When the stage-musical and camera combine, the two mediums can make a tremendously profitable hybrid. Disney might be considered the master of the form, having churned out family-friendly musical movies for thirty years (from 1937 to 1967)—and then another thirty-plus years (late 80s to the present). By now, no one is shocked by Box Office Mojo reporting that the 10 highest-grossing movie musicals in the United States have largely been Disney productions familiar to audiences all over the world. Of course the non-Disney ones are super famous, too.

The top 10 are:

• The Lion King (2019) - $565 million
• Pinocchio (1940)
• Sleeping Beauty (1959)
• The Jungle Book (1967)
• Grease (1978)
• Mary Poppins (1964)
• Fantasia (1940)
• The Lion King (1994)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• The Sound of Music (1965) - $1.3 billion