2019 in Review: Box Office Report

SURE-FIRE HITS – The Kings of the Box Office (All Disney Edition)
Avengers: Endgame ($858.3 million)
The Lion King ($543.6 million)
Toy Story 4 ($434 million)
Captain Marvel ($426.8 million)

SURPRISE SUCCESSES – They got there through word-of-mouth or succeeded where others failed
Us ($175 million)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ($141 million)
*Knives Out ($115.7 million)
*Hustlers ($104.9 million)

CONSOLATION PRIZES – Didn’t do so hot here, but made up for it overseas
Hobbs & Shaw ($173.8 million) – made $585.1 million outside North America
Detective Pikachu ($144.1 million) – made $287.6 million outside North America
Alita: Battle Angel ($85.7 million) – made $319.1 million outside North America
The Wandering Earth ($5.8 million) – made $693.8 million outside North America

DISAPPOINTMENTS – Movies that should have done better
The Secret Life of Pets 2 ($158.2 million) – previous film made $368.3 million
Godzilla: King of the Monsters ($110.5 million) – previous film made $200.6 million
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part ($105.8 million) – previous film made $257.7 million
The Angry Birds Movie 2 ($41.6 million) – previous film made $107.5 million

FLOPPIEST FLOPS – These cost a lot and didn’t come close to returning their investment
Dumbo ($114.5 million) – cost $170 million
Dark Phoenix ($65.8 million) – budget not reported, but possibly as much as $200 million
The Goldfinch ($5.3 million) – cost $45 million
Lucy in the Sky ($319,976) – cost $27 million

LOW-BUDGET VICTORIES – Low-cost, high-yield successes
Escape Room ($57 million) – cost $9 million
The Curse of La Llorona ($54.7 million) – cost $9 million
Ma ($45.3 million) – cost $5 million
Overcomer – ($34.7 million) cost $5 million

SADDEST STATISTIC
Doctor Sleep made $180 million less than It: Chapter Two.

(all grosses through Dec. 31, 2019)
*still in release

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