2016 is Disney's biggest year ever, before Star Wars

Disney is celebrating yet another milestone at the global box office, fueled by superheroes, talking animals and, of course, the Force.

With two months left to go in 2016, the studio has already posted its biggest year ever worldwide with $5.85 billion through Nov. 1, surpassing its previous record of $5.84 billion in 2015. Better yet, it is virtually assured of setting a new industry record in 2016, besting Universal's 2015 haul of $6.89 billion.

Disney Has Biggest Year Ever at Global Box Office With $5.85B

 

While that is fantastic, Disney also has some of the biggest failures this year too. Nonetheless it's still impressive and I'm really happy that Marvel and Lucasfilm belong to Disney. It already feels like it has always been that way. The movie business with the Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm acquisitions is Iger's strong side in his tenure. It seems Disney CEOs need to have two different sides. Eisner was also terrible in his second half.