The Disney film still made a handsome profit of $193.40 million from a $1.153 billion gross (budget: $250 million) but was beaten by seven competing films.
According to Deadline, Universal’s The Secret Life Of Pets was the most profitable film of the year, making $374.65 million (the film took $875.5 million at the Box Office and had a $75 million budget), closely followed by Fox’s Deadpool, which made a profit of $322.24 million from a $875.5 million gross and $58 million budget.
While Captain America: Civil War may have topped the list of highest-grossing films of 2016, the Marvel blockbuster was by no means the most profitable.
Already, this year, we’ve seen Disney live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast make $886.4 million at the box office – expect the film to feature in 2017’s list of most profitable films.