WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 by studio.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is still +4% above last year and still +5% above the average for this point the past four years ($6.905 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $18.3 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now +1% 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 1-34 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2016 | $7.231 | $18.332 | Jan 4-Aug 28 |
| 2015 | $6.950 | $18.111 | Jan 5-Aug 30 |
| 2014 | $6.582 | $17.054 | Jan 6-Aug 31 |
| 2013 | $7.063 | n/a | Jan 7-Sep 1 |
| 2012 | $7.024 | n/a | Jan 2-Aug 26 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up a very big +27% from the same period last year (even better than the +21% pace we saw last week and the +19% pace two weeks ago) and now +18% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.215 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2016 | $1.438 | since July 18 |
| 2015 | $1.129 | since July 20 |
| 2014 | $1.209 | since July 21 |
| 2013 | $1.260 | since July 22 |
| 2012 | $1.261 | since July 16 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2016 film rankings.
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