Shanghai Disneyland has quietly claimed a title that many fans would have guessed belonged to Disneyland Paris. According to a new report from Forbes, the total profit payout Disney has received from its Shanghai resort has now passed the $500 million mark, reaching $516.2 million in the decade since the park opened its gates. That makes it the highest earning international Disney park based on the company’s share of the bottom line.
How The Numbers Came To Light
Disney does not break out results for individual parks in its United States filings, and China’s companies register is not public. The figures instead surfaced through publicly available financial statements filed in the United Kingdom by The Walt Disney Company Limited, which holds a stake in the subsidiary that owns Disney’s shares in the resort. Those filings show the resort’s dividend peaked at $122.7 million in 2025 after bottoming out at $25.9 million during the pandemic in 2021.
Why Shanghai Beats Paris
Disneyland Paris actually generates more revenue than any other Disney park outside the United States, but revenue is not the same as profit. The French resort has only paid Disney a share of its profits once, back in 1993. Tokyo Disney Resort is owned and operated by Oriental Land Company, which pays Disney royalties rather than profits, and Hong Kong Disneyland’s record 2024 profit of $107.8 million still came in below what Shanghai paid out last year alone. Shanghai Disneyland operates as a public private partnership in which Disney holds a 43 percent stake in the resort alongside the state owned Shanghai Shendi Group, while controlling the management company with a 70 percent stake.
Zootopia Supercharged The Resort
A major driver of the recent surge is the Zootopia themed land that opened in December 2023, the only one of its kind in any Disney park. The franchise is enormous in China, where Zootopia 2 earned $630 million to become the highest grossing Hollywood film in Chinese box office history. Attendance at Shanghai Disneyland climbed 5 percent to 14.7 million guests in 2024, making it the fifth most visited theme park in the world, and the resort welcomed its 100 millionth guest in November 2025.
More Growth On The Way
Disney is not slowing down in Shanghai. The resort marked its tenth anniversary in June 2026 by revealing the name of its third on site hotel, the Disney Enchanted Star, which broke ground in 2023, with a fourth property also in development. A Spider-Man themed roller coaster is under construction as well, and Disney recently revealed a first look at the giant Spider-Bot figure that will tower over riders. With Disney committing $60 billion to its theme park division through 2033, its most profitable international park looks poised to keep that crown for years to come.
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