Disney (DIS) dominated the U.S. box office in 2025, CNBC reported, and it could continue its lead this year with its packed slate of films based on popular intellectual property.
Box office ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada rose around 4% Y/Y to $9.05B in 2025, according to the report, which cited data from Comscore.
Disney (DIS) accounted for the highest share (27.5%) of these ticket sales, at $2.49B. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) came in second, taking in $1.9B in ticket sales, followed by Universal’s (CMCSA) $1.7B.
For Disney (DIS), four of its films were among the top 10 highest-grossing domestic releases of 2025 – the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, Zootopia 2, Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and Avatar: Fire and Ash.
Nine of the 10 biggest films of 2025 were from existing IP, with Warner Bros.’ (WBD) Sinners being the only original title to make the list.
“Most years at the box office are dominated by known IP and non-original content; films that have the baked-in brand name recognition that theoretically gives those films a leg up in terms of marketing and potential box office success,” Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends at Comscore, told CNBC.
Because of this, Disney (DIS) could continue to dominate the box office this year.
It is set to release its first Star Wars film in theaters since 2019 called The Mandalorian and Grogu, Toy Story 5, a live-action Moana, and Marvel’s highly anticipated Avengers: Doomsday.
A new Spider-Man film is also scheduled for 2026, for which Sony (SONY) will keep the majority of box office profits while Disney (DIS) will get merchandise sales
Other high-profile movies slated for release this year are Warner Bros.’ (WBD) Supergirl and Dune: Part Three; Universal’s (CMCSA) Minions 3, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and The Odyssey; Lionsgate’s (LION) Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping; and Sony’s (SONY) third Jumanji film.