The global box office wrapped up 2024 with a bang, hitting an impressive $30 billion for the year, fueled by a sparkling $3 billion in December alone, according to U.K.-based film industry research firm Gower Street Analytics.

The newly-added award honors the "highest-earning and/or most-viewed films that have gained extensive global audience support and produced exceptional creative content."

An effusive Jon M. Chu accepted the Golden Globe for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement for Wicked this evening with the director praising fans and enthusing, "It shows us how important making this stuff is - in a time when pessimism and cynicism sort of rule the planet right now - that we can still