 flick. As for other summer 2019 box office hits, "Spider-Man: Far From Home" has surpassed $1 billion which is good news for Sony/Columbia. Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Holland did a great job in the movie. Finally, other movies that peaked my interest were "Godzilla: King of Monsters"; "Dark Phoenix"; "Men In Black: International"; and "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood." So far, the 2019 summer box office has grossed close to $3 billion. 2013 and 2015 summers were 2 of the best summer box office numbers ever in Hollywood, in the past decade. Hope you have enjoyed the summer flicks so far. There may be one or two more sleeper box office hits before the end of August 2019. Au revoir from the box office, and hope you like the picture above of Spider-Man.

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