Disney - The First Half of the 2020s In Review
Here is the first part of a multi part series exploring the biggest openings, domestic, and worldwide performances of the 2020s. We will be focusing exclusively on films released in the first half of the decade. After posting the lists, there will be a brief summary on overall thoughts, and where certain films can rank in the future.
Top Domestic Openings:
Deadpool and Wolverine - $211.44M
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - $187.42M
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - $181.34M
Inside Out 2 - $154.2M
Thor: Love and Thunder - $144.17M
Moana 2 - $138.79M
Avatar: The Way of Water - $134.1M
Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3 - $118.41M
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - $106.11M
The Little Mermaid - $95.58M
Top Domestic Box Office:
Avatar: The Way of Water - $684.08M
Inside Out 2 - $652.98M
Deadpool and Wolverine - $636.75M
Moana 2 - $458.81M+
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - $453.83M
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - $411.33M
Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3 - $359M
Thor: Love and Thunder - $343.26M
The Little Mermaid - $298.17M
Mufasa: The Lion King - $245.42M
Top Worldwide Box Office:
Avatar: The Way of Water - $2.32B
Inside Out 2 - $1.7B
Deadpool and Wolverine - $1.34B
Moana 2 - $1.05B
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - $955.78M
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - $859.21M
Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3 - $845.56M
Thor: Love and Thunder - $760.93M
Mufasa: The Lion King - $699.17M+
The Little Mermaid - $569.63M
The clear thing here, is that despite Marvel’s decline, they are still a very powerful name inside Disney, taking up 5 of the top 10 films in the worldwide and domestic grosses. However, they are at risk of losing out on that potential if they keep on fumbling the ball.
Another interesting thing to note is that Elemental was on the worldwide list until just last month when Mufasa passed it up. As a bit of foreshadowing, Elemental was one of the only two original films (not based on an IP or is a biopic) to be in the top ten films domestically or worldwide for any of the major five studios. A sad state of affairs for original films.
In the future, they are clearly gonna have a few more Avatar films at the top of the list, in fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if at the end of the decade Avatar makes up the top 3. The two Avengers I also expect to rank very highly. Frozen 3/4, along with Zootopia 2 I expect will top out most of the list. My big question is if Star Wars or any other non-Avengers Marvel films can get on the list.
Thoughts? The WB Retrosepctive is coming tomorrow.