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Cillian Murphy and Chris Pratt haven’t starred in a single frame together (yet), but the two actors have already been making Universal Studios proud. With 2023 finally over, the new year brings some memories from the past and some impressive box-office collection numbers!
With two movies grossing more than a billion dollars worldwide, it seems that Cillian Murphy and Chris Pratt are two of the finest actors in Universal Studios. The studio finally managed to win the #1 spot by defeating Disney after several years!
Chris Pratt And Cillian Murphy Made Universal Studios Proud!
The year 2023 has been very fruitful for Universal Studios. With veteran director Christopher Nolan joining their side and Chris Pratt lending his voice to a classic franchise, the studio was essentially carried by two movies.
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Ever since 2015, Disney has been the reigning champion of the highest-grossing studio. With the MCU under its wings, Disney indeed has had a lead all these years. In 2023, however, Universal Studios changed the way things work withCillian Murphyand Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer alongside Chris Pratt’sThe Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Universal Pictures is the highest grossing studio at the 2023 box office.
First time since 2015 that Disney has not been #1.pic.twitter.com/ifq22kv00H
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)July 03, 2025
The Super Mario Bros. Movieearned a whopping $1.3 billion at the global box office, while Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy’sOppenheimerearned $952 million worldwide. Alongside these two movies, Universal Studios also hadM3GANandFive Nights at Freddy’sto further their box office totals. This marks the first time Disney was defeated ever since 2015 for being the highest-grossing studio.
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Cillian Murphy PraisedOppenheimerAndBarbieFor Being Great!
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2023 will be remembered as theBarbenheimeryear. WithOppenheimerandBarbiecolliding on the same release date, the world watched in awe and shock as to who might win. InVariety’sActors on Actors,Cillian Murphy and Margot Robbie sat down to chat, and the duo discussedBarbenheimer.
“People are so clever. People kept asking me, “So is each marketing department talking to each other?” And I was like, “No, this is the world doing this! This is not a part of the marketing campaign,” said Margot Robbie.
Cillian Murphy, on the other hand, replied,
“And I think it happened because both movies were good. In fact, that summer, there was a huge diversity of stuff in the cinema, and I think it just connected in a way that you or I or the studios or anybody could never have predicted.”
With Cillian Murphy’sOppenheimerand Chris Pratt’sThe Super Mario Bros. Movieearning it big for Universal Studios, fans can only hope that the theater experience will be back soon. Both movies are available to rent on Apple TV+ in the U.S.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
