• by Wayne Friedman , January 3, 2020

U.S. theatrical box office revenues dipped 4.8% in 2019 versus the year before -- but big movie studios made up for this loss with gains in international box office revenue.

U.S. revenues landed at $11.3 billion last year versus $11.9 billion in 2018, according to IMDB’s BoxOfficeMojo.com. But international box office revenues grew 2.7% to $30 billion, which pushed overall global revenues 1% higher to $41.3 billion, according to Comscore.

Walt Disney Studios dominated other studios with $11.1 billion in global box office revenues ($3.8 billion domestic and $7.3 billion international), according to studios' estimates provided to the Hollywood Reporter.

Far behind in second place was Warner Bros. at $4.4 billion ($1.6 billion domestic and $2.8 billion international) followed by Universal Pictures at $3.5 billion global ($1.3 billion domestic and $2.2 billion international) and Sony Pictures Entertainment at $3.4 billion global ($1.35 billion domestic and $2 billion international).

The next three studios were Fox with $1.9 billion global ($486 million domestic; $1.5 billion, international), Lionsgate at $1.3 billion global ($770 million domestic and $503 million international) and Paramount Pictures at $1.2 billion global ($564 million domestic and $635 million international).

Walt Disney Studio had the top six-grossing movies for the U.S.: “Avengers: Endgame” ($858.3 million), “The Lion King” ($543.6 million) “Toy Story 4” ($434 million), “Frozen 2” ($430.1 million), “Captain Marvel” ($426.8 million), and “Star Wars: Episode IX -- The Rise of Skywalker” ($390.7 million).