Here Are The 5 Biggest Box Office Years By Dollar Amount

After Comcast Corporation CMCSA-owned Universal's record showing in 2015, the year 2016 belonged to Walt Disney Co DIS. With Disney behind five of the 10 highest grossing movies of the year, it has raked in over $7 billion at the global box office this year, according to Statista. This compares to the previous record of $6.9 billion in worldwide annual ticket sales earned by Universal.

Disney's better performing movie releases this year include "Captain America: Civil War," "Finding Dory," "Zootopia," "The Jungle Book," "Doctor Strange" and its latest Star Wars flick "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." Even as records are still being broken, Benzinga looked at five of the biggest domestic box office years in terms of dollar amount.

A Look Back

1. 2015: The year 2015 remains on top of the list with $11.10 billion in annual ticket sales domestically.
2. 2012: 2012 boasted numbers of $10.959 billion.
3. 2013: Closely following was the year 2013, when domestic grosses amounted to $10.955 billion.
4. 2009: This year takes the fourth position, grossing $10.82 billion.
5. 2014: With annual ticket sales of $10.435 billion, the year 2014 takes the fifth slot.

With a week remaining in 2016, the year has thus far generated annual ticket sales of $9.78 billion.