Domestic Box Office Hits New Record High in 2018

For all the talk of people fleeing movie theaters for streaming services and staying home, the domestic box office continues to hit new records.

Variety reports that the domestic box office hit a new high by reaching $11.383 billion with over a week to go left in the year.

The previous record of $11.382 billion was set in 2016.

It should be noted, however, that the success was not equally distributed.

Five of the top ten biggest domestic releases belonged to Disney with owning Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Incredibles 2, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Solo: …

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