Disney surpasses $6B at global box office; first time in studio’s history

2016 has turned out to be one of the biggest years for Walt Disney in terms of revenue by setting a new benchmark.

According to Deadline, just a few short days ago, The Walt Disney Studios posted its biggest year of all time at the global box office, landing $5.851B to best the 2015 full-year record. Now, thanks to the spellbinding Doctor Strange, the Mouse has topped itself once again by speeding past the $6B mark hitting it for the first time in the company’s history. As of today, Disney’s worldwide box office sits at $6.07B

This is only the second time in industry lore that a studio has levitated past the $6B threshold. Universal accomplished the feat in September last year, ending 2015 with a total $6.89B. There’s every chance that Disney could top that by the time the ledgers close on 2016. Still to come this year are Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana (November 23) and Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (December 16).

Currently, Disney’s fortunes are enjoying a tonic from Marvel’s Doctor Strange and its $325.4M global cume through Sunday. The movie is only in its first frame domestically, where it opened to $85M. Internationally, the cume is $240.4M with hefty hauls in China, Korea, the UK and Russia so far.