WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 by studio.
Warner Brothers moved into second place, pushing Fox into third place. This is the first change in the studio rankings in weeks, thanks mostly to continued overseas strength from Suicide Squad and the strong first 10 days of Sully.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +4% above last year and still +5% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.243 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $19.4 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +1% ahead of the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage and 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 1-37 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2016 | $7.619 | $19.369 | Jan 4-Sep 18 |
| 2015 | $7.318 | $19.103 | Jan 5-Sep 20 |
| 2014 | $6.897 | $18.175 | Jan 6-Sep 21 |
| 2013 | $7.403 | n/a | Jan 7-Sep 22 |
| 2012 | $7.354 | n/a | Jan 2-Sep 16 |
The past six weeks in North America are up +15% from the same period last year (still a decent increase but lower than the +28% pace we saw last week and the +31% pace two weeks ago) and now +15% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($0.855 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2016 | $0.984 | since Aug 8 |
| 2015 | $0.855 | since Aug 10 |
| 2014 | $0.821 | since Aug 11 |
| 2013 | $0.877 | since Aug 12 |
| 2012 | $0.869 | since Aug 6 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2016 film rankings.
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