Dwayne Johnson voices Maui in Disney Animation’s Moana 2.
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the walt disney company The holiday weekend continues to dominate the box office.
“Moana 2” surpassed $1 billion over the Martin Luther King Day weekend, becoming the studio’s third 2024 film to hit the $1 billion mark after Marvel Studios’ “Moana 2.” Coveted benchmark videos.deadpool and wolverine“With Pixar”“Inside Out” 2.“Last year, no other Hollywood studio film topped $1 billion at the box office.
The company announced over the weekend that “Moana 2” had a domestic box office of $442.8 million and an international box office of $567.1 million. It is the fourth film from Walt Disney’s animation division to gross over $1 billion, joining “Frozen,” “Frozen II” and “Zootopia.”
The feat is another feather in the cap for Disney, which has struggled to gain traction with its animated releases in the years following the pandemic. Much of the company’s difficulties stem in part from the decision to launch a handful of animated features directly on its streaming service, Disney+. This has trained parents to seek out new content at home, even after theaters closed and movies returned to theaters.
“Inside Out 2” not only marked a comeback for Disney, but also helped drive overall domestic box office growth in June. It grossed over $650 million domestically, becoming the first Warner Brothers’ “Barbie” arrives first billion dollars at the global box office.
It also marks the first time since 2019 that a Pixar or Walt Disney animated film has grossed more than $480 million at the global box office. “Inside Out 2” ended up becoming the highest-grossing movie of 2024.
“Deadpool vs. Wolverine,” “Inside Out” and “Moana 2” and several other theatrical releases helped Disney’s domestic box office surpass $2.2 billion last year. Accounting for approximately 25% of the industry’s total transportation volumeaccording to Comscore data.
With “Moana 2” crossing the $1 billion mark, Disney now has a slate of movies worth $32 billion, including three from its 2019 acquisition of Fox, according to the company. For context, there are only 56 movies that have exceeded $1 billion at the global box office, which means Disney accounts for nearly 60% of the top-grossing movies in film history.
