The powerhouse Hollywood studio accomplished the feat with more than five months left to go in 2019.
is on the verge of achieving the milestone after finishing Sunday with a worldwide total of $962.7 million after just two weeks in release., which is likely to cross $1 billion in the coming weeks. If so, Disney will set a new record for the number of $1 billion-plus films released in a given year .
Disney accounts for as much as 45 percent of the $16 billion-plus collected worldwide so far this year by movies released on more than 1,000 screens, including revenue from titles inherited following the Disney-Fox merger. In stark contrast, the next closest studio, Warner Bros., has taken in just shy of $2 billion.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerearned $1.33 billion globally, preceded by a massive $2.07 billion for, released in December 2015.
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