STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, Warner Brothers solidified its first place position, thanks to Gravity. As we do with all films, the full estimated domestic tally has been added to the studio year to date total, while the overseas numbers will be added as those actual results come in. So there is huge continued upside for Warner Brothers from the film.
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 over $7.6 billion, 1% ahead of 2012’s pace and 3% above the prior four-year average 2009-2012 ($7.451 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 decent $139 million in wide-release North American box office, 11% above the 2009-2012 average for the same week ($124 million) and up 2% from the same week last year ($136 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 1-39 | |
| 2013 | $7.661 | Jan 7-Oct 6 |
| 2012 | $7.597 | Jan 2-Sep 30 |
| 2011 | $7.304 | Jan 3-Oct 2 |
| 2010 | $7.464 | Jan 4-Oct 3 |
| 2009 | $7.440 | Jan 5-Oct 4 |
Over the past six weeks, 2013 is now 5% above the same six weeks in 2012 but 1% below the four-year average in the same time frame ($0.759 billion).
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 34-39 | |
| 2013 | $0.754 | Aug 26-Oct 6 |
| 2012 | $0.719 | Aug 20-Sep 30 |
| 2011 | $0.779 | Aug 22-Oct 2 |
| 2010 | $0.758 | Aug 23-Oct 3 |
| 2009 | $0.781 | Aug 24-Oct 4 |
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