WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 by studio.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +5% above last year and now +9% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.609 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $7.3 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now -4% below the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage but ahead of 2014 by +9%).
A reminder: we define the start of each year as the first Monday after New Year’s Day, and our year ends on the Sunday after New Year’s Day the following calendar year. (The most recent week’s numbers are based on weekend estimates, which are usually at worst a couple of percentage points off from the final weekend tallies.)
| Box Office YEAR TO DATE | |||
| (billions) | Weeks 1-15 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2016 | $2.838 | $7.339 | Jan 4-Apr 17 |
| 2015 | $2.700 | $7.647 | Jan 5-Apr 19 |
| 2014 | $2.592 | $6.746 | Jan 6-Apr 20 |
| 2013 | $2.366 | n/a | Jan 7-Apr 21 |
| 2012 | $2.778 | n/a | Jan 2-Apr 15 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up +3% from the same period last year (down somewhat from recent weeks: +5% pace last week and +15% pace two weeks ago) and now +9% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.063 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2016 | $1.155 | since Mar 7 |
| 2015 | $1.118 | since Mar 9 |
| 2014 | $1.066 | since Mar 10 |
| 2013 | $0.984 | since Mar 11 |
| 2012 | $1.082 | since Mar 5 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2016 film rankings.
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