STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, no change in the studio standings from last week.
Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded to include a look at all releases from each studio, divided into three buckets: worldwide grosses of over $300 million, grosses between $100 million and $299 million, and films under $100 million worldwide.
TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals $7.4 billion, 1% ahead of 2012’s pace and 3% above the prior four-year average 2009-2012. ($7.207 billion). Each year-to-date period below is defined as the first Monday after New Year’s Day through the most recent Sunday. The past week generated a soft $99 million in wide-release North American box office, down 11% from the 2009-2012 average for the same week ($111 million) but up 7% from the same week last year (only $93 million). (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.)
| North American Box Office YEAR TO DATE | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 1-37 | |
| 2013 | $7.404 | Jan 7-Sep 22 |
| 2012 | $7.354 | Jan 2-Sep 16 |
| 2011 | $7.037 | Jan 3-Sep 18 |
| 2010 | $7.230 | Jan 4-Sep 19 |
| 2009 | $7.204 | Jan 5-Sep 20 |
Over the past six weeks, 2013 is now 1% above the same six weeks in 2012 but 5% below the four-year average in the same time frame ($0.920 billion).
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 32-37 | |
| 2013 | $0.878 | Aug 12-Sep 22 |
| 2012 | $0.869 | Aug 6-Sep 16 |
| 2011 | $0.938 | Aug 8-Sep 18 |
| 2010 | $0.923 | Aug 9-Sep 19 |
| 2009 | $0.950 | Aug 10-Sep 20 |
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