Disney’s Disastrous Year Puts Its Movie Making Magic Into Question

Disney’s Disastrous Year Puts Its Movie Making Magic Into Question
A logo for The Walt Disney Company on a trading post during the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 14, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Considering its massive layoffs earlier in the year, falling stock prices, and its overall box office failures, the Mouse House seems ready for a makeover in 2024.

That’s despite that 2023 was Disney’s 100th anniversary in movie making, which should be reason for celebration. Instead, the studio’s damaged reputation from putting messaging over entertaining often makes more headlines than the films it releases. Looking back at the year, 7 out of 8 major theatrical releases from the studio greatly underperformed both nationally and internationally.

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