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6B • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2020 OMAHA WORLD-HERALD LIVING NEW YORK (AP) — Ev- ery movie year offers up a parade of hits and flops. But in 2019, no winner was in the same galaxy as the Walt Disney Co. And the biggest loser might have been any- one less thrilled about the box-office domination of franchise films. When the year closed out Tuesday, the top 10 films in U.S. and Canada theaters were all intellectual proper- ty-backed movies. That, in itself, isn’t new. It’s the third year in a row that the year’s 10 biggest ticket-sellers have all been sequels, re- makes and superhero films. But in today’s IP-driven movie world, one studio is in a league of its own. In 2019, Disney dominated Ameri- can moviegoing more than any studio ever has before — roughly 38% of all domes- tic moviegoing. The year’s top five films were all Disney movies, and it played a hand in the sixth. Disney’s Marvel Studios produced the Sony Pictures release “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” Disney banked about $13 billion in worldwide box office in 2019, including a record number of $1 bil- lion releases. Once “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalk- er” ($724.8 million through Sunday) inevitably reaches that milestone, it will mark the studio’s seventh such $1 billion movie in 2019. The others were: “Aveng- ers: Endgame” (the highest grossing release ever, not accounting for inflation, with $2.8 billion), “The Lion King,” “Captain Marvel,” “Aladdin,” “Toy Story 4” and “Frozen 2.” Disney’s unprecedented market share includes films from 20th Century Fox, the 84-year-old studio that Dis- ney gobbled up in March in a $71.3 billion acquisition. Despite Disney’s con- siderable firepower, over- all ticket sales in U.S. and Canada theaters were down 4.4% from the year before through Sunday, according to data firm Comscore. The upper echelons of the box office may be stratospher- ic, but the lower realms — where critics’ scores are rotten and word of mouth is faster than opening week- end — are dismal. The mov- ies are increasingly a ze- ro-sum game. You’re either “The Lion King,” or you’re “Cats.” “There’s plenty of capac- ity to bring people to the movie screen,” said Cath- leen Taff, distribution chief for Disney. “What I think we’re doing is competing for their time. If it’s not great, they do have other options. But when it is great, people show up. And we’ve seen that this year with seven $1 billion movies.” Disney’s considerable role in today’s moviegoing hasn’t been without crit- ics. They have lamented its mega-blockbusters as prod- ucts, not cinema. Before Martin Scorsese’s criticisms of Disney’s Marvel mov- ies sparked headlines, he lamented the monopolizing of the multiplex, disturbed by the sight of “Avengers: Endgame” playing on 11 of a theater’s 12 screens. If the big-screen expe- rience is narrowing, the small screen is expanding. Streaming services prolifer- ated in 2019 with the launch of Apple TV Plus (although it pushed back its first big movie release) and Disney Plus. Amazon also reshaped its release strategy, short- ening the theatrical window for some of its movies to just two weeks. Netflix rolled out its most ambitious release slate, including a host of awards contenders, led by Scorsese’s “The Irishman” and Noah Baumbach’s “Mar- riage Story,” that played in only limited theaters. The so-called streaming wars will only grow in 2020 when NBCUniversal launches its service, Peacock, and War- nerMedia debuts HBO Max. While some may see a downturn in ticket sales as indicative of streaming’s im- pact, John Fithian, the pres- ident and chief executive of the National Association of Theater Owners, believes streaming is disruptive to broadcast TV, cable and home markets like DVDs, but not to movie theaters. “This may sound count- er-intuitive, but with the launch of Disney Plus, HBO Max and Peacock, we’re more confident of the symbi- otic relationship of stream- ing and theatrical than we were before,” Fithian said. “The people who stream also go to the movies a lot.” Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. also remain devoted to the traditional theatrical window. Netflix will soon be competing with studios that can offer both a robust theatrical release and a streaming life — al- beit not one with the same number of viewers at home that Netflix can promise. Those services have cer- tainly added pressure to the theatrical release, and quite a few in 2019 weren’t up to the challenge. The year’s most glaring bombs includ- ed bold bids at technological innovation (“Gemini Man”), mishandled franchise fina- les (“Dark Phoenix”), re- makes that failed to connect (“Charlie’s Angels”), pres- tige dramas doomed by con- troversy (“Richard Jewell”), toy movies that didn’t click (“Playmobil: The Movie”) and, you know, “Cats.” But some Hollywood ex- ecutives point to successes suggesting a vibrant me- dium. Jordan Peele’s “Us,” for Universal, was the high- est grossing original mov- ie. Others like Lionsgate’s “Knives Out,” Fox’s “Ford v Ferrari,” STX’s “Hustlers” and Sony’s “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” were also both critical and global hits. Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” and Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” gave the art house a boost. “I don’t think that the 4% to 5% drop means the domestic audience wants to stay home on the couch. I think it’s just like every- thing else in this industry since it began: We have cy- cles,” said Jim Orr, distri- bution chief for Universal. “Generally, the box office is still trending up, and I think that will continue over time, especially because you can do films like ‘Us’ and films like (the R-rated comedy) ‘Good Boys’ and people will still come out in force.” Last year’s box office, which followed a two-de- cade low in 2017, set a re- cord with $11.9 billion in ticket sales. Disney, the market leader for the last five years, again led the way with “Black Panther,” “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Incredibles 2.” Revenues have largely been on the rise thanks to increasing ticket prices. 2019’s estimated $11.4 bil- lion in ticket sales rank sec- ond all time, not accounting for inflation. But admissions have been gradually declin- ing since 2005. Overseas business, how- ever, is booming. Interna- tional box office for the first time crossed $30 billion in 2019. Either next year or in 2021, China will likely sur- pass North America as the world’s top movie market. Lately, homegrown mov- ies have been China’s top draws. This year, only two U.S. productions — “Aveng- ers: Endgame” and “Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw” — cracked the coun- try’s top 10 films. A pair of Chinese blockbusters led the way, each with about $700 million in box office: the science-fiction adven- ture “The Wandering Earth” and the animated fantasy “Ne Zha.” All of these factors — a rare alignment of Disney juggernauts, expanding home-entertainment op- tions, a more inward-looking China — mean a potentially dimmer outlook for 2020. Many in the industry ex- pect the year’s ticket sales to drop a few percentage points again. No one fore- casts a similar year from Disney. The studio will still have a strong slate, but one without an “Avengers” or “Star Wars” movie. “2020 is going to be a more typical year, where the wealth will be spread quite a bit more,” said Paul Der- garabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. “The sky is not falling, but we’re definitely going to have to change our expectations for 2020. It’s not going to be just about one studio dominating, but it’s going to be about all the studios bringing some of their biggest brands.” James Bond, Wonder Woman and The Rock are coming in 2020. But greater volatility may be on the way, too. Disney dominated 2019 box office thanks to ‘Endgame,’ remakes Studio had the top five highest-grossing movies of the year MARVEL STUDIOS “Avengers: Endgame,” which is now the highest-grossing movie of all time,was one of six movies released by Disney to earn more than $1 billion in 2019. The recently released “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” will likely become the seventh. Actress Sara Gilbert has filed for legal separation from her wife of five years, singer and songwriter Linda Perry. Gilbert filed the separation documents in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday. The papers cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split, and requests that neither woman receive spousal support. No details were given on custody arrangements for the couple’s 4-year-old son, Rhodes. Gilbert, the 44-year-old star of “The Conners,” former star of “Roseanne” and creator and former co-host of daytime talk show “The Talk,” began dating Perry in 2011 and they married in 2014. Perry is the 54-year-old former singer of 4 Non Blondes who has written hits for Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani and Pink. — AP Actress Sara Gilbert separates from singer Linda Perry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ Sara Gilbert, left, and Linda Perry NOW PLAYING Listings also available online at www.omaha.com SHOWTIMES FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2020 TWIN CREEK Highway 370 & 36th St. 402-898-SHOW www.marcustheatres.com Showtimes Valid for Wednesday Only! 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NEW YORK (AP) — Ev-ery movie year offers up aparade of hits and flops. Butin 2019, no winner was inthe same galaxy as the WaltDisney Co. And the biggestloser might have been any-one less thrilled about thebox-office domination offranchise films.
When the year closed outTuesday, the top 10 films inU.S. and Canada theaterswere all intellectual proper-ty-backed movies. That, initself, isn’t new. It’s the thirdyear in a row that the year’s10 biggest ticket-sellershave all been sequels, re-makes and superhero films.
But in today’s IP-drivenmovie world, one studio is ina league of its own. In 2019,Disney dominated Ameri-can moviegoing more thanany studio ever has before— roughly 38% of all domes-tic moviegoing.
The year’s top five filmswere all Disney movies, andit played a hand in the sixth.Disney’s Marvel Studiosproduced the Sony Picturesrelease “Spider-Man: FarFrom Home.”
Disney banked about $13billion in worldwide boxoffice in 2019, including arecord number of $1 bil-lion releases. Once “StarWars: The Rise of Skywalk-er” ($724.8 million throughSunday) inevitably reachesthat milestone, it will markthe studio’s seventh such$1 billion movie in 2019.The others were: “Aveng-ers: Endgame” (the highestgrossing release ever, notaccounting for inflation,with $2.8 billion), “The LionKing,” “Captain Marvel,”“Aladdin,” “Toy Story 4” and“Frozen 2.”
Disney’s unprecedentedmarket share includes filmsfrom 20th Century Fox, the84-year-old studio that Dis-ney gobbled up in March ina $71.3 billion acquisition.
Despite Disney’s con-siderable firepower, over-all ticket sales in U.S. andCanada theaters were down4.4% from the year beforethrough Sunday, accordingto data firm Comscore. Theupper echelons of the boxoffice may be stratospher-ic, but the lower realms —where critics’ scores arerotten and word of mouth isfaster than opening week-end — are dismal. The mov-ies are increasingly a ze-ro-sum game. You’re either“The Lion King,” or you’re“Cats.”
“There’s plenty of capac-ity to bring people to themovie screen,” said Cath-leen Taff, distribution chieffor Disney. “What I thinkwe’re doing is competing fortheir time. If it’s not great,they do have other options.But when it is great, peopleshow up. And we’ve seenthat this year with seven $1billion movies.”
Disney’s considerablerole in today’s moviegoinghasn’t been without crit-ics. They have lamented itsmega-blockbusters as prod-ucts, not cinema. BeforeMartin Scorsese’s criticismsof Disney’s Marvel mov-ies sparked headlines, helamented the monopolizingof the multiplex, disturbedby the sight of “Avengers:Endgame” playing on 11 of atheater’s 12 screens.
If the big-screen expe-rience is narrowing, thesmall screen is expanding.Streaming services prolifer-ated in 2019 with the launchof Apple TV Plus (althoughit pushed back its first bigmovie release) and Disney
Plus. Amazon also reshapedits release strategy, short-ening the theatrical windowfor some of its movies to justtwo weeks. Netflix rolled outits most ambitious releaseslate, including a host ofawards contenders, led byScorsese’s “The Irishman”and Noah Baumbach’s “Mar-riage Story,” that played inonly limited theaters. Theso-called streaming warswill only grow in 2020 whenNBCUniversal launches itsservice, Peacock, and War-nerMedia debuts HBO Max.
While some may see adownturn in ticket sales asindicative of streaming’s im-pact, John Fithian, the pres-ident and chief executive ofthe National Association ofTheater Owners, believesstreaming is disruptive tobroadcast TV, cable andhome markets like DVDs,but not to movie theaters.
“This may sound count-er-intuitive, but with thelaunch of Disney Plus, HBOMax and Peacock, we’remore confident of the symbi-otic relationship of stream-ing and theatrical than wewere before,” Fithian said.“The people who streamalso go to the movies a lot.”
Disney, Universal andWarner Bros. also remaindevoted to the traditionaltheatrical window. Netflixwill soon be competing withstudios that can offer botha robust theatrical releaseand a streaming life — al-beit not one with the samenumber of viewers at homethat Netflix can promise.
Those services have cer-tainly added pressure to thetheatrical release, and quitea few in 2019 weren’t up tothe challenge. The year’smost glaring bombs includ-ed bold bids at technologicalinnovation (“Gemini Man”),mishandled franchise fina-les (“Dark Phoenix”), re-makes that failed to connect(“Charlie’s Angels”), pres-tige dramas doomed by con-troversy (“Richard Jewell”),toy movies that didn’t click(“Playmobil: The Movie”)and, you know, “Cats.”
But some Hollywood ex-ecutives point to successessuggesting a vibrant me-dium. Jordan Peele’s “Us,”for Universal, was the high-est grossing original mov-ie. Others like Lionsgate’s“Knives Out,” Fox’s “Ford vFerrari,” STX’s “Hustlers”and Sony’s “Once Upona Time ... in Hollywood”were also both critical andglobal hits. Bong Joon Ho’s“Parasite” and Lulu Wang’s“The Farewell” gave the arthouse a boost.
“I don’t think that the4% to 5% drop means thedomestic audience wantsto stay home on the couch.I think it’s just like every-thing else in this industry
since it began: We have cy-cles,” said Jim Orr, distri-bution chief for Universal.“Generally, the box office isstill trending up, and I thinkthat will continue over time,especially because you cando films like ‘Us’ and filmslike (the R-rated comedy)‘Good Boys’ and people willstill come out in force.”
Last year’s box office,which followed a two-de-cade low in 2017, set a re-cord with $11.9 billion inticket sales. Disney, themarket leader for the lastfive years, again led theway with “Black Panther,”“Avengers: Infinity War”and “Incredibles 2.”
Revenues have largelybeen on the rise thanks toincreasing ticket prices.2019’s estimated $11.4 bil-lion in ticket sales rank sec-ond all time, not accountingfor inflation. But admissionshave been gradually declin-ing since 2005.
Overseas business, how-ever, is booming. Interna-tional box office for the firsttime crossed $30 billion in2019. Either next year or in2021, China will likely sur-pass North America as theworld’s top movie market.
Lately, homegrown mov-ies have been China’s topdraws. This year, only twoU.S. productions — “Aveng-ers: Endgame” and “Fastand Furious: Hobbs andShaw” — cracked the coun-try’s top 10 films. A pair ofChinese blockbusters ledthe way, each with about$700 million in box office:
the science-fiction adven-ture “The Wandering Earth”and the animated fantasy
“Ne Zha.”All of these factors — a
rare alignment of Disney
juggernauts, expandinghome-entertainment op-tions, a more inward-lookingChina — mean a potentiallydimmer outlook for 2020.Many in the industry ex-pect the year’s ticket salesto drop a few percentagepoints again. No one fore-casts a similar year fromDisney. The studio will stillhave a strong slate, but onewithout an “Avengers” or“Star Wars” movie.
“2020 is going to be amore typical year, where thewealth will be spread quitea bit more,” said Paul Der-garabedian, senior mediaanalyst for Comscore. “Thesky is not falling, but we’redefinitely going to have tochange our expectations for2020. It’s not going to be justabout one studio dominating,but it’s going to be about allthe studios bringing some oftheir biggest brands.”
James Bond, WonderWoman and The Rock arecoming in 2020. But greatervolatility may be on the way,too.
Disney dominated 2019 box office thanks to ‘Endgame,’ remakesStudio had the topfive highest-grossingmovies of the year
M A R V E L S T U D I O S
“Avengers: Endgame,” which is now the highest-grossing movie of all time, was one of six movies released by Disney to earn morethan $1 billion in 2019. The recently released “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” will likely become the seventh.
Actress Sara Gilbert hasfiled for legal separation fromher wife of five years, singerand songwriter Linda Perry.
Gilbert filed the separationdocuments in Los AngelesSuperior Court on Friday. Thepapers cite irreconcilabledifferences as the reasonfor the split, and requeststhat neither woman receivespousal support.
No details were given oncustody arrangements for
the couple’s 4-year-old son,Rhodes.
Gilbert, the 44-year-old starof “The Conners,” former starof “Roseanne” and creatorand former co-host of daytimetalk show “The Talk,” begandating Perry in 2011 and theymarried in 2014.
Perry is the 54-year-oldformer singer of 4 NonBlondes who has written hitsfor Christina Aguilera, GwenStefani and Pink. — AP
Actress Sara Gilbert separates from singer Linda Perry
T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S S /
Sara Gilbert, left, and Linda Perry
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STAR WARS: THE RISE OFSKYWALKER C (DP, CC)(8:30 AM, 12:00, 3:30), 7:00, 10:30STAR WARS: THE RISE OFSKYWALKER C (DP) (8:00 AM,11:30, 3:00), 6:30, 10:00LITTLE WOMEN B (DP, CC) (8:15 AM,11:30, 2:45), 6:00, 9:15SPIES IN DISGUISE B (DP, CC)(8:10 AM, 10:50, 1:30), 4:10, 6:50, 9:30UNCUT GEMS E (DP) (8:15 AM, 11:30,2:45), 6:00, 9:15BOMBSHELL E (DP, CC) (8:15 AM,11:05, 1:55), 4:45, 7:35, 10:25CATS B (DP, CC) (8:00 AM, 10:40, 1:20,4:00), 6:40, 9:20STAR WARS: THE RISE OFSKYWALKER C (DP) (9:00 AM,10:00, 12:30, 1:30, 4:00), 5:00, 7:30, 8:30,11:00STAR WARS: THE RISE OFSKYWALKER C (DP, CC) (9:30 AM,10:30, 1:00, 2:00, 3:15), 4:30, 5:30, 8:00,9:00, 9:30, 11:30BLACK CHRISTMAS C (DP, CC)9:00 PM, 11:25JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL C(DP, CC) (8:00 AM, 9:00, 11:00, 12:00,2:00, 3:00), 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 11:00RICHARD JEWELL E (DP, CC)(9:15 AM, 12:15), 6:30KNIVES OUT C (DP, CC) (8:30 AM,11:30, 2:30), 5:30, 8:30, 11:30FROZEN II B (DP, CC) (8:45 AM,11:30, 2:15), 5:00, 7:45, 10:30
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2110 S. 67th St. 402-932-9858aksarbencinema.com
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SPIES IN DISGUISE B (DP)(10:00 AM)STAR WARS: THE RISE OFSKYWALKER C (DP) (12:30 PM,3:45), 7:00, 10:15LITTLE WOMEN B (DP) (10:00 AM,1:00, 4:00), 6:50, 9:45SPIES IN DISGUISE B (DP)(11:30 AM, 1:55, 4:20), 6:45, 9:10UNCUT GEMS E (DP) (10:00 AM, 1:00,4:00), 7:00, 10:00BOMBSHELL E (DP) (11:45 AM, 2:15,4:45), 7:15, 9:45CATS B (DP) (11:15 AM, 2:15, 5:00),7:30, 9:55STAR WARS: THE RISE OFSKYWALKER C (DP) (10:15 AM,11:15, 1:30, 4:45), 8:00, 9:00JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL C(DP) (1:35 PM, 3:00, 4:25), 6:00, 7:10, 9:55FROZEN II B (DP) (10:30 AM, 1:05,3:45), 6:15, 8:45
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RUTH SOKOLOF THEATER1340 Mike Fahey St. 402-933-0259
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Showtimes Valid for Today Only!UNCUT GEMS E (DP) 3:40 PM, 6:35,9:30A HIDDEN LIFE C (DP) 4:30 PM,8:15
MAJESTIC CINEMA OF OMAHA(Formerly 20 Grand)
14304 West Maple Rd. 402-898-SHOWwww.marcustheatres.com
Showtimes Valid for Wednesday Only!
STAR WARS: THE RISE OFSKYWALKER C (DP, CC)(9:10 AM, 10:40, 11:40, 12:50, 2:20, 3:20),4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 8:10, 9:40, 10:40LITTLE WOMEN B (DP, CC) (9:40 AM,12:55), 4:10, 7:25, 10:40SPIES IN DISGUISE B (DP)(8:30 AM, 11:15, 2:00), 4:45, 7:30, 10:15UNCUT GEMS E (DP) (9:55 AM, 1:15),4:30, 7:45, 11:00BOMBSHELL E (DP, CC) (10:20 AM,1:10, 4:00), 6:50, 9:40CATS B (DP, CC) (10:55 AM, 1:40),4:25, 7:10, 9:55STAR WARS: THE RISE OFSKYWALKER C (DP) (8:20 AM,12:00, 3:40), 7:20, 11:00STAR WARS: THE RISE OFSKYWALKER C (DP, CC) (8:45 AM,9:40, 10:00, 10:20, 11:10, 12:35, 1:20,1:40, 2:00, 2:50), 4:05, 5:00, 5:20, 5:40,6:30, 7:45, 8:30, 9:00, 9:20, 10:10JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL C(DP, CC) (9:05 AM, 10:20, 12:15, 1:25,3:20), 4:30, 6:25, 7:35, 9:30, 10:40RICHARD JEWELL E (DP, CC)(9:10 AM, 12:15), 6:15KNIVES OUT C (DP, CC) (9:30 AM,12:40, 3:50), 7:00, 10:10A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THENEIGHBORHOOD B (DP, CC)(3:25 PM), 9:20FROZEN II B (DP, CC) (10:25 AM,1:10, 3:55), 6:40, 9:25
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DUNDEE THEATER4952 Dodge Street 402-933-0259
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Showtimes Valid for Today Only!HONEY BOY E (DP) 1:15 PM, 9:30MICROPARASITE E (DP) 3:30 PM, 6:30ENGLISH SUBTITLES;MICROLITTLE WOMEN B 1:00 PM, 4:00,7:00, 9:5535MM
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2200 Dodge St. | Omaha, NE(402) 342-3300 | www.joslyn.org
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On view through January 19Word and Image:The Saint John’s BibleTicketed exhibition.
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM featuresworks from antiquity to the presentwith an emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century European and American art.A fun, relaxing, and artful destinationfor the whole family.
Just west of downtown Omaha. Café, Museum shop, and free parking.Open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 am–4 pm; late until 8 pm on Thursday.
Closed Wednesday, January 1 for the holiday.
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