1)*Lion King sold 78M original run and 89M incl re-releases
2)the nemo franchise is incredibly consistent and the third one will do very well
3)If it gets good/great reception, Frozen 3 is shoe-in for $600M+ domestic, Frozen 2 already sold tickets on the level of Inside Out 2 despite the 'A-' cinemascore, first Frozen sold 45M tix domestically
4)Shrek 5 also has shot for $600M+, if it can recover from the drop of Shrek 3 & 4, but dreamworks hasn't had a movie make $200M domestic since 2013
4)The Lion King remake sold 57M tickets domestic
5)Others miscellneous data:
Moana 2 – 40M ; Moana – 28M (2nd would've done 50M+ with good reception)
Zootopia 1 – 39M ; Zootopia 2 – 36M
Mario 2 – 32M
Toy Story 1 & 3 – 45M each
Minions 2 – 36M ; DM4 – 32M
6)Ugly drop for Mario 2 on par with Shrek 3 from Shrek 2
7)Toy Story 5 coming for $550M+ domestic
by Temporary-Body-3099
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Toy Story 5 seems a bit high with that prediction I don’t expect it making more than 4.
Shrek is a massive franchise and if the 5th is good it’ll make bank especially with nostalgia. If not, a Shrek 3 or 4 repeat would make sense.
Lion King remains the king after all these years. Thanks for not including the LA in this list lol.
Thank you for this as I love statistics like these!
The only movie on this list I can say I didn’t like is Frozen II.
Honestly didn’t expect TS2 to sell more tickets than 3 and 4. Also were ticket prices just absolute crap in late 2019? How is the difference between F2 and TS4 so great when they were only $40m apart?
The fact that Lion King is #1 (even without rerelease numbers) and no other Renaissance movie is in the top ten shows you just how massive that movie was when it came out. Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin were all smash hits when they came out, but Lion King dwarfs their numbers.
Shrek 2 is the goat