This company significantly surpasses Disney with record sales of $2 billion

News culture This company significantly surpasses Disney with record sales of $2 billion

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Disney has a big rival

While they’re far from the only ones on the market, you can’t find them more ubiquitous Disney

et Pixar in the minds of the general public when it comes to this Animation cinema. It has to be said that the Californian company has been producing classics since 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and has never really stopped since. Today Disney has nothing less than 62 animated classics different, not to mention the various sequels and films from Pixar studios, which are often confused with the parent company by the general public. Despite all this, there are other studios in the world of animation that are at least as talented, if not more so.

For example, we are of course thinking about the studio Ghiblia true spearhead of Japanese animation on an international level, but also Dreamworks. However, the animated film production company founded in 1994 has today produced a variety of absolutely legendary titles. From Antz has Kung Fu Panda pass Shrek, Dragons et Madagascar, you must have seen one or even several films produced by Dreamworks. Overall, this Disney rival still produced more than forty films in 30 years of its existencea real achievement that has often brought her to the top of the public’s hearts.

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A $2 billion record broken by Disney competitor

Even though we think that Disney is the undisputed master of animated films, Dreamworks’ characters add a little nuance to it all. While Disney has put out a number of lackluster releases lately (Wish, Avalonia, Raya…), Dreamworks knew how to do well in the game. The film will be released in 2022 Puss in Boots 2 For example, the reviews received an absolutely fantastic response, but ultimately it was their very latest release that broke a new record, surpassing Disney in the category.

A few weeks ago the license Kung Fu Panda returned to cinemas with a fourth work eagerly awaited by fans. It must be said that they had not had much to eat for eight years and were finally able to get their fill. In response, audiences were able to come together in droves to experience Kung Fu Panda 4, driving up the global box office $500 million on a budget of $85 million. A resounding success that made the Kung Fu Panda license possibleJoin the very small list of franchises that have generated more than $2 billion.

Today, Dreamworks can therefore boast of having produced no less than three licenses worth $2 billion: Kung Fu Panda, Shrek and Madagascar. Disney, on the other hand, only has two franchises that achieved the same result (including one from Pixar): Toy story et Snow Queen. In other words, Dreamworks narrowly beat Disney in this areathereby confirming its status as the main competitor of the company with the big ears. It remains to be seen whether Disney will be able to compensate thanks to its next sequels. Moana et Zootopia expected at the end of 2024 or 2025.