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The Top Five Highest-Grossing Disney Classic Animation Remakes Of All Time

Boxoffice Staff — Thu, 22 May 2025 15:47:33 +0000

This Memorial Day weekend could be the top-grossing at the box office of all time, thanks in large part to a duo of high-powered blockbuster releases, one of which—Disney’s Lilo & Stitch—is on track to secure one of the highest, if not the highest, domestic opening weekend gross of 2025 so far, a title that […]

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Box Office Top 10: One-Word Title Movies

Boxoffice Staff — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000

One of the first tentpole films scheduled for release post-shutdown is Tenet, debuting starting August 26 overseas and September 3 domestically. That one-word title runs counter to the increasing 2010s trend of longer titles, from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Looking at […]

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Box Office Top 10: Live-Action Musicals of the 2000s

Rebecca Pahle — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 21:34:44 +0000

June would have—in a different world—seen the theatrical release of director Jon M. Chu’s In the Heights, based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical from future Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. But we live in the times of Covid-19, when In the Heights has been pushed to next summer and a filmed version of Hamilton, originally bound […]

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Box Office Top 10: The Highest-Grossing Disney Remakes and Re-Imaginings

Boxoffice Staff — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 05:05:18 +0000

Ever since the 2010 release of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Disney has made bank with shiny new versions of some of their animated classics. With one of those remakes, Niki Caro’s Mulan, serving as Disney’s first theatrical release after the Covid-shutdown, Boxoffice Pro looks back at the ten most successful examples of the mini-genre. […]

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Which Movies Have Spent the Longest in the Box Office Top Ten?

Boxoffice Staff — Mon, 25 May 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Once cinemas return nationwide, a combination of social distancing, enforced seating limits, and fewer films in release will likely result once again in lower openings paired with longer theatrical runs.

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A History of Memorial Day Movie Releases: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men

Boxoffice Staff — Wed, 20 May 2020 23:50:00 +0000

Traditionally a major weekend for blockbuster movie releases, the last Monday of May will be quiet at cinemas this year. But almost every other year, the four-day Memorial Day weekend was huge. Here are some of the holiday frame's biggest releases.

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The Top 10 Domestic Box Office Hits of 2019

Boxoffice Staff — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 14:30:09 +0000

By Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle The extended family is gone and decorations are coming down: It’s the end of another year. 2019 has proven an interesting one for the box office. While the year’s total cume of $11.4 billion is less than than the $11.8 racked up in 2018—though not by much—2019 gave us […]

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Walt Disney Studios Closes Out 2019 with Record $11.1191B Globally, $13.1517B Including Fox Titles

Chris Eggertsen — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 01:32:06 +0000

Walt Disney Studios grossed a combined $13.1517 billion globally across its Disney and Fox film releases in 2019, the studio announced today. That number includes $4.3283 billion in North America and $8.8234 billion overseas. Among Disney titles alone, the studio topped the $11 billion mark ($11.1191 billion) worldwide for the first time in industry history, […]

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Weekend Actuals: The Lion King Repeats at No. 1 w/ $76.6M; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sizzles w/ $41.0M in 2nd PlaceT

Chris Eggertsen — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 15:48:26 +0000

Monday Update: Disney’s remake repeated at the box office, as Quentin Tarantino’s new release came in second place. The Lion King fell -60.0% in its sophomore frame, to $76.6M. While still good enough to repeat as the box office “king,” its second-weekend drop was far larger than other Disney remakes this decade: -53.2% for Aladdin, -48.3% for Beauty and the […]

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Aladdin To Pass $1B Global on Friday

Boxoffice Staff — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:43:16 +0000

Disney's live-action remake Aladdin will reach $1 billion globally on Friday, having earned just shy of that milestone -- $999.3 million -- through Thursday.

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Weekend Actuals: The Lion King Takes Box Office Throne w/ Massive $191.7M in North America, $446.1M Global

Chris Eggertsen — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 15:24:42 +0000

Monday Update: “King” is right, as Disney’s animated remake The Lion King opened with $191.7M domestically and $446.1M globally. Domestically, that’s the 8th-biggest opening weekend of all time, and overtakes last summer’s Incredibles 2 for the biggest animated opening . Adjusted for ticket price inflation, it’s still the #12 biggest opening weekend ever. Globally, it’s the […]

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Weekend Actuals: Spider-Man: Far From Home Swings to $92.5M 3-Day Domestic Opening, $577.7M Global Through Sunday; Midsommar Scares Up $6.3M 3-Day

Chris Eggertsen — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 15:38:57 +0000

Monday Update: Sony’s superhero sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home was also far from the bottom of the box office, starting with a $92.5M opening weekend. That’s good for a $185.0M six-day total after premiering last Tuesday, or +20.0% above the six-day start of predecessor Spider-Man: Homecoming. Disney’s Toy Story 4, after leading for the past two frames, slipped to the […]

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