Disney, your film remakes are starting to take the Mickey

If you've been to the cinema this year, the chances are it was to watch a Disney movie. The house of Mickey Mouse is tearing up the global box office. Of the $18 billion spent at cinemas globally this year, nearly half (43 percent) has gone to the big dungeon of gold Disney keeps under Cinderella's castle.

By July, the company had broken its annual record thanks to five films earning more than $1 billion (Avengers: Endgame, Lion King, Captain Marvel, Aladdin, Toy Story 4). And there's more to come, with Frozen 2 and a new Star Wars movie due by the end of the year.

So far, Disney has earned three times more than second place Universal. And it is on course to become the first studio to earn more than $10 billion at the box office in a single year.