How ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ Became A Spellbinding Success As Disney+’s Most Watched Movie Ever
deadline.comIt is quite clear from a theatrical and a streaming front, Disney is already dominating. While CEO Bob Chapek has of course championed the booming Disney+ during the pandemic, the fact that theatrical remains powerful is not lost at all on the company.
They will obviously conquer November with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever which had many breathless the other night after its Hollywood premiere, and December also belongs to Disney at the box office with 20th Century Studio’s Avatar: The Way of Water.
Wakanda Forever is set to open to $175M-$200M, and it won’t be surprising to see if it emulates or surpasses its first chapter which did $700.4M stateside.
The rich man’s problem for Disney is where to best exploit its legacy IP. But this has been a situation for Disney for decades, and a winning attribute as well.
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