UPDATED with latest figures: Disney, the No. 1-grossing motion picture studio of 2025, has just updated its year-end global box office number to $6.58 billion. Broken out for Disney, that’s $2.49 billion domestic and $4.08 billion international through Wednesday.
As we previously mentioned, it’s the biggest box office year for Disney or any studio since 2019. Disney has been No. 1 at the global box office for nine of the past 10 years.
An estimated 700 million people saw a Disney film in theaters this year. The studio from 2025 releases counts three billion-dollar grossing titles: Zootopia 2 (now the biggest ever for a Walt Disney Animation label title), Lilo & Stitch, and Avatar: Fire and Ash which is crossing the mark this week.
“This has been a fantastic year for our Studio as we’ll ultimately have three billion-dollar hits from three different studios, plus a number of other strong performers throughout the year,” said AlanBergman, Co-Chairman, DisneyEntertainment, in a statement. “It showcases the strength of storytelling across our creative teams and the great work of our marketing and distribution teams, along with everyone who helps make these successes possible. I’m thankful to our Studio team, and the amazing talent we’re fortunate to work with – as well as audiences all around the world.”
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Upcoming releases in 2026 includeThe Mandalorian and Groguover Memorial Day weekend, May 22;Avengers: Doomsdayon December 18;Toy Story 5 on June 19 and the original Pixar featureHopperson March 6; the live-action adaptation ofMoana on July 10;Hexedfrom Disney Animation Studios on November 25; sequelsThe Devil Wears Prada 2kicking off summer on May 1, andSearchlight’s Ready or Not 2: Here I Comeon March 27; plusSend Help on January 30,The Dog Stars on August 28 andWhalefallon October 16.
PREVIOUSLY, December 24: Disney Studios continues to show the power of the theatrical window as the Burbank, CA lot is officially crossing the $6 billion worldwide threshold today.
Broken out that’s $2.3B domestic, the best for any major motion picture studio stateside YTD, and $3.65B in international B.O.
We told you this was coming, but with the $450M+ and counting global success of James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash, it happened a few days sooner.
Disney is the first and only studio to cross $6B this year, the next best major is Warner Bros with $4.3B. 2025 repped Disney’s biggest year at the B.O. since 2019 when it hit an all-time $13.1B ($11.1B from Disney titles alone, the rest being 20th Century Studios and Searchlight). That was the first and only time a major motion picture studio crossed $10B at the worldwide B.O. Note, Warner Bros, crossed $4B first this year before any other motion picture studio.
This is Disney’s fifth time clicking past $6B, the previous years being 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016.
Disney’s flew to $6B this year off the heels of 16 wide releases including two $1 billion-plus grossing titles with Zootopia 2 ($1.3B to date) and Lilo & Stitch ($1.038 billion) — the only two MPA titles to cross that mark. There were also three Marvel Studios movies which combined topped $1.3B global: The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Thunderbolts* and Captain America: Brave New World. In addition there was Predator: Badlands which became the highest grossing in the 38-year old sci-fi thriller franchise with a near $184M as well as Freakier Friday ($153.1M). Not faring well, but contributing to the pot were Tron Ares ($142.2M), and Pixar’s Elio ($154.2M).
Avatar: Fire and Ash collected $50.8M worldwide yesterday, $16.5M of that coming from North America. The running total of the Cameron, Amanda Silver, Rick Jaffa, Josh Friedman & Shane Salerno story by threequel is $119M domestic, with $331.1M overseas. China continues to lead all offshore results with $67M.
As we reported previously, Fire and Ash repped the second biggest global opening for an MPA title this year with $347M after Disney’s own Zootopia 2 ($560.3M). The threequel also repped the second biggest global opening for Cameron after 2022’s Avatar: Way of Water at $441.7M (historically reported).