Box Office

Why Pixar sequels usually out-earn originals at the box office, and which originals beat the odds anyway.

A budget-to-gross breakdown showing how a $200M sequel earned a fifth of the original’s $1.079B worldwide haul.

Learn how to separate real Oscar box-office gains from normal runs, expansions, and rerelease hype.

Compare sequels by profit, budget multiple, and inflation-adjusted gross — not headline gross alone.

Learn what domestic and worldwide totals include so you can compare Barbie and Mario fairly.

See how original runs and anniversary reissues pushed Coraline past Nightmare at the worldwide box office.

Learn to match versions, markets, and ticket prices before calling one anime film a bigger global hit.

Each John Wick sequel earned more than the last; here is what drove the climb and the best order to watch.

Compare every Scream film’s worldwide gross and learn to split original ticket sales from reissue returns.

Compare all three A Quiet Place films by worldwide gross and budget to see which earned most.