As of May 15 Disney has 31.2% of North American Box Office

No other Studio has ever come close to what Disney is doing this year. The more I look at their results and the movies they still have coming out the more I realize how much they will blow by Universals record set just last year. Disney will blow by 2 billion around the 4th of July if not sooner. There is little doubt that they will reach 3 billion this year and it is not beyond the relm of possibility that they could reach 4 billion.

On worldwide box office they should reach 4 billion by next Sunday and with Alice and Finding Dory they should reach 6 billion also by the 4th of July.

The biggest question for Iger on the next call is what they will do with all the Studios profits. They have to keep investing in the parks. More expansion in Orlando and California are no brainers but maybe another international park. India has lots of potential as does Brazil. I would like to see Disney expand in other countries before Universal does. Back on Shanghai Disneyland since they can only take 25% of their cut of the box office out of China they should have lots of money for expansion and growth their and possibly other cities in China.

Disney has a great future. The fear of ESPN is way over blown. Media is more a tool to advertise the movies and parks. It can be a great distribution platform in the future when they learn how to deliver the networks via the internet and advertise directly to each consumer. Direct advertising has unlimited potential and as long as Disney continues to be king of content they will do great.

I mean I'm not surprised since Disney films are so well done and you just want to see them on the big screen in their full glory. As for the profits I believe they will invest it back into the studios to create more great films, though a little going to the parks would be great .

Disney is certainly at a high point at the moment. It's a new Renaissance! Last year was also a record setting year, though most of that came from December and some little movie called Star Wars or something. And there's another one this year too!

Honestly, right now, with Alan Horn, Kevin Feige, and John Lasseter managing the studios, I am 100% behind most Disney projects at the moment. Even the Mary Poppins sequel, which sounds like a bad idea, right now, I feel like they could actually nail it. I might not have thought that 10 years ago, but they have the right people in place to churn out hit after hit, creatively if not financially. Good for them!

Looking at the US opening day numbers "Alice" isn't exactly bringing in what, I'm sure, Disney expected. Don't know if going up against X-Men is really the reason because they are two totally different films. Not sure how well Alice will recover but as much as I look forward to seeing any Disney film, Alice wasn't even on my list and it's playing in an IMAX not too far from where I live. I hated the first AIW so I'm hardly running to see the Alice 2.