BOX OFFICE 2018's Record Box Office: Highlights From The Overseas Profit Center & What’s Ahead For 2019 — Global Studio Chart by Nancy Tartaglione + January 10, 2019 11:54am With $41.66B worldwide, movie theater turnstiles spun to another record in 2018. Largely boosted by domestic receipts, the total includes a preliminary comScore estimate of $29.8B from the international box office. That’s also a record, though just a 1% increase on 2017 with some offshore markets stung by exchange rate fluctuations, homegrown movie performance, a hot summer and the World Cup. The overseas percentage may increase when actuals are tallied, but either way, execs and industry watchers remain bullish on the future. RELATED Oscars: Film Editing Nominee John Ottman On ‘Bohemian Rhapsody's Triumphant Journey... Deadline finance sources estimate repatriated dollars are down approximately 6.3% across the Top 20 overseas hubs. Still, all six major studios are estimated to be profitable in 2018. Despite the plethora of alternatives and some roadbumps, there’s a sentiment that Hollywood business is thriving, and international is the key with 70% give-or-take of the movie business generated offshore. Ancillary markets are robust and there’s been an increase in studio cost-consciousness — think overseas winners in the $50M range like Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Sony’s Peter Rabbit — that all contribute to the bottom line. For 2019, execs predict a “massive” year that includes event marquee pies like Avengers. Endgame, Captain Marvel, How To Train Your Dragon 3, Frozen 2, Toy Story 4, The Lion King, Hobbs & Shaw, IT: Chapter 2, Cats and Star Wars: Episode IX. Below, we take a look at trends in the offshore marketplace and what lies ahead, as well as the studios’ individual 2018 performance and what’s on deck for 2019. The rankings on the following global chart essentially mirror those of 2017, although some are up sharply — Warner Bros set internal worldwide andyear since 2012, for example. ery Disney 2 Warner Bros 3 Universal 4 Sony 20th Century Fox 6 Paramount 7 Lionsgate Pid cor $3.092B $1.958 $1,948 $1.2888 $1.098 $757M $389M Denn oy $4.233B $3.628 $2.928 $2.334B $2.388 $975M $341.1M 2018 IN THE REAR-VIEW/2019 UP AHEAD oc prc 12.18% 9.8% 7.83% 7.99% 3.27% 114% cra Exe $7.325B $5.57B $4.86 $3.622B $3.47B $1.732B $730.1M Superheroes, dinosaurs and Tom Cruise reigned in 2018 with Avengers: Infinity War (Disney), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal), Black Panther (Dis), Venom (Sony), Incredibles 2 (Dis), Mission: Impossible — Fallout (Paramount), Aquaman (Warner Bros), Bohemian Rhapsody (Fox),There are two interesting takeaways here. Black Panther is the only movie in the Top 10 to have performed better domestically than internationally. It didn’t underperform overseas, but was a true cultural phenomenon in North America. Conversely, Bohemian Rhapsody is the only movie in the Top 10 Hollywood titles that did not release in China — and still made 73% of its money abroad. Pies that got big boosts from China, and a healthy dose of fun, include Venom, Aquaman and WB's The Meg. These are “the type of event ride that every studio wants; they play around the globe,” says a finance source who believes the focus will ean towards such properties going forward. But even some less mainstream titles, and awards-season darlings, found sophisticated offshore audiences getting out to cinemas in 2018. Fox’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri and The Shape Of Water each crossed $100M at the international box office while Uni’s Darkest Hour got to about $95M, all with most of the grosses in the calendar year 2018. Horror is doing better travel-wise and it seems everyone (save Disney, but maybe with a future assist from Fox) is aiming to get in on that. Comedy is still an unfunny business overseas unless a property is built for international like 2018's Johnny English Strikes Again ($30M. budget/$158.1M WW/$153.8M IBO) from Universal and Working Title. The Top 5 markets saw some fluctuation. China led the way with a slowed 9% increase over 2017 to $8.87B per local officials. It’s followed by Japan ($1.875B/-1.2%), the UK ($1.838B/+3.6%), Korea ($1.6B/+3.4%) and France ($1.436B/-.04%), per early comScore estimates. ‘Areas of consternation included Germany and Italy which were both down from 2017, impacted by a lack of leading local product, the heat and the soccer. Germany is one of the most avid football-watching nations and Italy is “impossible to program” during the dog days, as the refrain goes in distribution circles. One international exec cautions that despite those. It feels like ICS more than a One-olf anomaly. When a market 1s down that much, people just don’t go back to the cinema because they haven’t been to movies that motivated them,” this person says. “Another executive notes that it’s difficult for the mature European markets to grow, though a good film will stil do the job. “It’s kind of like the US. There's not a lot to do in terms of expanding, but the right movie will work. We haven’t seen weakness in Europe on strong movies, just those middle ones or ones with bad reviews which die much faster.” Before we lay the blame at Rotten Tomatoes’ feet, sentiment among international execs is that domestic reviews don’t kill a movie overseas. One need only look at the success of Venom and The Meg to sce the low impact the domestic splats had on the offshore profit center. Without international, the latter would have lost money and instead now has a sequel in development. Sony President of International Distribution Steven O’Dell notes, “The one thing you don’t know when you start making a film is what the mood of the world is going to be when the movie releases. Films such as Venom saw fun win out in a big way. Audiences are making their own decisions and consumer response is driving.” Exhibition has also had to step up its game, offering services that make it easy to buy tickets and make folks feel a part of something while the studios feel it’s important to be closer to the consumer than ever before. That’s a refrain we hear annually at the CineEurope conference. One area where exhibition fi ces a question mark in 2019 is Saudi Arabia. After a ban on movie theaters was lifted in late 2017, there was much fanfare over the market's potential as a $1B player. But controversy surrounding the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has led to muted discussion of growth there. Movies are still being released, and, per one international exec, “Nobody has said ‘We pulled out,’ but it does feel like the exhibition side has slowed down.” China is as coveted as ever by Hollywood, although studio pictures were down about 10% in 2018 and still recoup just 25% of box office. There are questions ahead as a crackdown on tax evasion by local authorities is expected to slow Middle Kingdom production. If homegrown pies are in short supply, will the market turn to Hollywood to ensure year-on-year growth? Or will itTumors of fewer studio pics Hext fall while promotional talent visits may be curtailed around the time of the 7oth anniversary of the People's Republic in early October — and discussions on a new film contract are stalled. See our deep dive on China here. Elsewhere in Asia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam and Malaysia continue to throw off bigger numbers (the latter is up 5% in 2018). Factors include cinema build- out plus a very young demographic. As for other areas of concern, Venezuela, which brought in sizable numbers in recent years (even though bolivars can’t be traded for dollars), was “wiped off the map” after a mega currency devaluation and projections of M% inflation. More worryingly, execs say, is the potential instability of the UK as Brexit looms. Last year, the market was a key factor in the successes of movies with British elements or themes like Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!, Bohemian Rhapsody, Peter Rabbit, Darkest Hour and Johnny English; broadcaster Channel4’s production arm, Film4, co-financed Fox Searchlight’s awards hopeful The Favourite. The market has also become a massive production hub, particularly for Warner Bros and Disney. REX/Shuttorstock There are also questions surrounding Disney’s takeover of Fox. One non- Dis/non-Fox exec says, “They will need a good deal of runway, but nobody knows what’s going on. In the short-to-medium term, it’s business as usual” if also “a state of confusion.” Playing dating chicken is a concern some have down the line, but then it often is internationally given the number of markets being programmed and the vagaries of each. For the moment, watchers don’t foresee too many big shifts in the year ahead. Here’s a closer look at each of the studios from the chart above (and see below for an additional graph that lists all international grosses dating back to 2012). STUDIO ROUND-UPS DISNEY Disney again ruled the domestic, international and global box office with $7,325.4M worldwide, the 2nd biggest year in industry history behind its own 2016 record. It is the only studio ever to cross $7B global. Overseas, the total is $4,233.1M, also the Mouse’s and best year ever and the 3rd biggest in industry history. The company’s brands pushed global up 13.4% over last yearinternational Tecognition and Stumpled tO Jus $32.4M overseas; as well as Solo: A Star Wars Story which did just 46% of its business abroad and struggled both domestically and at home. Although Star Wars movies are not heavily weighted to overseas, this was the lowest split since Dis took over Lucasfilm and had the knock- on effect of nixing plans for other spinoffs like the Boba Fett movie. The franchise has also had a rough time pulling China into its tractor beam and this may be a problem that is never solved. But Disney can afford it. Mouse pics hold the Nos 1, 2 and 4 spots on the worldwide chart and the Nos 1, 3 and 5 internationally for 2018. The trio is made up of Avengers: Infinity War ($2.05B WW/$1.37B intl), Black Panther ($1.35B/$648.3M) and Incredibles 2 $1.24B/$634M). In 2019, Disney has what is expected to be the biggest movie of the year in Avengers: Endgame, along with Captain Marvel, Dumbo, The Lion King, Toy Story 4 and Frozen 2 among others. If history has taught us anything, look for those latter two to power up in Japan while The Lion King will notably roar in China (although the release date there will be key as domestic starts during the traditional July blackout). Star Wars: Episode IX kicks off overseas on December 18, bringing the galaxy far, far away back to the holiday corridor. Just don’t expect the Middle Kingdom to hitch a ride on the Millennium Falcon. With the Disney/Fox deal not yet closed, there are no Fox titles on the Mouse’s slate. There’s been no word yet on how the international marketing and distribution teams will meld, so for now it’s a wait and see game. WARNER BROS ‘Warners hit double mileston: in 2018, scoring a studio record $5.57B worldwide and $3.62B (a whopping 16.8% over 2017) internationally. Origins story Aquaman caught a wave towards the end of the B worldwide, breathing new life into the DC ear and is about to cros Universe and seeing particular strength in Asia and Latin America There were some other surprises in the mix. Popcorn pic The Meg made a splashpartnersnips, Wumately chomping On 5304.8M internationally. WB carved into horror again with The Nun anointed as the highest-grossing title in The Conjuring universe worldwide ($365.6M/68% from overseas). The IT sequel is coming in September 2019. Romantic comedies come with baggage and are hit-and-miss abroad. Domestic winner Crazy Rich Asians did a solid $64M for the genre offshore, but flailed in China where all-Asian casts are not a novelty. Does this affect sequel China Rich Girlfriend? There’s been some talk of it potentially shooting in the Middle Kingdom, although I understand a script has yet to be turned in and any decisions about locations will come much further down the line. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald had a softer play than its predecessor overseas — notably in the UK and China. The third pic in the series isn’t due until 2020. Counterprogramming against the World Cup worked well for Ocean’s 8 which made $157.5M overseas. On deck, WB has another Conjuring pic this summer along with The Lego Movie 2, Shazam!, Detective Pikachu, Godzilla: King Of The Monsters and DC entry Joker which will look to capitalize on the goodwill wielded by Aquaman’s Trident of Neptune. UNIVERSAL Without a Fast & Furious or Despicable movie in the mix this year, Universal's international box office was down 15% (-5% WW). But let's not cry for the studio which had its 3rd best year ever offshore. Uni boasts the only non-Disney picture to cross $1B worldwide in 2018 with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (§1.309B/$891.8M IBO). The studio in 2018 also became the only one outside Disney to have at least two movies in three s (Despicable Me/Minions, Fast ic) to pass the $1B global separate franchis & Furious, Jur milestone. Illumination and Blumhouse delivered solid offshore hits on thrifty titles. The Grinch grossed $189.4M internationally through the end of the year and despite the fact that Dr Seuss is not a known commodity outside English- speaking markets (and Germany). It crossed $500M worldwide this week while 2019 has The Secret Life Of Pets 2 teed up. Halloween did $94.3M IBO and The First Purge $67.5M IBO.ad an offshore win With Bridget Jones's Baby and this year saw JOnNny English Strikes Again become the biggest studio comedy since 2014 with $157.6M globally, but just $4.3M from North America. Though it didn’t reach the heights of the original, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! was a solid performer during the summer, grossing more than $394.7M worldwide, including over $83M in the UK where it was No. 2 for the year. Another franchise came to a close with Fifty Shades Freed bringing the trilogy across $1B. Hopefully the studio can get some new live-action franchises off the ground, unlike the obscure Mortal Engines which couldn’t get started. 2019 highlights include How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Blumhouse’s Happy Death Day 2U, Jordan Peele’s Us, the Downton Abbey movie, the bigscreen adaptation of Cats and the first Fast & Furious spinoff, Hobbs And Shaw. SONY Sony is again the No. § studio overseas ($2.334B/+13% on 2017), but jumps in the global rankings to No. 4 ($3.622B/+16%). This is the best international year since 2012 and saw the studio cross $2B overseas in November, its fastest time since 2012. Leading the charge was Venom, which became a marvel with the all-time best October worldwide debut and went on to overcome harsh critics, grabbing audiences by the throat — and the fanny bone for $856M worldwide. In China, the ‘Tom Hardy-starrer got an extension and ended 2018 as that market’s No. 3 Hollywood movie of the year and the 3rd biggest superhero title ever. Meanwhile, the edgy animated Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse still has Japan to come, crossing $100M just as the year closed. Elsewhere, Peter Rabbit had a hopping good run in the UK to become Sony’s highest-grossing film there ever while Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is now the studio’s biggest animated movie worldwide. The lucrative franchise crossed $1.3B in 2018. In the genre arena, Sony distributed Insidious: The Last Key overseas where it became the franchise’s top grossing installment at over $100M, and it made a key pick up in Sundance with tech savvy thriller Searching ($70M WW). The coming year will see a build-out of properties including Men In Black: International, Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Angry Birds Movie 2, theume In Hollywood repping adult event moviemaking that should resonate overseas. Look for a possible Cannes launch for this one. Also notable, Sony, which has been known for its innovative campaigns, experienced a shake-up in its international marketing and distribution divisions this summer, consolidating some of the traditional operations into global teams. This will be an area to watch. FOX With $2.39B in 2018, Fox comes in No. 4 at the overseas box office, but lands at No. 5 in the global rankings. Although the studio had its 2nd softest, offshore total since 2013 (-2.4% on 2017), this is the 10th consecutive year over $2B and the 12th time in Fox International’s history — both of those are industry records. The Pico Blvd studio had a disappointment in the 2018 Predator reboot, which just didn’t seem to have much of a raison 20th Century Fox d’@tre, grossing $160.5M WW ona reported $88M production cost, plus an estimated $120M global P&A. But even amid uncertainty as the Disney deal forges on, the studio is havin’ a good time. The huge success of Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody was an end- of-2018 run that saw it land in the Top 10 of the year overseas. Fox’s crack global marketing team tapped into the popularity of Queen and energized audiences with singalong screenings that helped propel the movie to eye- popping $70M+ numbers in Japan and Korea. The Deadpool sequel was also a win with over $418M offshore. NB: Neither of those titles was released in China. Under Fox Searchlight, it again has a serious awards contender in The Favourite. Hopes are that Disney emrbaces the adult-oriented and R-rated fare at which Fox excels and knows how to market. It’s not clear when the marketing and distribution transitions would take place, but it’s expected to be a complex process with Fox’s significant offshore infrastructure. After a some date changes, there’s more Fox ahead in 2019 with a lot of eyes on Alita: Battle Angel (with a script from producer James Cameron) as well as X- Men entries Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants (the latter looking to tap into the growing thirst for horror), and Brad Pitt-in-space movie Ad Astra. All of those are going out under the Fox moniker (for now).split domestic to foreign. Overseas was nevertheless down by 25% to $975M. Instant Family was not built for overseas and Book Club, which worked domestically, was not a PAR property outside a couple offshore markets. The top two movies, Mission: Impossible — Fallout and A Quiet Place, accounted for $723.6M of the year’s total. Continuing its internal transformation, Paramount's new regime plays are expected to Paramount really kick in during 2019. On deck are titles with global pro’ se like Dora The Explorer, Sonic The Hedgehog, the reboot of Terminator with Elton James Cameron producing, and rock music biopic Rocketman with Taron Egerton a John and Bohemian Rhapsody back-up di ector Dexter Fletcher helming. As Anthony noted in his domestic report, one could see the hand of CEO Jim Gianopulos and his marketing and distribution teams already winning in 2018. Mission: Impossible — Fallout set a franchise high with $791M worldwide and $571M overseas while the $17M-budgeted A Quiet Place became a global phenomenon at $340.7M, even nabbing a rare slot for a horror pic in China — and an extended run. The studio is staying in the horror business with Pet Semetary in April. A Quiet Place sequel is due in 2020. As for spinoff Bumblebee, the movie won’t get anywhere near the smash-em-up numbers of the Transformers franchise, although it was made for a wider demo on a lower budget. It has great reviews and opened well in China last week with Japan still to come. LIONSGATE Ina year of transition, and starved for franchises & la Hunger Games, Lionsgate saw a 52% drop in its international box office for 2018. Late-2017 release Wonder was a true wonder, grossing $306M worldwide including $96.4M from 2018, But when Robin Hood ($46M IBO) is the biggest new offshore title of the year, tha output partners to writ 's nothing for Li home about. The mini- major did have a solid performer in Paul Feig’s A Lionsset® Simple Favor ($43M IBO/$94.8M WW) and is looking forward to 2019 under new senior leadership.Knives Out. There’s further hope out ahead for the in-development Now You See Me 3 and Sam Raimi’s The Kingkiller Chronicle. INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE BY STUDIO 2012-2018 Now, for those keeping score across the years, we compiled the international box office totals for each of the six majors dating back to 2012 (using that year as the kick-off point given it’s when China started to really factor in the mix). Check out the ups-and-downs below: 2012-18 International Box Office Totals ary oy 2014 17 ay DISNEY $2.09B §3.01B $2848 $3578 $4.68 —$4.05B $4,238 FOX $2.70B $2.30B $3.70B $2.80B $2908 $2408 $2398 PARAMOUNT $1.57B $1.31B_$1.78B$1.14B$850M_— $1.31 $975M SONY $2678 $1918 $1.248 $1468 $1.25B ——§$2.068 $2338 UNIVERSAL ‘$1.79B_ $2.27B$1.42B$4.45B $1,928 $3.44B $2,928 WB $2.70B ‘$3,208 $3.20B $2.10B $3.00B $3.10B $3.60B Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy Sponsored Content China's Youngest Female Billionaire Sells Sydney Penthouse at a Loss 25 Insanely Cool Products You Didn't Know You Needed This Cheap Drone Is The Most Amazing Invention In Turkey 31Commentsremakes to make bank. The best IMO. Fantastic Beasts supporter that's against abuse Tagree . All other comments are made by Disney fanboys who support mediocrity and movies steeped in SJW agendas. Warner bros has had some big films in 2018 : Aquaman, Fantastic Beasts 2 , ready player one , the meg , rampage , a star is born, the nun, oceans 8 crazy rich Asians , tombraider and even smaller less known films like Smallfoot, game night , teen titans, tag did well enough at the box office. Disney only rules because of marvel , star wars bullshit- disney should just concentrate on animation since its Disney forte . Crities support Disney in their attempt to reverse the white guilt complex by pandering to SJW agendas and the sometime toxic marvel fan base helps make Disney a success ~ what a negative situation ? Overrated and agenda based films should be Disney slogan . TTVOMJ Did you notice most of the movies you support are made for specific 1Q and suspension of disbelief is expected to be around 900? If that isnt pandering i dont know what is...And what is wrong in teacl and succumbing to complaceney are bad(zootopia), or that old ways arent always the best when you have a pure, intelligent and creative heart(moana or how to train your dragon( different studio same message))? Think about it this way... if this “propaganda” is ONLY political and theoretical , so is yours... the difference is you are still regarded as conspiracy theory and the heart of the ones who fight for deceney and cooperation are weeping as you rage and fume:( desperate situation which should be looked upon and amended Cerulean Sphinx Yet another person throwing around the SJW term and other political mumbo-jumbo as a lazy way of bashing something that they figure must be “librul” (whatever that means). I've got news for you-a LOT of the classics have things in them that your anti-SJW-whatever sensibilities would find objectionable, but I doubt that you bother to watch anything made beyond the past five years. ‘Try The Grapes of Wrath sometime (then read the book and see how much got censored to make s socialism more palatable). Try The Graduate, or Annie Hall, or the Apartment, or Citizen Kane, or Force of Evil (or even Badge of Evil, come to that), or Apocalypse Now, or In the Heat of the Night, or To Kill a Mockingbird .. . Run in horror from the “librull” “SW” politics that have been coursing through cinema for decades. Truth Haha, who hurt you?So they should aim for an entire slate of popcorn movies only? KIII off all the mid-budget films and stop trying to make art? What a terrible opinion you have of film making. They are in the business to make money. If you can’t compete with the big boys, then you make smaller art films. They do make some nice documentaries. You should check those out. So the big boys should aim for an entire slate of popcorn movies only? Hollywood is now popcorn movies or documentaries only? Are you insane? Do you hate film? ‘No I don’t hate movies. I watch all kinds but I don't hate on a studio because of the type of es they make. If I don't like or think I will like it, I don’t go. It's really simple. Try it out. Life is too short to hate on something so foolish. mov Huh? Creed is a reboot. A Star is Born is a remake (times 4!). Ready Player One is based on a best-selling book. Aquaman is part of the DC universe. Crimes of Grindelwald is a spin-off... Cerulean Sphinx Creed isn't a reboot; it’s a sequel to Rod (ike Batman Begins). 6. A reboot is starting a series over from the beginning Jane And... Bohemian Rhapsody has jumped back into the Top Ten this week. Will be interesting to see the numbers after the singalong screenings that start today across the US. They're already going on in England and Japan and Korea“...while the studios feel it's important to be closer to the consumer than ever before.” And yet we have LucasFilm, which encourages their creatives and favored mouthpieces to directly attack their own fans. LucasFilm and WB both could learn a lot about how Marvel used to address fan complaints. People b*tched and moaned about Thor 1&2 and Iron Man 2&3. WB would have stopped making Thor movies after Thor 1 and taken Iron Man out of all films after Iron Man 2. Like they do every time they release a ‘Superman movie. People b*tch and moan at every one and WB says “Well guess we'll stop using this popular character then.” Marvel heard the b*tching and moaning about Thor 1, and did not attack their own fanbase as “toxic”. (Learn from this LucasFilm) Instead, they said “Alright, we hear you. We are making changes to Thor 2.” Then people b*tched and moaned about Thor 2, and Marvel said “Alright, we hear you. We are making changes to Thor 3.” And after repeated experimentation, they finally hit on a formula that was pleasing to most of their audience. WB would have stopped at Thor 1, because they dump characters instead of fixing them. After people b*tched and moaned in Iron Man 2, WB would have stripped him for all further movies. “Oh well, guess people don’t like Iron Man anymore and it’s impossible to tell good stories with him now.” Marvel listens to complaints, decides which ones are valid and which ones are nonsense, then moves forward incorporating ideas to fix the valid complaints. When creatives and bloggers snap at fan complaints, Marvel pulls them back into professional behavior, which keeps low level fan dissatisfaction from turning into open warfare. Learn from this LucasFilm and WB! Cerulean Sphinx That's funny. People whined and complained to Lucas directly, just like what you're talking about, from the Star Wars Special Edition all the way through The Clone Wars feature cartoon. He stated that he sold the company because he was tired of people yelling at him for what he had done with SW. So along come SW7.... .and it gets criticized by guys ike you for doing exactly what you are telling them to do: listen to fan complaints and make a fan-friendly film. Then Ep8 comes along and we could say it listened to criticism of 7, namely that 7 was too similar to what had come before . .. and 8 gets bashed (by only 10% of the viewers, it turns out) for being too different. My suggestion to Lucasfilm is actually to ignore the complaints completely, because the professional sports adage of “if you listen to the fans, you'll be sitting with the fans” is probably appropriate here. dear lord Are you insane? George Lucas never waged war on his own fanbase. Even when he came under criticism. Because George Lucas knew that would be insane. But LucasFilm couldn’t figure that out and started a toxic media campaign against their own fanbase. The first time in history that has ever been done and it resulted in turning fan discontent into open warfare and Jedi making half of it's predecessor and Solo becoming the first Star Wars movie to ever lose money. Don't go to war with your own fanbase.TIVOMS ‘Thank you for the extensive article:) Solid reporting BASIT SALIU AT&T will certainly retire the Warner Bros. name relegating it to a production label of newly created AT&T Studios Group or AT&T Media Motion Pictures Group. The Turner name will also be retired after they merge Otter Media, WarnerMedia, and Entertainment Group to form AT&T Media Holdings, LLC or AT&T Media Entertainment, LLC simply AT&T Media. With HBO being the flagship. I think unlike Disney names like Warner, Turner, Fox, or Bell are (now) generic or not well know brand. What? LOL Truth Warner Brothers is NOT being retired. 2019 ~ best cinema year along with 1939 and 2011 TIvoms 1939 or 1993? and 2011? 0.0 trolling?:D Cerulean Sphinx ‘As far as releases in American theaters, nothing tops ’99. In addition to the domestic releases of ’98’s Run Lola Run and ’97’s Princess Mononoke, you had Fight Club, American Beauty, Toy Story 2, The Matrix, Bowfinger, ... Mr. Ripley, The Green Mile, The Sixth Sense, and more that you can check up for yourself. True, there was garbage that year-name me a year that doesn't have dreck—but’99 was tops.‘That 's incorrect. Kev But, but, but..... Disney is a Monopoly! (say the idiots) Jackson I'm jealous Disney end up making more money than Warner Brothers. Rich My concern is that Chadwick Boseman and Rami Malik will over estimate their appeal . . . not reali the movies were a hit because of the movie that surrounded them and NOT them directly. In fact, Chadwick has had bad box office through his career. There have been articles written about that very fact. ing As for Rami: I just don’t see what else he can do beyond Freddie Mercury. Action star? Romantic lead? Rom-com? In a Judd Apatow flick? I don't see it. Neither are Tom Cruise and can carry a picture or inspire anyone to go to a movie just because they're in it. They're more Armie Hammer than Cruise. They're most likely to suffer the same fates as Taylor Lautner or Taylor Kitsch. Iwish them the best and not wishing bad luck, but I am just not seeing either jump to the A-List. OM! Iwonder if movies like The Post (100 Million international), Red Sparrow (100 Million international), ‘The Death Cure (230 million international) The Greatest showman (260 million international most during 2018) The shape of Water (131 million international) and of course Bohemian Rhapsody will stop being greenlit when Disney takes over. 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