2024 Box Office BREAKDOWN - Disney, Universal, Warner Bros, Marvel, DC & more!

[@ngin98]

GRACE DON’T QUESTION THE THEATER MEMBERSHIP THEY’LL START RETHINKING IT 😂😭

[@zoelaird3354]

Y'all got to stop comparing to 2019. It was an outlier in box office numbers. It had two finales to massive franchises as well as the much anticipated third Spider-Man movie. The assumed finale of a beloved children's movie series in Toy Story 4. And the hotly anticipated and Lion King remake and Frozen sequel. The box office was never going to reach those numbers in 2020 even if the pandemic didn't happen.

[@greygorygaming]

That's a programming argument. Movies have to all do those kinds of numbers. It just means that programming is key and studios used to know what brought people in.

[@CYeoung]

you mean second spider man movie

[@zoelaird3354]

@@CYeoung yes

[@zoelaird3354]

@@greygorygaming 2019 was a perfect storm and a bubble that was going to pop in 2020 regardless of pandemic. the movies that were announced for 2020 did not have the same amount of hype.

[@greygorygaming]

@@zoelaird3354 I get that it was a perfect storm but it's not a comp. I think the idea is we might never get another 2019.

[@andreuboada]

Here in Mexico people don’t want to go to the standard multiplex anymore. I have so many experiences now, that I encourage my friends, my dad, my mother, to go to the traditional screens, and we end up having a pretty bad experience, except for Wicked, the only time that my dad has been elated by a movie and I’ve seen him having so much fun. Even now, thinking about that makes me teary eyed.

[@BeyondTheTrailer]

My dad also loved Wicked!

[@sebastianpvn]

really? in my city people don't care at all about premium screens. it's a lack of interest overall

[@WhatisAngelaLottery]

Probably

[@crestedargo4663]

Hey Grace, have you seen Wicked making 70 million from PVOD in just 1 week, the most successful ever for Universal?!? I'd be so happy if studios would regularly release numbers for PVODs...

[@dejajade6726]

2:26 I was just telling someone the other day that even Disney takes losses, they will still come out on top in the end. They tried to argue with me that this year will be rough for them but with Avatar 3 alone bringing in 2+ billion, Zootopia 2 likely being another billion, an MCU movie being a billion or all 3 movies combined, and Lilo & Stitch possibly joining the club, I don't think so. That's 4 billion locked, plus some. They're going to do just fine.

[@crestedargo4663]

Agree, Disney will have a very interesting year: Snow White will flop hard, Cap 4 and Thunderbolts could underperform, but some of their movies will be extremely successful. Not so sure about Lilo & Stitch making 1 billion, though

[@CYeoung]

@@crestedargo4663cap 4 will *probably* underperform, but thunderbolts* will at minimum break even theatrically. but it could take off and surprise people if it’s as good as winter solder, same for cap 4. people underestimate the popularity of the MCU (yes still, even after a few flops) and Feige’s chess moves.

[@anelajokovic]

even if cap 4 underperforms, it will still cash in.. they will sweap this year as well

[@adventurebonni5]

Even Disney can't win Oscar but win in box office.

[@DrDman2000]

Moana will top a billion this weekend…

[@crestedargo4663]

At latest next weekend, but for sure it will pass a billion

[@paulas1672]

So will Wicked once it hits Japan...

[@AdzNecromancer]

@@paulas1672 lol

[@james-bk2wu]

@@AdzNecromancer lmao even

[@greygorygaming]

Movie theater subscriptions work exactly like streaming subscriptions. They make their money from the people who sign up but don't go to the movies enough to break even.

[@Sanj1n]

Big win for Disney. 2025 will also a Disney year with Zootopia 2 and Avatar 3

[@isaacmartinez6904]

Looks like Disney came back with a vengeance.

[@ΕΥΘΥΜΙΟΣΚΑΛΙΤΣΟΣ]

Mufasa scar is more interesting than the remake

[@nicolasbaron4506]

But their winning streak will come to a halt with Brave New World, Snow White. However they should be able to make another rebound with their summer slate and fall slate before they have their huge 2026.

[@AntsTheaterCorner2698]

​@@nicolasbaron4506They probably won't. The industry has had enough of them and now Universal is beating them with fantasy storytelling. Wicked is a clear example and now both films could do well over 3 billion when all is said and done.

[@ghostin3274]

@@AntsTheaterCorner2698 inside out 2 and deadpool 3 literally outgrossed Wicked????

[@AntsTheaterCorner2698]

@ghostin3274 It doesn't matter, Wicked still became the highest grossing musical adaptation of all time and will probably end its total run with 700 million until it hits Japan Wicked still became the highest grossing musical adaptation of all time and will probably end its total run with 700 million until it hits Japan. When it hits Japan in March, it will probably top a billion by that point.

[@sivaschuck]

Can confirm. Hardly anyone cares about Halloween outside of America. Same goes for Thanksgiving and the super bowl.

[@ethanterry6809]

I was JUST thinking about this kind of video, and Grace popped up on my notifications! Talk about perfect timing!

[@elijah0208]

At least conclave was not on the thumbnail, i still cant believe that grace put this over dune2, i respect her honest opinion but its just 😐😐😐

[@nischesharma]

3:42 americans finding out thee is a world outside of their's.

[@DaBower]

No mention of the highest profit margin film of the year: Terrifier 3?

[@crestedargo4663]

Agree. Even more impressive, if we consider the return on investment

[@antonytjp]

I’m from New Zealand.. Halloween is not big here unless your having a dress up party, and I have no interest in watching twisters or Beetlejuice 2

[@mk6rfc1]

I mean 2024 box office isn’t over yet, mufasa could still get in the top 10 and Moana 2 could get a billion

[@crestedargo4663]

Moana 2 will get for sure to 1 billion and Mufasa to at least 650 million worldwide, but it depends on how precisely you want to calc box office: if we want to be very accurate, the money that is being made in 2025 by movies released in 2024 should be part of the 2025 yearly box office. Thus, under this premises, 2024 box office is indeed "closed"

[@macefire]

Mufasa is in the 10 ten for 2024. It's number 9.

[@crestedargo4663]

@@macefire No, worldwide it was at number 11 as of the 31st of December's, behind Venom 3 and YOLO. Now it has surpassed them, but thanks to money made in 2025, not in 2024. Domestically Mufasa still hasn't cracked the top 11, although it should end its run at number 9 or 10, if money made in 2025 is taken into account. However, the most correct way to analyse box office is considering just revenue made in theaters in 2024 for the yearly 2024 final numbers. I mean, this is how we do it when it comes to fiscal rules...

[@LuizFelipe-ci3fr]

4:19 I was not expecting the 2025 moving image, we're so used to your still pictures 😅.

[@SpaceViking2000]

I don’t think superhero fatigue is real. I think there has been too many misses to have the benefit of the doubt. I still remember how excited fans were for Love and Thunder and how disappointed fans were

[@DungForever]

I'm so happy for Wicked!

[@thefriendlygamer2221]

The thing is with Dreamworks budgets They dont include everything in that budget The president of Pixar explained a while back why their budgets are so much higher They include EVERYTHING that is being spent during production

[@VuMinhThuFPLHN]

Dream works don't spend money because universal do and of course they have to include everything just like other company unless their movies are delayed. They have to spend more money to market when a movie is delayed to keep audiences not forget the movie

[@tanjimmy6988]

This year dc come back with Superman

[@MichealBrown-35]

True because I fully expect that one will make more money then Thunderbolts , Captain America 4 and F4 combined

[@dedwards198706]

At Cineworld here in the UK, it costs me £19.80 p/m and I can see as many movies as possible. Plus 20% discount on snacks and discounts on restaurants. It's an insane deal but fantastic for moviegoers

[@Deedee94-o5v]

Wow, I have a 3 mobile deal £3 a movie a week, i think. I haven't used it since the Apes film. I wouldn't have known if I didn't read an email by mistake in late 2023. Cineworld as well.

[@razanmatar6205]

I feel like what people keep missing as well is that global streaming companies like Netflix are just that global. A lot of movies that are played in theatres in the US aren’t played in a global scale. Like best example I can think of is LGBT movies or shows. Aren’t accessible in certain countries in the theatre but u best believe they are on Netflix.

[@ethankolnik6663]

Thanks Grace for the great breakdown! Love your videos!

[@aaronjanlistanco]

Beetlejuice is not popular here and outside of the USA a lot of them never heard the Beetlejuice same scenario of Twisters but we love the disaster genre of films but why didn't it be effective because outside of the USA never heard or knew whom the stars in it

[@jelymove]

I'm a spaniard who nerds all around american culture and sees all the entertainment in english...but I only laugh once during Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, total missfire

[@MsTriangle]

Grace, tornadoes and Halloween are not big in Europe 😜

[@da_hodgepodge6508]

In Latin America, Halloween doesn't exist, "es del diablo"... In fact catolicism is strong, doesn't allow other fanfics...

[@DavidLeeEubank]

hmm not everywhere. halloween is huge in mexico. the kids go trick or treating, there’s halloween parades, a lot of parties, stores are decorated

[@Ruddline]

I think people do Dia De Los Muertos instead, Halloween is evil to them. Chinese would never do Halloween since they despise anything with ghosts or skeletons.

[@J1mmyMack]

From the UK, I thought Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was terrible, honestly one of the worst films I've ever seen in a cinema.

[@TheLegendaryMovieCritic]

Disney made a great comeback & Universal & Paramount had a great year while Sony, Warner Bros & Lionsgate all failed miserably with multiple flops!

[@zangetsu284]

I appreciate the editing behemoth this was, so much detail and I'm only 2:40 in!

[@lars7282]

That a Lion King movie is under a Godzilla movie, a musical that only Americans really love and a random king Fibonacci children’s film shows HOW good Disneys current people are at running the most valuable IPs into the ground. I would fire almost everyone at Disney, executives AND creatives tbh

[@goncalocosta]

Hey Grace, Halloween is only a thing in the United States ❤

[@crestedargo4663]

Yes and no: in Italy and in Europe in general Halloween "exists", but it's more for candies and small children going trick or treating, it doesn't influence the box office

[@Ray03595]

The Mouse always wins🙃

[@dariuschisholm7317]

Not really

[@jfcfanfic]

Can I have a time jump to Avatar 3 premiere. Lol

[@Leopard190]

Moana is almost guaranteed to make a billion.

[@garydodd2837]

Grace luvin ur Number Graphics..a lot of fun

[@kevinsterner9104]

Grace, you should really cover Skeleton Crew. It feels like Star Wars should.

[@unsopken0623]

Hollywood is burning.. literally

[@danielpagan1882]

Sonic 3 is already in the Top 10 domestic. You didn't take into account that it was still playing when you made this video. It's also going to join the 400 million club globally early next week.

[@Benjaminnook]

Doesn’t matter , Disney comes out on top in the end.

[@henriqueaugustus1761]

I liked Beetlejuice and Twisters and I'm from Brazil 🇧🇷. I even remember a packed theater when I went to see Beetlejuice here in Brazil. So sad to see a softer overseas number for the film.

[@willywonka2614]

I really enjoyed the news on the film companies.

[@QuasarYGO]

I came here to lol at Lionsgate

[@sebsandford]

0:07 loved this transition with the year turning back from this year (now) to last year.

[@nailinthefashion]

Your outfit today is giving classic Winter Barbie. I love it 💅🏾💖

[@Tinkerbe11]

I'm from "overseas", and I watched and liked Beetlejuice 2! I didn't watch Twisters - I considered it, but it looked too "American". I wanted to see Megalopolis, but it didn't play in my town.

[@thegreenredeye]

Same here

[@dariuschisholm7317]

What do meam by too american?mfer

[@mae64khlo]

Finally, there is a movie about a region other than NYC or LA, and yall didn't care to see or learn about it.

[@Tinkerbe11]

@@dariuschisholm7317 It's hard to describe. That's also why I put it in quotation marks. The scenes that were shown in the videos on KZbin about the people coming together before or after they chased the storms had this American rural small town feeling about it, but not in an inviting way. I felt kind of excluded from that. To Americans this may feel homely and familiar, to me it made me feel like an outsider. Hard to say what exactly it was. It felt like someone was making a joke that required a certain cultural background to understand, and you do not have this background and have no idea what this joke is about, while everyone around you is laughing.

[@Tinkerbe11]

@@mae64khlo I don't think it's that. I have seen movies and shows set in small towns, which I loved. In Stramger Things I didn't like the excursions to the cities that much, I preferred when they stayed in their small town, and I did not feel like an outsider in that. The small town there was more relatable. But in Twisters it was not. And I probably would have watched the movie anyway, if there were not that many other movies at the same time, and I may have liked the world in it better, if explored with one of the characters. .

[@nicote2367]

9:32 Grace that's terrifying! 😨

[@Me-rn4sp]

why are the domestic numbers shown as bigger than the global ones? is it an error on your part or am i bad at math? haha

[@FreshOutTheSlammers13]

Clicked on the video as soon as I saw the notification hahahaha. Thanks as always, Grace, for an amazing box office breakdown!

[@Career_Concepts]

Moana meeting 1billion means the execs made the right call to hash out the series episodes into one cohesive movie in time for Christmas lol That exec will be getting a bonus lol

[@GHBobBrownbear]

Thank you Grace :)

[@pillowmuzictv]

If all they made were superhero and horror movies I would be just fine 😂

[@EzraFrankema]

European here (Netherlands). It’s true, halloween isn’t really a big deal here, but most considerably, the first Beetlejuice film isn’t well known at all. Many people around me hadn’t ever heard of the first film, so then why bother with the sequel?

[@gracie4547]

Late night Grace is my favorite Grace

[@AnosikeImmanuel]

Let me grab my popcorn!

[@nicholascorrin4648]

Agreed! I looked at the calendar and said whaaaaaa?😮

[@packedentertainment2866]

7:01 you mean *4 from fox. Because technically D&W is also from 20th century.

[@jacobgonzalez5986]

Deadpool and Wolverine! I love your turtleneck, Grace!

[@ganasde65]

I'm surprised Mean Girls was such a flop!! Renee Rapp still has star power but i think she has said she wants to stick to music

[@nicote2367]

If they embraced the musical aspect of the film, didn't 'pop-ify' the soundtrack and cast all performers on the level of Renee, Auli'i and Jaquel, I think it would have found a bit more of an audience.

[@callme_ladyo]

When you look at averages Warner Brothers doesn't look so bad 😂

[@willsweeney3489]

I’m from the UK and I loved beetle juice and twisters🤷‍♂️

[@waltlock8805]

An interesting chart would be movie box office vs budget. Sure the big budget movies had the most revenue, but were they really the best return on investment?

[@TheAsuraeva]

Originally from overseas 🙋‍♀️ Tim Burton movies were popular and many channels had them in rotation but never ever Beetle juice. I've never ever heard this movie existed until I watched a deep dive on Tim Burton during COVID

[@seamus1531]

Terrifier 3 deserves a shout out

[@tedgathura3178]

Which Movies did Bob cancel or delay in 2024?

[@rl8259]

He delayed Snow White but I’m not sure on others

[@fhdartz]

I think beetlejuice and twisters are so popular but local, I didn’t know beetlejuice exists until they announced the sequel 😬

[@MichealBrown-35]

Then you're so slow and so clueless

[@NorthernLadMSP]

Did you see the articles that said Universal released info that Wicked made $70 million dollars on digital in the first week?

[@LEOIAMLEOONYOUTUBE]

Grace, I just want to say that to me, it never matters what your hair looks like. I'm here because you have awesome takes and you're funny! I hold just as much if not more respect for Grace as much as I would for any man with good opinions. Even if you were balder than Cynthia Arivo you would still be a knock out Grace! 💯🔥💖 Thanks for all your work! ✨

[@hjermsted22]

Those three Fox films combined took in $801k

[@Tuntira]

Sony delving into their really successful video game IP could be a MASTERSTROKE! Horizon, God Of war, Ghosts are all really big game franchises and if they succeed with translating them to the Silver screen, they have a huge fanbase to mine and the casuals... A lot of the franchises are also "movie friendly"

[@leoozzolimousine200]

Grace there’s been a mistake in your reporting because it says that inside out 2 made more money than anora which made $3 billion

[@mattdammrich]

I’d call this type of video as a report card. lol

[@shantoreywilkins651]

#2nd🎉🎥

[@Agent77X]

Skipped Lionsgate studio!😂

[@dvdblugamer96]

You look really beautiful in that blue turtleneck Grace. Keep up the great work you are very beautiful,talented and inspiring.

[@its_me.....]

I love the shirt!

[@geoffberesford]

Happy New Year, Grace! You grow more beautiful each and every day.

[@RodneyDollar]

I was like where was this video grace oh the box office for 2025 is going to be interesting but the wildfires ahhhhh

[@trevorriches136]

6:50 They actually released 6, if you count “Young Woman and the Sea”, which unfortunately performed so bad that they didn’t even report numbers on it, and the documentary “Blink”, which, while yes it is a National Geographic production, was still distributed by Disney proper.

[@Blackarachnia1996]

Sony has another billion dollar franchise in Resident Evil that they’re just sitting on… if they gave it a proper $100M budget, gave it a PG-13 rating, and based it on either the 4th, 7th, or 8th games, I think it would do very well

[@huwrichards6447]

See in our cinema, it is an unlimited amount you can watch a film, and it’s only £16.99 a month, which is close to the same price as 2 adult tickets

[@rashaanholloway1760]

Love these! You make details so interesting and entertaining Grace!

[@aaronjanlistanco]

Yeah here in my country Halloween is not a big thing.. November 1 (All Saints Day) & 2 (All Souls Day) we have. Because here we still believe that we didn't want to mock the people who passed away we more cherish the memories have them as we go to the cemeteries give them flowers, candles, and their favorite foods or favorite past time when they're alive

[@bwallatube]

justice for Megalopolis!

[@SeanMcGuire92]

Oh I LOVED this video! Such a great and fascinating recap of the year.

[@shawnberry760]

Somehow, Disney returned.

[@rufiohaspan]

I’m excited to watch

[@packedentertainment2866]

Strange darling, terrifier 3 & the substance were my favorite movies of the year

[@SpaceViking2000]

I don’t think a lot of people have a hard time justifying a theater subscription. Sometimes it’s hard to wrap your head around the fact that you mind go to the movies a lot

[@elbibaro]

They want pre-pandemic numbers but the streaming toothpaste is out of the tube and going to the theater is now an awful experience. I used to go twice a month every month now I can't be bothered to go twice a year. Poor masking, poor sound, high prices, and less big event movies. Why go through that when I can watch B tier schlock a month later on streaming?

[@Amory-wd3ws]

Disney is doing a lot better after Iger came in and removing the condescending “messaging” in Disney’s releases-“Messaging shouldn’t come before good stories.”

[@seanian8986]

This recent Tom Holland PR blitz has been so ominous. Him and his team are threatening us with more acting.

[@hhh1200]

How about writing? Movies are horrible now, just like music.

[@aaronjanlistanco]

Amazon should separates the Amazon Studios and the MGM and Orion Pictures as the distributors of the film

[@MichealBrown-35]

That won't happen because Amazon mgm studios will show up at this year cinema con

[@ngin98]

as much as I love all the great horror we got I do think a lot cannabalized each other @ the box office like terrifier/ substance/ smile 2

[@folxlore]

Paramount kinda had the best quality movies IMO. Smile 2 is really just that good

[@bobnevermind]

Moana 2 and Mufasa are not even that great. Really surprised they are doing that well.

[@crapreact5989]

Same I couldn't get through Moana 2

[@commanderdante3185]

Thanks for mentioning the fires Grace. Very kind of you.

[@aaronjanlistanco]

Sony should surrender all the Spider-Man rights back to Disney-Marvel Studios

[@jacobfleming3926]

It’ll never happen. That’s all they got

[@aaronjanlistanco]

@jacobfleming3926 they'll have the Ghostbusters or find another to be their own franchise

[@vijaz5559]

You think they would to let go their biggest moneymaker?😂😂😂

[@aaronjanlistanco]

@vijaz5559 moneymaker?? just Spider-Man but the other Spider-Man characters are flopped

[@vijaz5559]

@@aaronjanlistanco Duh. but even one successfull spiderman movie could get them float for at least 5 more years. u'd be stupid to let it go

[@ripley6942]

I miss the trailer reactions. Maybe I'm alone and everyone else cares about studio profits. I care more about the films and stories.

[@leonthesleepy]

I alr kno who the biggest loser is without watching lol.