Disney’s Blockbuster 2019 Will Be Followed by Year of Unknowns

  • Its film schedule shows challenges of integrating Fox’s lineup
  • ‘Avatar 2’ delay puts more pressure on other films in 2020
A costume contest before a screening of "Avengers: Endgame" at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on April 25. Photographer: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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Walt Disney Co. is barreling toward a record-setting year in 2019, with “Avengers: Endgame” already poised to become the biggest blockbuster of all time.

A live-action “Aladdin” debuts later this month, followed by an “X-Men” movie, “Toy Story 4,” “The Lion King,” “Frozen 2” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” It’s a schedule chock-full of well-known franchises and surefire moneymakers.