Universal Pictures is the most profitable studio in 2023

With movies like ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘The Super Mario Bros. The Movie’, Universal Pictures became the top-grossing studio in 2023, dethroning Disney, which had held the lead since 2015, by a difference of $80 million.

Universal has reached approximately $4.91 billion in ticket sales from the 24 films it has released internationally in 2023, according to a statement issued by the studio and reported by specialized media.

For its part, the house of Mickey Mouse raised approx $4.83 billion internationally thanks to 17 films, among which ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3‘, ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’.

The $80 million difference can be attributed to the fact that Disney released seven of them movies less than UniversalHowever, this year’s list of the three highest-grossing movies of the year also doesn’t have a single Disney production, which hasn’t happened in years.

The highest-grossing film of 2023 was the Warner Bros. comedy. which he directed Greta Gerwigand inspired by Mattel’s plastic doll, ‘Barbie‘, which collected more than $1.441 million, followed by more than $1.361 million collected by ‘Movie Super Mario Bros‘ and more than $952 million of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer.’

Movie Marvel and Disney ‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Part 3’ was the fourth highest grosserwith 845 million dollars collected abroad.

It’s also the first year since 2014 that no Disney film has crossed the $1 billion mark.

The third-highest-grossing studio in 2023 was Warner Bros., which collected $3.84 billion for movies like ‘Barbie,’ ‘Nun II‘and’Wonka‘.