Disney sets industry record at domestic box officeDecember 5, 2016 - 18:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - With $2,491.4M at the domestic box office through December 4, The Walt Disney Studios has set a new industry record. The Mouse tops the previous record of $2.45B which Universal revved up in 2015. Overseas, Disney has crossed the $4B threshold for the first time in the studio’s history with $4,079.5M. Universal last year was the first studio ever to tilt past $4B, ending the year at $4.44B, Deadline said. Worldwide, Disney’s stable of super and animated heroes has accumulated $6,570.9M to date. Walt Disney Animation’s Moana has just begun her global voyage ($177.4M to date) while Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is on deck with international rollout beginning on December 14. The worldwide box office record holder is currently Universal which closed out 2015 with $6.89B. Helping propel Disney’s fortunes of late, Marvel’s Doctor Strange last week passed the $600M worldwide mark. This frame, it added $10.2M worldwide ($6.5M domestic/$3.7M intl) for the following cumes: $215.3M domestic, $419.6M intl, $634.9M global. The Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer still has Japan to release, although those numbers won’t fall under 2016 as the Sorcerer Supreme waits until January 27 to enter that dimension. This session, Doctor Strange added Thor: The Dark World ($206M) to the list of vanquished domestic totals. Internationally, it beat Deadpool ($419.5M) and will shortly pass Suicide Squad ($420.5M). Worth noting that neither of those films had a China release. Doctor Strange has amassed $110.3M in the Middle Kingdom. Globally, Iron Man 2 ($624M) was bested this frame. The other major titles from the Mouse this year include Captain America: Civil War ($1.153B WW), Finding Dory ($1.027B WW), Zootopia ($1.024B WW) and The Jungle Book ($967M WW). Rogue One: A Star Wars Story begins its highly-anticipated rollout in 10 days’ time, kicking off in France and others on December 14, followed by Brazil, Germany, the UK, Mexico, Russia and more on the 15th and Japan and North America on December 16. A China date is not yet fully confirmed, but is likely to slot into January. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |