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Blue aliens, a family of superheroes and a metropolis of talking animals boosted the Walt Disney Firm to the tip of the home field region of industrial in 2025.
Beefy-year worth sales within the US and Canada rose about 4% from 2024 to $9.05 billion. Disney accounted for the finest section of that haul with $2.49 billion in worth sales, or 27.5%, in step with knowledge from Comscore.
It be closest opponents were Warner Bros. Discovery, which tallied $1.9 billion domestically, or 21%, and Celebrated, which took in $1.7 billion, or 19.7%. Together, these three studios accounted for when it comes to 70% of the home field region of industrial market section.
No assorted studio surpassed $1 billion in home worth sales or accounted for more than 7% of the total field region of industrial haul.
“[Warner Bros., Disney and Universal] have the advantage of having at least two or more distinct and successful sub-brands labels — such as Marvel under Disney, New Line under WB and Illumination under Universal — under their corporate umbrella that enables these studios to dominate at least in terms of the overall box office and percentage of the marketplace that they control,” acknowledged Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace traits at Comscore.
Disney’s standout performance came on the backs of already approved psychological property. Four of its motion photographs were segment of the tip 10 perfect-grossing home releases of the year, including the live-circulate remake of “Lilo & Stitch,” a sequel to 2016’s “Zootopia,” yet another entrant within the Marvel Cinematic Universe with “Fantastic Four: First Steps” and a third “Avatar” movie.
“Most years at the box office are dominated by known IP and non-original content; films that have the baked in brand name recognition that theoretically gives those films a leg up in terms of marketing and potential box office success,” Dergarabedian acknowledged.
Really, 9 of the 10 biggest motion photographs at the home field offices were from existing IP. Warner Bros.’ “Sinners” used to be the single favorite title to invent the list.
“In 2025 there were some big budget originals that did incredibly well … but lest anyone think that trend is going away, 2026 looks to eclipse 2025 in terms of the number of high-profile sequels and known IP on the slate for the year,” Dergarabedian acknowledged.
That is extremely factual for Disney.
The studio is impart to begin its first Star Wars movie in theaters since 2019 called “The Mandalorian and Grogu” after the approved characters of its “The Mandalorian” sequence on Disney+; “Toy Story 5” is will hit theaters in June adopted by a live-circulate “Moana” in July; then the hotly anticipated “Avengers: Doomsday” arrives in December.
A brand fresh Spider-Man movie will also sling into theaters in 2026, but as segment of a tackle Sony to possess the persona as segment of Disney’s MCU, Sony retains the massive majority of field region of industrial earnings whereas Disney gets merchandise sales.
The sphere region of industrial will also gain a take from Warner Bros.’ “Supergirl” and “Dune: Part Three,” Celebrated’s “Minions 3,” “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” and “The Odyssey,” Lionsgate’s “Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” and Sony’s third “Jumanji” movie.
“As we look into 2026, there’s plenty of optimism to go around,” acknowledged Shawn Robbins, director of analytics at Fandango and founding father of Box Home of industrial Idea “The slate is packed with top-tier franchises, some fan-driven and others family-oriented, alongside filmmaker-driven tentpoles … plus an inevitable crop of strong or potentially surprising performers out of horror, comedy, indie, and other genres.”
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