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Variety reports:

Thanks to Mario, J. Robert Oppenheimer and M3GAN, Universal Pictures ranked as the highest-grossing studio at the 2023 box office.

The company’s slate — a range of 24 films that included “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” “Oppenheimer” and “M3GAN” — collected $4.907 billion in worldwide ticket sales. Universal’s victory is notable because it marks the first time since 2015 that Disney was not the global box office leader.

Disney slid to second place in terms of market share as its 17 new films, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and “The Little Mermaid” among them, raked in $4.827 billion globally.

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Disney has lost its box office crown to Universal, which ranked as 2023’s highest-grossing studio with $4.9 billion in ticket sales.

Disney earned $4.827 billion. 2024 was the first time since 2014 that Disney didn’t have a single film earn $1 billion. https://t.co/aWxMirk9Oo

— Variety (@Variety) January 2, 2024