Yet again, it took another Disney film to energize the weekend box office as this was the first weekend in the last six to top the same weekend last year and it’s all thanks to Disney’s The Lion King, which topped the weekend box office with a record $185 million, surpassing the total gross for the same weekend last year all on its own.

With an estimated $185 million, Disney’s The Lion King topped the weekend box office with a record opening weekend for the month of July, topping the previous record held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($169.1m). The debut is the second largest opening of the year so far and seventh largest of all-time. The film’s debut in 4,725 locations was also a record and the debut was also the largest ever for a PG-rated film.

Internationally, The Lion King took in  $346 million for a global box office of  $531 million.

This pass weekend, Disney Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame  the massive conclusion to Marvel’s Infinity Saga topped  James Cameron’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing worldwide release of all time, with an estimated $2.79 billion in worldwide grosses in just 13 weeks.

“Avatar” held onto the record for a decade at $2.789 billion.

Walt Disney Co.’s superhero epic “Avengers: Endgame” became the first movie to gross more than $1 billion in its debut at the world-wide box office.

Heading into the weekend it was a foregone conclusion that Avengers: Endgame would deliver the largest opening weekend of all-time, both domestically and globally, but to deliver a three-day domestic gross totaling an estimated $350 million and a global weekend over $1 billion was almost inconceivable. Today that figure has become a reality as Endgame not only delivered an estimated $350 million over the course of its first three days in domestic release, but a massive $1.2 billion at the global box office in just its first five days in release.

Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame obliterated numerous records in its $1.2 billion worldwide launch — a mind-boggling opening that came in nearly $600 million ahead of the previous mark set a year ago by Avengers: Infinity War.

The superhero pic is the culmination of the previous 21 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a blockbuster series that commenced with Iron Man in 2008.

Getting back to the film’s weekend performance, a look at the the records Avengers: Endgame broke this weekend at the domestic box office include:

• Largest Thursday Previews: $60 million
  Previous Record: $57 million (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
• Widest Opening: 4,662 theaters
  Previous Record: 4,529 theaters (Despicable Me 3)
• Largest Friday, Opening Day and Single Day: $156.7 million
  Previous Record: $119.1 million (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
• Largest Saturday: $109 million
  Previous Record: $82.1 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
• Largest Sunday: $84.3 million
  Previous Record: $69.2 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
• Domestic Opening Weekend: $350 million
  Previous Record: $257.69 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
• #1 Movie Market Share: 90%
  Previous Record: 84.5% (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
• Highest Per Theater Average (Wide Opening): $75,075 / 4,662 theaters
  Previous Record: $59,982 / 4,134 theaters ()
• Largest April Opening, Spring Opening, PG-13 Opening and 3-Day Gross: $350 million
  Previous Record: $257.69 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
• Biggest Weekend Overall (Top 12 Gross): $389 million
  Previous Record: $305.55 million (Dec. 18–20, 2015)
• Fastest to $100 Million: 1 Day
  Previous Record: 1 Day (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
• Fastest to $150 Million: 1 Day
  Previous Record: 2 Days (Avengers: Infinity War)
• Fastest to $200 Million: 2 Days
  Previous Record: 3 Days (Avengers: Infinity War)
• Fastest to $250 Million: 3 Days
  Previous Record: 3 Days (Avengers: Infinity War)
• Fastest to $300 Million: 3 Days
  Previous Record: 5 Days (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
• Fastest to $350 Million: 3 Days
  Previous Record: 6 Days (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
• International Opening Weekend: $859 million
  Previous Record: $443.15 million (The Fate of the Furious)
• Worldwide Opening Weekend: $1.2 billion
  Previous Record: $640.5 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
• Global 3D Opening Record: ~$540 million
  Previous Record: ~$366 million (Avengers: Infinity War)
• Global IMAX Opening Record: $91.5 million
  Previous Record: $47.6 million (Star War: The Force Awakens)

As already mentioned, it wasn’t only domestic records that fell this weekend. Endgame‘s $859 million international opening is over $400 million more than the previous record set by The Fate of the Furious and the $1.2 billion in global ticket sales is nearly double the previous record of $640.5 million set by Avengers: Infinity War just last year. The film is the fastest film to ever top $1 billion globally, doing so after just five days, and it already ranks as the 18th largest worldwide release ever and the sixth largest worldwide release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Speaking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the franchise’s 22 films have now grossed over $19.8 billion worldwide, of which nine have topped $1 billion at the global box office.

In September 2017, Disney announced plans to create its own streaming video service — a platform created to challenge Netflix, Hulu, and similar high-end streamers. Just over a year later, that service was given a name, Disney Plus, and on April 11  Disney unveiled a first look at the service in all its Disney-fied glory, as well as information on pricing and a launch date of November 12, 2019. All for an expected $7 a month!

Disney Plus (also known as Disney+) is intended to compete with industry leader Netflix and the various other direct-to-consumer streaming video platforms currently in use and in development. It will also include some high-profile exclusive content and (eventually) every movie in Disney’s expansive library, including a number of previously hard-to-find animated features.

Disney also shared some other details including a road map for the service’s first year, which is set to include 25 original series (starting with titles like its new Star Wars series The Mandalorian), a whole slate of films from its vault (including classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Little Mermaid, and Pinocchio), and, in a surprise reveal, all 30 seasons of The Simpsons, fresh off the brand’s new acquisition of Fox properties.

Here what it will include:

Approximately 7,000 episodes of television series and 400 to 500 movies are expected to be available on the service when it launches, including some of the aforementioned shows and films. First and foremost among the content will be projects tied to Disney’s Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and Disney-specific properties, with an overall family-friendly theme to the content.

Every single movie in the Disney catalog will eventually be available on the service, according to Disney CEO Bob Iger, dispensing with the so-called Disney “vault” that kept classic films locked away for extended periods.

The studio’s upcoming movie slate — which includes Frozen 2, Toy Story 4, Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker, and a live-action remake of The Lion King — will also have exclusive streaming availability on the service, with Captain Marvel becoming the first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie not available on Netflix.

Disney Plus won’t just be a greatest-hits collection, though. There will be original content on the service, too.

Original Marvel shows planned for the service include series based on Hawkeye, Falcon and Winter Soldier, and Scarlet Witch and the Vision. A series following The Avengers villain Loki is also in the works, with the original MCU actors reprising their roles for the shows.

Another animated series called What If? will feature alternate-universe tales featuring MCU characters voiced by the live-action actors who portray them. The series will explore what would have happened if certain events in the MCU transpired differently.

Several original Star Wars projects are also in development along with a spin-off of Disney Channel’s High School Musical franchise, called High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, will be part of Disney Plus’ original live-action offerings.

Series or movies based on the following properties are also rumored to be in development:

• 3 Men and a Baby
• Don Quixote
• Father of the Bride
• Flora & Ulysses
• Lady and the Tramp
• Magic Camp
• Noelle
• The Paper Magician
• The Parent Trap
• The Sandlot
• Stargirl
• The Sword in the Stone
• Timmy Failure
• Togo
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

and these Unscripted Series:

In April, a report indicated that Disney Plus is developing 10 unscripted series for its streaming platform. They include the following projects.

Marvel’s 616

An anthological documentary series will explore Marvel’s legacy of stories, characters, and creators and the “historical, cultural and societal context that has become inseparable from stories of the Marvel Universe.”

Earthkeepers

The creators of Chef’s Table helm a cinematic documentary series following the people changing the way we see the animal kingdom, including conservationists and the animals they’ve devoted their career to studying.

Be Our Chef

Angela Kinsey of The Office hosts a Disney-inspired cooking competition that will ask contestants to create a dish that “represents their family through a Disney lens.”

Cinema Relics: Iconic Art of the Movies

An anthology series that explores the props and costumes that made films unique.

Encore!

The Good Place actress Kristen Bell serves as producer on this series, which brings together former castmates of a high school musical and tasks them with re-creating their original performance.

Marvel’s Hero Project

This series puts the spotlight on inspiring kids who have dedicated their lives to selfless acts of bravery and kindness.

(Re)Connect

A family that has reached their breaking point gets the help they need in this series that explores the issues driving families apart and the ways they can resolve those issues.

Rogue Trip

Bob Woodruff and his 27-year old doppelgänger son, Mack, host this travel guide to all the places the average tourist is least likely to venture.

Shop Class

A competition series featuring inventive students tasked with designing, building and testing new contraptions.

Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering documentary series

This show chronicles the history of Walt Disney Imagineering and the people, craft, and business behind Disney’s theme park magic.

Non-Disney content

Disney Plus will also feature some non-Disney owned content, including material from National Geographic, that it is in the process of acquiring through its purchase of 21st Century Fox’s magazine and affiliate TV businesses.

After 15 months of planning, the Walt Disney Company has formally sealed the deal on its $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox.

With 21st Century Fox’s iconic collection of businesses and franchises, Disney will be able to provide more appealing high-quality content and entertainment options to meet growing consumer demand; increase its international footprint; and expand its direct-to-consumer offerings, which include ESPN+ for sports fans, the highly-anticipated Disney+ streaming video-on-demand service launching in late 2019; and Disney and 21st Century Fox’s combined ownership stake in Hulu.

The acquisition includes 21st Century Fox’s renowned film production businesses, including Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Family and Fox Animation; Fox’s television creative units, Twentieth Century Fox Television, FX Productions and Fox21; FX Networks; National Geographic Partners; Fox Networks Group International; Star India; and Fox’s interests in Hulu, Tata Sky and Endemol Shine Group. Disney and 21st Century Fox entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice last year under which Disney will divest 21st Century Fox’s Regional Sports Networks.