Studio facts & stats

Question 1

In 2019, one studio posted an industry-record haul at the worldwide box office in a single year. About how much did it earn?

Accepted Answer

$13.2 billion. Disney's 2019 slate, powered by films like Avengers: Endgame and The Lion King, set an all-time single-year box office record for a studio.

Question 2

The record Disney broke in 2016 for the best single-year worldwide box office had been set by Universal Pictures in 2015, at about how much?

Accepted Answer

$6.89 billion. Universal had a blockbuster 2015 thanks to films like Jurassic World and Furious 7, only to be topped by Disney the very next year.

Question 3

In 2021, AT&T announced a deal to merge Warner Bros.' parent company, WarnerMedia, with Discovery. About how large was that deal?

Accepted Answer

$43 billion. The merger created Warner Bros. Discovery, one of the biggest shake-ups of a major Hollywood studio's ownership in years.

Question 4

In 2019, which company became the first streaming service ever admitted as a member of the Motion Picture Association (the studios' trade group)?

Accepted Answer

Netflix. For decades the MPA represented only traditional film studios, until streaming's rise forced it to open its membership.

Question 5

In 2024, which studio joined the Motion Picture Association, bringing its membership back up to 7 major studios?

Accepted Answer

Amazon MGM Studios. Amazon's film studio, along with Prime Video, joined the MPA in 2024, reflecting how streaming giants now sit alongside legacy studios.