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 +4% above last year and now +5% above the average for this point the past four years ($6.767 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $17.8 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now marginally ahead of the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage and still ahead of 2014 by +7%).
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 1-33 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2016 | $7.092 | $17.796 | Jan 4-Aug 21 |
| 2015 | $6.831 | $17.730 | Jan 5-Aug 23 |
| 2014 | $6.451 | $16.588 | Jan 6-Aug 24 |
| 2013 | $6.907 | n/a | Jan 7-Aug 25 |
| 2012 | $6.878 | n/a | Jan 2-Aug 19 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up a very big +21% from the same period last year (even better than the +19% pace we saw last week and the +17% pace two weeks ago) and now +17% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.337 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2016 | $1.557 | since July 11 |
| 2015 | $1.290 | since July 13 |
| 2014 | $1.298 | since July 14 |
| 2013 | $1.390 | since July 15 |
| 2012 | $1.369 | since July 9 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2016 film rankings.
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