Summer 2024 Box Office Winners and Losers By The summer 2024 box office finally wrapped up. What started as a bleak movie season quickly morphed into a solid return for Hollywood, with over $3.340 billion in the bank as of Aug.
19 (per BoxOffice Mojo). That number is far below last year’s $4.039B tally (primarily due to late bloomers Barbie and ) and nowhere near the $4.
754B collected in 2013, but it remains a decent, if unspectacular, return, all things considered. Although there are technically two more weeks left before this summer officially ends after Labor Day, we’re likely well past the peak moviegoing season with only a remake of The Crow left on the schedule. So, it’s time to reflect on the past few months and identify the winners and losers of summer 2024.
Winner: Disney Say what you will about the Mouse House’s track record of late, but the studio absolutely dominated the summer movie season thanks to Pixar’s Inside Out 2 and Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine. Both films grossed well over a billion at the worldwide box office, backed by solid reviews from critics and tremendous audience scores, proving that the crowds will come in mass if you give them what they want. If that weren’t enough, the studio scored a late-season hit with Alien: Romulus, which exceeded even the loftiest expectations with a terrific $108 million worldwide opening.
What do these films have in common? They avoid controversy (i.e., politics), cater to franchise fans, and provide a q.