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wraggster
September 25th, 2019, 17:46
If there is anything that the world of cinema has taught us in 2019, it’s that Disney well and truly does own the entertainment world – and our wallets along with it. Just take a look at all the highest-grossing movies of the year and you have the likes of Avengers: Endgame (https://www.criticalhit.net/entertainment/avengers-endgame-review/), The Lion King, Toy Story, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Captain Marvel and Aladdin that have all crossed the $1 Billion mark at the global box office. All but one of those movies, Spider-Man, are Disney-owned movies and even then it’s still a part of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe (Future films though? Maybe not (https://www.criticalhit.net/entertainment/sony-ceo-the-door-is-closed-for-now-on-spider-man-returning-to-the-mcu/)).
It’s those Marvel films in particular that have been a massive money-spinner for the House of Mouse. Yes, their own movies along with Pixar and Star Wars are all proving to be successful, but the massive box office record-setting by Marvel is what is really setting the company apart and one of the key reasons that they keep dominating in pop culture.

https://www.criticalhit.net/entertainment/disney-had-considered-acquired-marvel-sooner-but-thought-they-were-too-edgy/