Disney Sets Record for Most $1 Billion Movies in a Single Year

Disney (NYSE: DIS) announced on Thursday that Toy Story 4 had just crossed the $1 billion threshold. In a press release, the company said: "Toy Story 4 -- which is now the No. 8 biggest animated movie of all time -- joins Incredibles 2, Finding Dory, and Toy Story 3 to become the fourth Pixar film and second Toy Story film to reach the $1 billion milestone."

Even more importantly for Disney, the film becomes the company's fifth 10-figure release in 2019 -- taking the record for the most $1 billion box office hits in a single year. It joins Avengers: Endgame ($2.8 billion), The Lion King ($1.3 billion), Captain Marvel ($1.1 billion), and Aladdin ($1.0 billion) in this year's billion-dollar club. The sixth movie to cross that benchmark this year, Spider-Man: Far From Home, was a Sony movie that was co-produced by Marvel -- so Disney has had a hand in them all.

Toy Story 4 tops $1 billion in box office receipts. Image source: Disney.

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