Unsurprisingly, Disney's long-awaited animated sequel "Frozen 2" immediately achieved box office success on the first weekend of its release. This sequel to the film directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Barker not only beat the box office of the first film’s premiere weekend, but also set a box office record for the Thanksgiving weekend. In addition, "Frozen 2" also helped Disney set a new box office record.
According to the "Hollywood Reporter", the high box office of "Frozen 2" allowed Disney to earn more than $3.2 billion in North American box office revenue this year. This huge number is a new industry record, surpassing the 2018 record of $30.9. From this point of view, Disney can maintain such a high box office revenue and lead the way in the long-term lead. What Disney will do now , Just keep breaking his previous record.
It is worth noting that "Frozen 2" made Disney's North American box office revenue of more than $3.2 billion in 2019, which does not take into account the movie box office revenue that Disney inherited when it acquired 20th Century Fox earlier this year . If you count the income of Fox's movies, Disney's income this year will look more objective.
According to Comscore estimates, the success of "Frozen 2" has pushed Disney's box office revenue to $3.2 billion, which means that Disney's dominant share of the US domestic market has exceeded 31%. Behind Disney is Warner Bros. This year's revenue is 15% and 1.5 billion US dollars, Universal Pictures 14.1% and 1.4 billion US dollars, and Sony 10.7% and 1 billion US dollars. The fourth and fifth places are Lionsgate Pictures and Paramount Pictures. The former has a market share of 6.6% and box office revenue of $678.1 million in 2019. The latter has a market share of 5.4% this year. Box office revenue to date is 557.6 million US dollars. According to the above data, the box office of "Frozen 2" not only helped Disney create a new record, it also made Disney the dominant Hollywood.
"Frozen 2" will continue to increase Disney's total box office in 2019. The film’s domestic box office revenue was 130.1 million U.S. dollars at the first weekend of its release, and it was 123.7 million U.S. dollars in the five days before Thanksgiving. So far, this animated sequel has earned 287.6 million U.S. dollars at the domestic box office. "Frozen 2" has a total global box office of $738.6 million and is sprinting towards the goal of $1 billion. Although the reputation of "Frozen 2" is polarized, the audience obviously liked the adventure trip of the sisters Aisha and Anna. Judging from the box office of "Frozen 2", this movie is expected to achieve the same revenue as "Aladdin" and "Captain Marvel" and other movies.
Of course, Disney’s box office will not stop at "Frozen 2". Although this movie can be said to be Disney's finale animation blockbuster, there will be a "Star Wars 9" to be released after Disney. Look at 2019 as a year worth celebrating for Disney. The successful box office of "Frozen 2" once again proved Disney's influence in Hollywood, including the global box office. This movie helped Disney set a new box office record. At the same time, it also demonstrated what Disney has done in movies this year. Hard work is rewarded, and Disney can be said to have reaped full rewards this year.
