Hollywood hauled in more than $11.38 billion domestically, as more people went out the theaters to view this year’s blockbusters. Analysts currently expect the final total could be as high as $11.8 billion.
If the U. S. box office’s record-breaking 2018 is any indication, superhero movie fatigue doesn’t exist.
So far, Hollywood hauled in more than $11.38 billion domestically, as more people went out the theaters to view this year’s blockbusters. Analysts currently expect the final total could be as high as $11.8 billion, as the final week of the year tends to be a busy time for moviegoers.
In particular, audiences threw their support behind superhero films. Of the top five highest grossing films in 2018, four were in the superhero genre — and three were distributed by Disney.
„The movie theater is alive and well and thriving,“ Paul Dergarabedian, senior analyst at Comscore, told CNBC.
In all, Hollywood released nine superhero films in 2018, grossing more than $2.9 billion at the domestic box office, or about 25.5 percent of total ticket sales, according to data compiled by Comscore.
„This notion of superhero fatigue, I haven’t yet to see any evidence of it,“ Dergarabedian said.
Audiences also want to see these big-budget, action-packed films on the big screen and will pay to do so.
„I give a lot of credit to ‚Black Panther,'“ Erik Davis, managing editor at Fandango, which sells movie tickets, said. „It was the kind of film that infected pop culture in such a way that brought people back to the movie theater.“
Disney’s „Black Panther“ garnered more than $700 million domestically, and an additional $646.8 million internationally, during its run in theaters this year. It is now the third-highest grossing movie in U. S. history.
„It reminded people how fun it is to go to a big movie in a packed theater,“ he said.
The film was also well received by critics.
