Universal Pictures tops the box office in 2023

2023 was the year of Universal Pictures. For the first time since 2016, the studio dethroned Disney at the global, US and international box office.

With 24 films, the studio took in $1.94 billion at the US box office over the course of the year and $2.97 billion internationally, resulting in total revenue of $4.91 billion.

For comparison: Disney took in $1.9 billion in the USA, $2.92 billion internationally and $4.83 billion at the global box office.

Universal was also the first studio in the USA to break the 1 billion dollar barrier. The studio recorded five firsts, led by The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which achieved the second-highest box office result of the year in the US with $575 million in 2023.

Oppenheimer was not one of the No. 1 films as it took second place behind Warner Bros' Barbie with $82.5 million over the weekend of July 21-23. Barbie became the biggest movie of the year at the North American and worldwide box office.

Source: www.screendaily.com