Disney and Marvel’s  “Black Widow” captured a massive $80 million in its debut weekend, crushing the benchmark for the biggest opening weekend since the pandemic and the largest since Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in Dec. 2019.

Additionally, the film earned $78 million at the international box office and $60 million on Disney Premier+ Access for a global start north of $215 million. It’s unprecedented for a studio to announce a premium VOD or streaming number for a film’s opening weekend, and could foreshadow practices to come.

A bold new era for the Marvel Cinematic Universe began in 2021 on Disney+ with the wildly successful WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but Marvel Studios certainly hasn’t been resting on its laurels in terms of upcoming cinematic blockbusters. Not only does Marvel have Shang-Chi, Eternals, Thor 4 and Doctor Strange 2 all in various stages of production, there are also TV series on the way: Hawkeye, Ms Marvel, Moon Knight and She-Hulk!

 2020 was the first time in more than a decade without a single Marvel Studios film in release. Though the year was meant to usher in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the effects of a real worldwide pandemic halted the company’s momentum as release dates had to be postponed to deal with theater closures, safety concerns, and production shutdowns.

Though completely delayed, Phase 4 will still begin in theaters with Black Widow, the film bearing the brunt of the sliding release schedules, set to release in July 2021.  And once it finally makes its way to theaters, Marvel’s domination of box office charts will no doubt resume.

In lieu of a feature film, the Disney+ series WandaVision ushered in Phase 4 this past January, with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier following in March and Loki due to hit the Disney+ service in June.

Beyond that, of course, the horizon includes some exciting additions to Marvel’s universe, like Mahershala Ali as Blade, Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk, and the eventual arrival of Marvel’s first family, The Fantastic Four. (Finally confirmed by Marvel Studios at Disney’s Internet-breaking Investors Day in December 2020.).

We’re keeping track of it all with  a  calendar (below) of Marvel films into 2023 and will update it if the need arises.

EVERY UPCOMING MCU FILM

Movie	US Release Date	UK Release Date	Australia Release Date
Black Widow	July 9, 2021	July, 2021	July, 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	Sept. 3, 2021	Sept, 2021	Sept, 2021.
Eternals	Nov. 5, 2021	Nov. 5, 2021	Oct. 28, 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home (with Sony)	Dec. 17, 2021	Dec. 17, 2021	Currently N/A
Thor: Love and Thunder	Feb. 11, 2022	Feb. 11, 2022	Feb. 10, 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Mar. 25, 2022	Mar. 25, 2022	Mar. 24, 2022

 

UPCOMING DISNEY + SERIES

Series	Release date
WandaVision	Jan. 15, 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	March 19, 2021
Loki	June 11, 2021
What If…?	Summer, 2021
Hawkeye	2021
Ms. Marvel	2021
Moon Knight	2022
She-Hulk	2022

Following the announcement in March that several titles would be delayed due to the global health crisis, The Walt Disney Studios announced updates to its upcoming release schedule.

Disney’s Mulan is now slated to open on July 24, 2020, with Disney’s Jungle Cruise moving to July 30, 2021; while Marvel Studios’ Black Widow will arrive in theaters on November 6, 2020, with The Eternals moving to February 12, 2021.

The Walt Disney Studios’ new live-action feature film Artemis Fowl is now exclusively on Disney+. The release date will be announced soon.

The Walt Disney Studios will also debut its new live-action feature film Artemis Fowl exclusively on Disney+. The release date will be announced soon.

Below is the updated release schedule through 2022, beginning with Disney and Pixar’s Soul, opening June 19, 2020:

2020

Soul (Disney and Pixar)—June 19, 2020

Mulan (Disney)—July 24, 2020

Empty Man (20th Century Studios)—August 7, 2020

The One and Only Ivan (Disney)—August 14, 2020

The Beatles: Get Back (Disney)—September 4, 2020

The King’s Man (20th Century Studios)—September 18, 2020

Death on the Nile (20th Century Studios)—October 9, 2020

The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures)—October 16, 2020

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (20th Century Studios)—October 23, 2020

Black Widow (Marvel Studios)—November 6, 2020

Deep Water (20th Century Studios)—November 13, 2020

Raya and the Last Dragon (Walt Disney Animation Studios)—November 25, 2020

Free Guy (20th Century Studios)—December 11, 2020

West Side Story (20th Century Studios)—December 18, 2020

The Last Duel (20th Century Studios)—December 25, 2020 (limited)

2021

The Last Duel (20th Century Studios)—January 8, 2021 (Wide)

The Eternals (Marvel Studios)—February 12, 2021

Ron’s Gone Wrong (20th Century Studios)—February 26, 2021

Untitled Disney Live Action—March 12, 2021

Bob’s Burgers (20th Century Studios)—April 9, 2021

Untitled 20th Century—April 23, 2021

Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Marvel Studios)—May 7, 2021

Cruella (Disney)—May 28, 2021

Untitled Pixar Animation—June 18, 2021

Jungle Cruise (Disney)—July 30, 2021

Untitled 20th Century—August 13, 2021

Untitled 20th Century—September 10, 2021

Untitled 20th Century—October 1, 2021

Hamilton (Disney)—October 15, 2021

Untitled 20th Century—October 22, 2021

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Marvel Studios)—November 5, 2021

Untitled Disney Live Action—November 19, 2021

Untitled Disney Animation—November 24, 2021

Untitled 20th Century—December 3, 2021

AVATAR 2 (20th Century Studios)—December 17, 2021

2022

Untitled 20th Century—January 7, 2022

Nimona (20th Century Studios)—January 14, 2022

Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel Studios)—February 18, 2022

Untitled Pixar Animation—March 11, 2022

Untitled Disney Live Action—March 25, 2022

Untitled 20th Century—April 8, 2022

Black Panther 2 (Marvel Studios)—May 6, 2022

Untitled Disney Live Action—May 27, 2022

Untitled 20th Century—June 10, 2022

Untitled Pixar Animation—June 17, 2022

Captain Marvel 2 (Marvel Studios)—July 8, 2022

Untitled Indiana Jones (Disney)—July 29, 2022

Untitled Disney Live Action—August 12, 2022

Untitled 20th Century—September 16, 2022

Untitled Marvel—October 7, 2022

Untitled 20th Century—October 21, 2022

Untitled Disney Live Action—November 4, 2022

Untitled 20th Century—November 11, 2022

Untitled Disney Animation—November 23, 2022

Untitled Star Wars (Lucasfilm)—December 16, 2022

Untitled 20th Century—December 23, 2022

Thanks to a record number of billion-dollar blockbusters, Disney has become the first studio in history to surpass $10 billion at the worldwide box office.

Disney’s record for the highest box office in a calendar year has been absolutely crushed… by Disney. The Mouse House crossed the $10 billion threshold at the 2019 worldwide box office this weekend, bolstered by the continued success of Frozen II, solidifying its record for the highest box office in a calendar year. Disney smashed its own global box office milestone — set in 2016 with $7.6 billion — back in July after the success of “Avengers: Endgame” and “The Lion King.”

And that insane $10 billion doesn’t even count Fox’s box office, which officially became part of Disney this year. If you add in the Fox receipts, Disney’s total worldwide box office in 2019 amounts to $11.94 billion. And this is all before Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens on December 20th, which will boost Disney’s numbers even higher.

In August, Disney established a new record for having five movies — “Avengers: Endgame,” “Aladdin,” “Toy Story 4,” “The Lion King” and “Captain Marvel” — cross $1 billion in a single year. “Frozen 2” has earned $928 million to date and will soon become the sixth title to join the elusive club in 2019, while “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” could make it seven.

Disney’s sequel to the 2013 animated blockbuster exceeded all expectations in its debut, including setting a slew of new box office milestones.

Walt Disney Animation’s Frozen 2 created a global blizzard in its box office debut, grossing an estimated $130 million in North America and $228.2 million internationally for a worldwide start of $358.2 million.

Here are the records and highlights of Frozen 2‘s debut:

Biggest Global Opening of All Time for an Animated Film

The previous champ was Pixar and Disney’s Toy Story 4 earlier this year with $240.9 million.

Top International Opening of All Time for an Animated Film

Frozen 2 wrested the crown from 2009’s Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($152 million).

Biggest Domestic November Opening for an Animated Film

In North America, Frozen held the previous record with a five-day Thanksgiving debut of $93 million, including $67 million for the three-day weekend (the pic debuted the Wednesday before the holiday).

Biggest Imax Opening for an Animated Film

The large-format exhibitor generated $18 million in global ticket sales.

Third-Biggest Domestic Animated Opening of All Time

Frozen 2 ranks behind Incredibles 2 ($182.7 million) and Finding Dory ($135.1 million), both from Pixar/Disney. Before now, no animated film launching outside of summer has crossed the $100 million mark in its launch.

Third-Biggest Industry Opening of All Time in South Korea for Any Film

Princess Anna and Queen Elsa skated to $31.5 million in South Korea. Earlier this year, Avengers: Endgame set an all-time record when debuting to $46.9 million, eclipsing the $46 million debut of South Korean pic Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days in 2018.

Top Three-Day Domestic Opening for Walt Disney Animation Studios

Frozen 2 beat out Zootopia, which started off with $75.1 million over the March 4-6 weekend in 2016.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Hollywood Reporter)