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๐ญ Disney Surpasses All in Box Office Earnings for 2025
Disney has officially crossed the $6 billion mark in global box office revenue, becoming the first and only major studio to achieve this feat in 2025.
In comparison, its closest competitor, Warner Bros., earned $4.3 billion.
The major drivers behind this success were Zootopia 2 ($1.3 billion) and Lilo & Stitch ($1.038 billion) โ the only films of the year to surpass the $1 billion threshold.
The new Avatar installment, Avatar: Fire and Ash, earned over $450 million in just a few days, speeding up the achievement of the record.
Three Marvel Studios releases (including Fantastic Four) contributed another $1.3 billion. Also noteworthy was the horror film Predator: Wastelands, which became the highest-grossing film in the franchise’s history, earning $184 million.
This marks the fifth time in Disney’s history that it has exceeded $6 billion in earnings. The 2025 result is the studio’s best since pre-pandemic 2019, confirming that audiences have massively returned to theaters.
