Over the course of two days in Anaheim, Disney and its subsidiary studios rolled out everything in store for the company’s 100th anniversary — including plenty of big theatrical releases that cinemas will rely on as core pillars of the box office.
Prior to the pandemic, Disney was the unquestioned king of the box office, peaking with a record $13.1 billion global gross total in 2019. But since then, the riches have been spread around more evenly as the other major studios — particularly Paramount and Sony — have found their fair share of theatrical hits such as “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” respectively.