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Entertainment December 20, 2016
Entertainment empire Disney has just become the first movie studio ever to surpass $7 billion in global box office takings in a single year – but that’s only the start…
Walt Disney Studios is setting its sights on dominating the 2017 box office too with a slate of seemingly surefire hit movies likely to make $8 billion or even more.
With another “Star Wars” movie on the way, further adventures with Marvel franchises, more “Pirates of the Caribbean” and a live action remake of “Beauty and the Beast,” next year looks to be an even more dominant one than 2016 when Disney ruled the film business carving out 25 percent of the market share.
READ MORE: Released Photos Offer Disney Fans Glimpse of Emma Watson as Belle
Three of the studio’s 2016 releases, “Finding Dory,” “Captain America: Civil War” and “Zootopia” made more than $1 billion each at the global box office while “The Jungle Book” and “Doctor Strange” weren’t far behind. Huge box office takings for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” pushed Disney past the $7 billion landmark on Monday Dec. 19.
“This historic achievement is possible because all of our film studios are bringing their absolute best to the table, telling great stories of all kinds that resonate with audiences across borders, gender, and generations,” studio chairman Alan Horn said in a statement. “These films work because each one has not only something for everyone, but everything for someone.”
But also working is the studio’s speculate to accumulate strategy of paying more than $15 billion to buy hit properties like Marvel, Pixar and “Star Wars” makers Lucasfilm as well as mining its own vaults by making live action remakes of classic Disney animated films.
ENTITY presents a look at what Disney has in store to outpace the competition in for 2017 – when the studio will surely send box office records tumbling again.
Released March 17. Emma Watson stars as Belle, heading a cast which also includes Dan Stevens, Stanley Tucci, Luke Evans, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Audra McDonald and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Released April 28. Chris Pratt is back with his space squad of Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker and Karen Gillan. New additions to the cast include Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell.
Released May 26. Johnny Depp returns to his most famous role as Captain Jack Sparrow with Javier Bardem joining the swashbuckling fun as a new villain.
Released July 14. Animated action starring the voice of Owen Wilson as veteran race car Lightning McQueen who takes on both futuristic cars and an old rival.
Released October 27. Chris Hemsworth weilds the superhero hammer one more time with Tom Hiddleston also back as Loki, the villain you love to hate.
Released November 22. Hugely anticipated new animated film from Pixar that follows a 12-year-old boy investigating an ancient mystery. Gael Garcia Bernal heads the voice cast.
Released December 15. The space epic with out of this world box office numbers continues with Daisy Ridley’s Rey learning the ways of the Force from Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill.
