Disney plans to spend at least $5 billion in the UK and continental Europe over the next five years to produce blockbuster movies and TV shows, Jan Koeppen, its president across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told Financial Times on Friday.
The company will commit about $1 billion a year in the region over the next five years across films, Disney+, National Geographic and other TV productions, Koeppen told FT.
Disney's plans could build on the recent success of films like "Inside Out 2" and the company's television business.
"Inside Out 2" notched $1.6 billion in global ticket sales and "Deadpool & Wolverine," which debuted in the current quarter, has brought in more than $850 million.
"We feel like we're really on a roll again with movies, which is fantastic,” Koeppen told FT.
Disney didn't immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment
Koeppen's comments follow Disney forecasting a 'moderation in demand' at its theme park business in coming quarters, pulling shares down 1.1% on Wednesday.
Koeppen leads Disney's EMEA business commercially and operationally in over 130 markets across the region, according to the company's website. His responsibilities include handling Disney+, motion pictures, television, content licensing and local original productions, the website showed.
