‘Aladdin (2019)’ Surpasses the Billion Dollar Mark at the Box Office

Disney is continuing its streak of producing some of 2019’s most financially successful movies. The remake of their animated classic Aladdin has officially made a billion dollars worldwide at box office. As of now, the only other movies more financially successful in 2019 include Avengers: EndgameCaptain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home, all of which are owned by The Walt Disney Company.

2019’s Aladdin made an impressive $91 million dollar opening weekend at the domestic box office ($116 million if you account the film opened on Memorial Day weekend) and since then earned $345 million as well as $663 million in the foreign market. This amounts to an impressive $1,009,728,586 million worldwide, making Aladdin one of the most successful films in the Disney live-action line up.

Despite the films’ mixed critical reviews, as well as fans still critical of the Disney live-action trend continuing, audiences have made Aladdin (2019) one of the biggest hits of the entire year. Not only that, but the film has become the most successful movie of Will Smith’s career in recent memory, as he thanked fans in his Instagram account for helping to make Aladdin incredibly successful. Smith isn’t the only one satisfied with the film’s success, as lead actor Mena Massoud also posted a thank you message to fans on Twitter. Massoud mentioned he is very ecstatic that a film filled with such a diverse cast received so much success this year. Between this and The Lion King remake already shattering records within two weeks of its premiere, the live-action Disney remake train won’t be stopping anytime soon.

Watched Will Smith’s and Mena Massoud’s thank you videos below:

 

Ryan Pineda: When it comes to film, animation, video games and other mediums, I can discuss for hours about how much on why certain films and animated media made me the person I am today. I adore the artistic merit that comes from a lot of pop-culture media and will definitely love to have a conversation about favorite movies any day! I have graduated in 2017 with a BA in Film and Television at the University of Arizona. Been passionate about writing about films due to always having an interesting outlook on the medium. Will always see a film and will definitely be sure to recommend it to someone that I know for a fact would love that movie. Not only that but will also give reasons for why I think that film did or did not work as a movie, and the same can go for other pieces of media like television, video games and especially animated projects.
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